1. TGmb Agenda, January 2010 Date: 2010-03-15 Authors: March 2010
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TGmb Agenda, January 2010
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2. March 2010
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Abstract
Agenda for the TGmb meeting in Orlando, Florida, USA from March 15-18, 2010.
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3. Monday PM1 15 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 Call meeting to order
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Monday PM1 15 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30
Call meeting to order
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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:
“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
“Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims
“Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such 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
Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2
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 March 2010
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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
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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 PM1 (continued) 15 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30
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Monday PM1 (continued) 15 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30
Attendance recording procedures
See 11-09/0246r0
Must register before logging attendance
Must log attendance during each 2 hour session
Documentation
Use “TGm” for documents relating to the Revision PAR
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11. Monday PM1 (continued) 15 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30
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Monday PM1 (continued) 15 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30
Results from LB160 (REVmb-D2.0)
166 affirmative (89%), 20 negative (11%), with 25 abstentions
Change from LB 149: +11 affirmative, -3 negative, -4 abstensions
This was a recirculation ballot; all comments must be against changed text
246 comments received (195 technical), stored in 11-09/0706r7
Plan of record on next slide
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12. Current TGmb Plan of Record
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Current TGmb Plan of Record
May 2008 – Issue Call for Comment/Input
July 2008 – begin process input and old Interpretation requests
Acknowledge previous Task Group referrals
Sept 2008 – PAR revision process started
Nov 2008 – close receipt of new input
Nov 2008 – WG/EC approval of PAR Revision
Dec 2008 – NesCom/SASB approval PAR Revision
May 2009 – First WG Letter ballot
(includes All published Amendments as of May 2009)
Nov 2009 – Recirc start
May 2010 – Form Sponsor Pool (45 days)
July 2010 – Sponsor Ballot Start
(Include all published amendments as of July 2010)
November 2010 – Sponsor Recirc
March 2011 – WG/EC Final Approval
June 2011 – RevCom/SASB Approval
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13. Monday PM1 (continued) 15 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30
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Monday PM1 (continued) 15 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30
Approval of minutes of prior meetings
January 2010 minutes: 11-10/0075r0 –
Teleconference minutes: 11-10/0214r3 --
Draft Update & Editor’s Report (Adrian Stephens)
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14. Monday PM1 (continued) 15 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30
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Monday PM1 (continued) 15 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30
Comment Resolution
Three ad hoc databases: GEN, MAC, and SECURITY
Comments are in 11-09/790r9 (filter on letter ballot column)
CID 2092 submission – 11-10/0308r0 (Adrian Stephens)
CID 2115 submission – 11-10/0300r0 (Bill Marshall)
Recycled comment discussion
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15. March 2010
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Tuesday PM1 16 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30
13:30–14:15: Security Comment Resolution
OKC Clarification: 11-10/0209r0 (Dan Harkins)
14:15–15:30: Admission Control Comment Resolution (Dave Stephenson)
CIDs 2227, 2228, 2232, 2234, 2238, and 2241
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16. March 2010
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Tuesday PM2 16 March 2010, 16:00 – 18:00
Approval motions for teleconference recommendations
Editorial comments
CIDs 2214 & 2039
Clause 11.3
Security
MAC
Comment Resolution
Remaining clause 11.3 comments (Jon Rosdahl)
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17. Wednesday PM1 17 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30 Joint Regulatory Session
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Wednesday PM1 17 March 2010, 13:30 – 15:30
Joint Regulatory Session
Discussion of LB 160 CID 2113
Presentation: 11-10/0210r6 (Peter Ecclesine)
Motion to approve 11-10/0210r6
Additional Comment Resolution
CID 2219 presentation: 11-10/0313r0 (Robert Stacey)
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Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

18. Wednesday PM2 17 March 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Comment Resolution
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Wednesday PM2 17 March 2010, 16:00 – 18:00
Comment Resolution
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Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

19. Thursday PM2 18 March 2010, 16:00 – 18:00 Comment Resolution
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Thursday PM2 18 March 2010, 16:00 – 18:00
Comment Resolution
Letter Ballot Authorization Motion
Preparation for May 2010 meeting
Teleconferences/ad hocs
Review Timeline (slide 13)
AOB
Adjourn
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Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks