1. ARC-agenda-mar-2015 Date: 2015-03-08 Authors: July 2009
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ARC-agenda-mar-2015
Date:
Authors:
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

2. Agenda for: ARC SC, March 2015, Berlin, Germany
Jan 2009
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Abstract
Agenda for: ARC SC, March 2015, Berlin, Germany
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

3. IEEE 802.11 Architecture Standing Committee
Agenda
March 2015 session
Chair: Mark Hamilton (Spectralink)
Vice Chair: Joe Levy (InterDigital)

4. Tuesday, March 10th, AM2

5. Attendance, etc. Reminders to attendees:
Sign in for .11 attendance credit
Noises off
No recordings

6. 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

7. April 2009
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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
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

8. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
April 2009
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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
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

9. Other Documents and WebPages to Review
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Other Documents and WebPages to Review
Please review the documents at the following links: -  IEEE Patent Policy -  -  Patent FAQ -  -  LoA Form -  -  Affiliation FAQ -
-  Anti-Trust FAQ -  -  Ethics -  -  IEEE Working Group OM - 
New 802 WG P&P:
New 802 LMSC P&P:
New 802 LMSC OM:
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

10. 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.

11. ARC Agenda – Mar 2015 Tuesday, Mar 10, AM2 Wednesday, Mar 11, AM1
Jan 2009
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ARC Agenda – Mar 2015
Tuesday, Mar 10, AM2
Administrative: Minutes
Updates, no action expected:
IEEE 1588 mapping to IEEE
IETF/802 coordination (PAWS, CAPWAP)
MIB attributes Design Pattern
Future sessions / SC activities
Wednesday, Mar 11, AM1
802.1AC draft review/discussion, as needed
AP/DS/Portal architecture and 802 concepts
Prepare for Joint session (Thursday)
General Links (802.11ak) concepts
AP’s “Distribution System Access” function concept
Make DS_SAP normative, Annex R updates
Joint session with TGak/802.1 (802.1Qbz), Thursday, Mar 12, AM1
Architectural view of 11ak Bridged LAN
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

12. Jan 2009
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ARC Minutes
January Minutes:
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

13. IEEE 1588 mapping to IEEE
Update (Mark Hamilton)

14. IETF/802 coordination Dorothy Stanley present topics of interest:
PAWS update
CAPWAP draft(s) update
Other?

15. Design Pattern for MIB attributes
The WG11 Chair has requested that the ARC SC investigate and create a Design Pattern for MIB attributes of the form “*Implemented” and “*Activated”
Discussion continuing on teleconferences. To be continued here…

16. Wednesday, March 11th, AM1

17. 802.1AC revision Update on 802.1AC D1.0 WG Ballot
Closed July 18
Results: 58 Voters – of which 27 have responded (47%)
6 Approve 46%
7 Disapprove 54%
25 Abstain 52%
Comments and Resolution sheet:
Presentations for discussion (to be updated, as presentations come in):
None, as of yet?
Reference presentations (previously reviewed, current status of thinking):
Make DS_SAP normative?

18. General Links
Donald Eastlake present topics of interest from TGak and 802.1’s parallel work (802.1Qbz)
Topics for joint session on Thursday

19. AP/DS/Portal architecture and 802 concepts
Presentations on architectural description(s)
None, as of yet?
Reference presentations (previously reviewed, current status of thinking):
Comment in REVmc to include 11-13/115r14’s “Figure 11-14/115-16” in the Standard

20. ARC Future Activities & sessions
ARC SC meets when a specific focused task is requested of the SC for which the is sufficient volunteer interest.
Continue work on architectural models
Comment on 802.1AC revision project changes/proposals
Design Pattern for “*Implemented” and “*Activated” MIB attributes
Will also follow 802.1/ activities on links, bridging, and MAC Service definition
Monitor/report on IETF/802 activities, as needed
Monitor/report on IEEE 1588 activities, as needed
If you have ANY other topic that you would like ARC SC to consider, contact the SC chair.

21. Planning for Mar 2015 Plan for one or two individual meeting slots
Usual slot on Wed AM1 will be used for joint session with 802.1AC/802.11ak and comment resolution on 802.1AC
Another slot for standalone ARC work (Tuesday?)
Another slot joint with ak (Thursday’s slot?)?
Individuals interested in ARC work are encouraged to also attend other TGak sessions
Plan for no teleconferences

22. Thursday, March 12th, AM1
Joint session with TGak/802.1
See TGak for detailed agenda