1. OmniRAN EC SG Agenda May 2013, Waikoloa, HI
Max Riegel
(OmniRAN SG Chair)

2. Meetings Monday, May 13th, 10:30 – 12:30
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Meetings
Monday, May 13th, 10:30 – 12:30
Tuesday, May 14th, 10:30 – 12:30
Tuesday, May 14th, 13:30 – 15:30
Wednesday, May 15th, 08:00 – 10:00
Wednesday, May 15th, 13:30 – 15:30
Thursday, May 16st, 10:30 – 12:30
Thursday, May 16st, 16:00 – 18:00
Meeting Room:
King’s 1
Stephen McCann, RIM

3. Guidelines for IEEE-SA Meetings
All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws.
Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims.
Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions.
Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings.
Technical considerations remain primary focus
Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets.
Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation.
Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object.
If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit
See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.
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4. Resources – URLs Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation
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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)

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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. OmniRAN ECSG Resources
Website:
Document Archive on mentor:
reflector:
archive:
Attendance: Paper list (normative) + IMAT
IMAT mandatory for participants seeking attendence credits
Reciprocal rights for most WGs

8. May 2013 Objectives Conclude on contributions on OmniRAN use cases
Finalize use cases document including functional requirements based on agreed contributions
Establish architecture document aligned to existing IEEE 802 views to distinguish between functionality in scope of IEEE 802 and functionality out of scope.
Draft document on gaps to available IEEE 802 functionality for the agreed use cases
Plan for internal and external communication to retrieve feedback on architectural view and gaps document
Review and refine timeline and plan for creation of deliverables until Jul ‘13

9. Agenda Call Meeting to Order Attendance recording Secretary position
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Agenda
Call Meeting to Order
Attendance recording
Secretary position
Approval of minutes
Reports
OmniRAN scope and extension by Mar ‘13 closing EC plenary
Feedback from 3GPP on liaison letter
Conclusion on OmniRAN use cases
Review of use cases document
IEEE 802 view on OmniRAN architecture
Establishment of architecture document
Gap analysis for the agreed use cases
Communication with external organizations
Plan and timeline for OmniRAN SG conclusion
Future sessions of OmniRAN EC SG
Summary report for communication inside IEEE 802
AOB
Adjourn
Stephen McCann, RIM