1. ARC-agenda-minutes-september-2012
July 2009
doc.: IEEE /0840r0
September 2012
ARC-agenda-minutes-september-2012
Date:
Authors:
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

2. Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1455r0
September 2012
Abstract
Agenda, working document and minutes for ARC SC, September 2012, Indian Wells, US
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

3. IEEE 802.11 Architecture Standing Committee
September 2012
IEEE Architecture Standing Committee
Agenda, working document & minutes
September 2012 session.
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.

4. Attendance, etc. Reminders to attendees:
September 2012
Attendance, etc.
Reminders to attendees:
Sign in for .11 attendance credit
Noises off
No recordings
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.

5. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
September 2012
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
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc

6. April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
Patent Related Links
September 2012
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
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

7. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
Call for Potentially Essential Patents
September 2012
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
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

8. Other Documents and WebPages to Review
April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
September 2012
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:
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

9. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
September 2012
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.
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc

10. ARC Agenda – September 2012 Wednesday, AM1
Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1455r0
September 2012
ARC Agenda – September 2012 Wednesday, AM1
Administration
Approve Agenda, Attendance, Policies
802 Overview & Architecture ballot
GLK SC and SC on “ bridging” update
Discussion and any comments on P1905.1
802.1 “maintenance” - Consider filing maintenance requests
802.1Q (MAC Bridges and Virtual Bridged LANs)
802.1AC (MAC Service definition)
Future sessions / SC activities
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

11. 802 Organization & Architecture revision
September 2012
802 Organization & Architecture revision
Draft 1.5/1.5a is in the members area
Status:
Currently under letter ballot (recirculation), closes Sept 23
comments have been collected via ePoll (
Responses can be found here:
Formulate response
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.

12. September 2012
General Links
Donald Eastlake present topics of interest from GLK SC and 802.1’s parallel work
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.

13. September 2012
P1905.1
P1905.1TM/ D06 Draft Standard for a Convergent Digital Home Network for Heterogeneous Technologies
defines an abstraction layer for multiple home networking technologies that provides a common interface to widely deployed home networking technologies: IEEE 1901 over power lines, IEEE for wireless, Ethernet over twisted pair cable and MoCA 1.1 over coax
The abstraction layer supports connectivity selection for transmission of packets arriving from any interface or application.
The layer does not require modification to the underlying home networking technologies and hence does not change the behavior or implementation of existing home networking technologies.
specification introduces a layer between layers 2 and 3 that abstracts the individual details of each interface, aggregates available bandwidth, and facilitates seamless integration. This layer simplifies setup, for example, by eliminating the need for a user to enter different passwords to access each of the links.
The also facilitates end‐to‐end quality of service (QoS) while simplifying the introduction of new devices to the network, establishing secure connections, extending network coverage, and facilitates advanced network management features including discovery, path selection, autoconfiguration and Quality of Service (QoS) negotiation.
P1905 is an “entity based” group, availability of draft and ability to comment is limited.
Interested individuals, please contact Jon Rosdahl or Mark Hamilton
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.

14. 802.1 maintenance items 802.1AC – MAC Service Definition
September 2012
802.1 maintenance items
802.1AC – MAC Service Definition
Approved as a new standard by the IEEE-SA Standards Board on 30 August 2012
There are differences between general 802 MAC definition and definition - in particular, “drop_eligible” (cf TGaa)
Refer to REVmc for alignment, ARC SC can support any architectural concerns found – Any further discussion?
802.1Q – MAC Bridges and Virtual Bridge LANs
Subclause discusses , but is very out-of-date (1999)
C.3 discusses and DMN (MSRP use over ), which is related to the bridging discussion
Many other small references to
These should be checked and suggested updates filed as maintenance requests
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.

15. ARC Future Activities & sessions
September 2012
ARC Future Activities & sessions
SC Chair & WG Chair agree the ARC SC meets when a specific focused task is requested of the SC for which the is sufficient volunteer interest.
Ongoing, have been and will continue to follow 802 O&A balloting activities.
Will also follow 802.1/ activities on links, bridging, and MAC Service definition
If you have ANY other topic that you would like ARC SC to consider, contact the SC chair.
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.

16. Planning for November 2012 Plan for one meeting slot
September 2012
Planning for November 2012
Plan for one meeting slot
Individuals interested in ARC work are encouraged to also attend GLK sessions (probably joint with 802.1)
ARC SC will schedule teleconferences with 10 days notice
To discuss any specific requests that arise
No teleconference anticipated at this time
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.

17. September session minutes
Wednesday September 19, 2012
Patent policy reviewed. Call for essential patent knowledge, no indications.
Reviewed status of 802 O&A ballot, per slide #11 above.
Many editorial comments, will supply to the editor directly
A few technical comments, all related to Annex B.2’s picture of an AP reference model.
This started a lively debate about how to model the “infrastructure side” – including AP, DS and Portal. This will be continued in November
Donald Eastlake gave a quick update on the General Links work
Discussion on IEEE P1905.1
Noted that 802 (and thereby, ) has a license for a few copies
Volunteers for reviewers was made. They will contact Jon Rosdahl directly.
802.1 “maintenance”
802.1AC is completed. Suggest REVmc review for alignment
802.1Q has out-of-date references. Will review and submit maintenance requests to correct.
Planned for November session
Will continue discussion about architectural model of an AP, DS and Portal, and MAC-SAPs
Mark Hamilton, Polycom, Inc.