1. TGaq Agenda Date: 2015-09-17 Authors: September 2015 September 2015
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TGaq Agenda
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Authors:
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2. September 2015
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Abstract
Agenda for TGaq Pre-Association Discovery meeting for September 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
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3. September 2015
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Monday 14 September 2015, 16:00 – 18:00
Room: Lotus Suite 7, 22nd Floor
Call Meeting to Order
Chair’s welcome
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4. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
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Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy.
Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]:
“Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents
“Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents)
The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group
Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged
No duty to perform a patent search
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5. Patent Related Links Patent Policy is stated in these sources:
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Patent Related Links
All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development.
Patent Policy is stated in these sources:
IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws
IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual
Material about the patent policy is available at
If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit
This slide set is available at
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6. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
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Call for Potentially Essential Patents
If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance:
Either speak up now or
Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or
Cause an LOA to be submitted
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7. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
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Other Guidelines for IEEE WG 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.
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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8. 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
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9. IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization
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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.
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10. Monday 14 September 2015, 16:00 – 18:00 Approve Agenda
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Monday 14 September 2015, 16:00 – 18:00
Approve Agenda
r1 (this document)
Secretary Position
Nomination: Minseok Oh (Kyonggi University, Korea)
Technical Editor
Nomination: Lee Armstrong
July 2015 Minutes
Teleconference July – September 2015 Minutes r0
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11. September 2015
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Monday 14 September 2015, 16:00 – 18:00
Re-present closing report from July 2015
Documentation Re-cap/Editor’s Report
Schedule and next steps
D1.2 Approved technical comments from March 2015
Editorials which are now technical (321r6)
D1.2 Approved technical comments from May 2015
D1.3 Approved technical comments from July 2015
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12. Monday 14 September 2015, 16:00 – 18:00 Letter Ballot Presentations
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Monday 14 September 2015, 16:00 – 18:00
Letter Ballot
Motions to approve
Continuation of analysis of comments from D1.0 letter ballot
Prepared comment resolutions
Presentations r0
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13. September 2015
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Tuesday 15 September 2015, 08:00 – 10:00
Room: Lotus Suite 7, 22nd Floor
Letter Ballot
Continuation of analysis of comments from D1.0 letter ballot
Presentations
Technical Editor’s comments
SK discussion on the next steps
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14. September 2015
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Tuesday 15 September 2015, 16:00 – 18:00
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Outstanding comments r0
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15. Wednesday 16 September 2015, 08:00 – 10:00
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Wednesday 16 September 2015, 08:00 – 10:00
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Motions r2
Letter Ballot
Continuation of analysis of comments from D1.0 letter ballot
CID 1186
Presentations
Annex ZA.3 update ( r0)
10.26 updates ( r0)
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16. Wednesday 16 September 2015, 13:30 – 15:30
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Wednesday 16 September 2015, 13:30 – 15:30
Room: Lotus Suite 7, 22nd Floor
Motions
r1 (incl 1353, 1440)
Tabs , , (ex CID 1353)
Service storage discussion
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17. Wednesday 16 September 2015, 16:00 – 17:45
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Wednesday 16 September 2015, 16:00 – 17:45
Room: Lotus Suite 7, 22nd Floor
Presentations
Motions on documents
Comment Resolution
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18. Thursday 17 September 2015, 10:30 – 12:30
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Thursday 17 September 2015, 10:30 – 12:30
Room: Lotus Suite 7, 22nd Floor
Motions r0 r1
Comment Resolution
Outstanding CIDs
Approval of the others
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19. Thursday Cont’ 17 September 2015, 10:30 – 12:30
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Thursday Cont’ 17 September 2015, 10:30 – 12:30
Room: Lotus Suite 7, 22nd Floor
Ask for editorial review group
Teleconference(s)
Tuesday 29th September 12:00 noon ET for 1 hour
Timeline update (see next slide)
Preparation for November 2015 Interim
Room/Slot Allocation – 6 slots, room for 25
AOB
Adjourn
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20. Timeline – September 2015 (update)
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Timeline – September 2015 (update)
Approval of PAR & 5C: November 2012
Initial TG meeting: March 2013
Initial Working Group Letter Ballot: March 2015
Re-circulation Working Group Letter Ballot: September 2015
Form Sponsor Ballot Pool: March 2016
Mandatory Editorial Check: March 2016
Initial Sponsor Ballot: May 2016
Sponsor Ballot Recirculation: September 2016
Final WG/EC Approval: January 2017
RevCom/Standards Board Approval: January 2017
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