1. OmniRAN EC SG Agenda April11th, 2013 Conference Call
Max Riegel
(OmniRAN SG Chair)

2. Meeting Thursday, Apr 11th, 2013, 09:00-10:00 AM ET Conference Call:
September 2012
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Meeting
Thursday, Apr 11th, 2013, 09:00-10:00 AM ET
Conference Call:
Call-in number: 1-(972) (US)
Global numbers:
Conference Code: #
WebEX
Meeting Number: 
Meeting Password: OmniRAN
Stephen McCann, RIM

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4. Resources – URLs Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation
September 2012
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Resources – URLs
Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation
Links to IEEE Antitrust Guidelines
Link to IEEE Code of Ethics
Link to IEEE Patent Policy
Clint Chaplin, Chair (Samsung)

5. September 2012
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Meeting Etiquette
IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization
Meetings are to be conducted in an orderly and professional manner in accordance with the policies and procedures governed by the organization.
Individuals are to address the “technical” content of the subject under consideration and refrain from making “personal” comments to or about the presenter.
The Copyright Act of 1976 made a dramatic change to U.S. copyright law. Copyright was now deemed to exist from the moment of creation. Thus anything that is created is deemed to be owned by its creator. Additionally, a work no longer needs to be published in order to be protected. Therefore, even your scribbles on a piece of note paper constitute copyrighted material that you own and control.
The NII (National Information Infrastructure) and the GII (Global Information Infrastructure) are causing lawmakers and copyright owners to assess the ability of current copyright law to protect owners rights in a digital environment. While at this point the changes being talked about are not significant, they will make it clear that copyright protection is afforded to owners in the digital environment making it a requirement to honor the rights accorded to owners.
It is a requirement under the IEEE Bylaws that copyright ownership of all material published by the IEEE resides with the IEEE. The Standards Department accomplishes the transfer of copyright ownership from the volunteer authors to the Institute via the Project Authorization Request (PAR) form.
Stephen McCann, RIM

6. LMSC Operations Manual
4.3 Study groups
4.3.1 Study group operation
Progress of each Study Group shall be presented at the closing Sponsor meeting of each IEEE 802 LMSC plenary session by the appropriate WG, TAG, or ECSG Chair. Study Groups may elect officers other than the Chair, if necessary, and will follow the general operating procedures for WGs specified in the IEEE 802 LMSC WG P&P. Because of the limited time duration of a Study Group, no letter ballots are permitted.
4.3.2 Voting at study group meetings
Any person attending a Study Group meeting may vote on all motions (including recommending approval of a PAR). A vote is carried by 75% of those present and voting “Approve” or “Disapprove.”

7. Agenda Thursday, April 11th, 09:00–10:00am ET
September 2012
doc.: IEEE /0996r3
Agenda Thursday, April 11th, 09:00–10:00am ET
Call Meeting to Order
Appointment of recording secretary
Roll Call
Approval of minutes of Mar ’13 session
Refined directions provided by EC
Other reports
Contributions on OmniRAN use cases
Draft use cases document
Refined plan and timeline
Agenda for May 2nd conference call
AOB
Adjurn
Stephen McCann, RIM

8. Business#1 Call Meeting to Order Appointment of recording secretary
Juan Carlos and Antonio will take minutes
Roll Call
Name
Affiliation
Max Riegel
NSN
Juan Carlos Zuniga
Interdigital
Antonio de la Oliva
UC3M
Hyeong-Ho Lee
ETRI
Roger Marks
Consensii
Walter Pienciak
IEEE SA
Hyunho Park

9. Approval of minutes of Mar ’13 session Reports
Business #2
Approval of agenda
approved without objections
Approval of minutes of Mar ’13 session
delayed to the next call
Reports
see next slides

10. Business #3 Refined directions provided by EC
After some hefty discussions OmniRAN was extended until end of July ‘13 plenary.
The EC provided further guidance for the tasks of OmniRAN ECSG:
Motion#28 The EC considers that the primary tasks of the OmniRAN ECSG, to be completed by the close of the July Plenary, are:
To perform a gap analysis that shows what pieces of work that are relevant to 802 (standards and standards under development) are not covered by existing external SDOs  (IETF, 3GPP,...) and internal, and socialize that analysis with those SDOs;
Having performed that gap analysis, define a crisp scope of the ECSG (target 15 words or less);
Define what piece(s) of work within that scope (a) fall legitimately within 802's remit and (b) are achievable within an 802 activity.
Moved Jeffrey Second Thaler Results 8 / 2 / 3 Motion Passes

11. Business #4 Plan and Timeline (SG Mar ‘13 proposal)
Apr’11
May’2
Jun’15
Jul’15
Initial meeting
Use cases contributions
Draft Use cases document
Call for comments on Use cases document
Use cases document finalization
Classification of functional requirements
Prioritization of functional requirements
Gap analysis to existing solutions
Decision about initial topic
Initial PAR text
Draft PAR completed for EC submission
Finalization of PAR proposal ?
Conf Call
F2F meeting
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul

12. Business #5 Plan and Timeline (EC SG Motion)
Mar’21
Apr’11
May’2
Jun’15
Jul’15
Initial meeting
Use cases contributions
Draft Use cases document
Stretch activities out until end of Jul’13 plenary
Socialize results with IEEE 802 and external SDOs
Call for comments on Use cases document
Use cases document finalization
Classification of functional requirements
Prioritization of functional requirements
Gap analysis to existing solutions
Decision about initial topic
Initial PAR text
Draft PAR completed for EC submission
Finalization of PAR proposal ?
Conf Call
F2F meeting
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul

13. Business #6 Other reports Contributions on OmniRAN use cases
Liaison send to 3GPP
Update of OmniRAN website
Contributions on OmniRAN use cases
Draft use cases document
Refined plan and timeline
OmniRAN will proceed until next F2F session with established plans.
next conference call on May 2nd, as planned

14. Business #7 Agenda Proposal for May 2nd ConfCall
Call Meeting to Order
Secretary position
Approval of minutes
Reports
Conclusion on list of use cases
Draft use cases document
Call for comments on use cases document
Classification of functional requirements
Review of project plan and timeline
Agenda for May ’13 interim session
AOB ?
Adjurn

15. Agenda for May 2nd conference call
Business#8
Agenda for May 2nd conference call
see previous slide
accepted with addition of conclusion on use cases and clarification that potential response of 3GPP will be part of Reports
AOB
no further topics raised
Adjurn
adjurned at 10:25am ET