1. TGmb Agenda, March 2009 Date: 2009-03-10 Authors: March 2009
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TGmb Agenda, March 2009
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Authors:
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Abstract
Agenda for the TGmb meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada from March 9-13, 2009.
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3. Agenda March 2009 Call meeting to order
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Agenda
Call meeting to order
Agenda review
Policies & procedures (including patent policy)
Attendance recording & meeting resources
Approval of prior meeting minutes
Call for Officers (Technical Editor)
TGmb revision status & schedule
Interpretation request
Comment review & resolution
Plans for next meeting
Authorize teleconferences & ad hocs
Review timeline
AOB
Adjourn
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Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

4. Monday 10 March 2009, 16:00 – 18:00 Call meeting to order March 2009
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Monday 10 March 2009, 16:00 – 18:00
Call meeting to order
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5. 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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6. Patent Related Links March 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
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7. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
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Call for Potentially Essential Patents
March 2009
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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. Tuesday (continued) 10 March 2009, 16:00 – 18:00
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Tuesday (continued) 10 March 2009, 16:00 – 18:00
Attendance recording procedures
See 11-09/0246r0
Must register before logging attendance
Must log attendance during each 2 hour session
Documentation
Use “TGmb” for documents relating to the Revision PAR
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Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

12. Tuesday (continued) 10 March 2009, 16:00 – 18:00
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Tuesday (continued) 10 March 2009, 16:00 – 18:00
Approve Agenda
11-09/0341r0 (this document)
Approval of January 2009 (Los Angeles, California, USA) meeting minutes: 11-09/0095r0
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Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

13. Officer Election Technical Editor nominations
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Officer Election
Technical Editor nominations
Vote on candidates to select Technical Editor
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Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

14. Tuesday (continued) 10 March 2009, 16:00 – 18:00
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Tuesday (continued) 10 March 2009, 16:00 – 18:00
TGmb Editorial Procedure
Review TGmb plan of record and amendment ordering
Review Comment Resolutions
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Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

15. TGmb Plan of Record May 2008 – Issue Call for Comment/Input
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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)
Sep/Nov 2009 – Recirc start
November 2009– Form Sponsor Pool
January 2010 – Sponsor Ballot Start
(Include all published amendments as of Jan 2010)
May 2010 – Sponsor Recirc
Jan 2011 – WG/EC Final Approval (conditional in Nov 2010)
Mar 2011 – RevCom/SASB Approval
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16. Amendment Ordering March 2009 Amendment Number Task Group REVCOM Date
July 2007
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Amendment reordering was discussed by editors Jan 20 based on current timeline estimates and resulted announced herein.
Amendment Ordering
(Note: This is taken from 11-09/0322r0)
Data as of Jan 20 from web.
See
Amendment Number
Task Group
REVCOM Date
Amendment 1
TGk
May 2008 (actual)
Amendment 2
TGr
Amendment 3
TGy
Sept 2008 (actual)
Amendment 4
TGw
Dec 2009
Amendment 5
TGn
Jan 2010
Amendment 6
TGz
Sept 2009
Amendment 7
TGp
June 2010
Amendment 8
TGv
Amendment 9
TGu
May 2010
Amendment 10
TGs
Sept 2010
Revision
802.11mb
Mar 2011
TGaa
May 2011
TGac
<no schedule>
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Peter Ecclesine (Cisco Systems)
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Terry Cole (AMD)
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17. Comment Review & Resolution
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Comment Review & Resolution
Responses to initial call for comments are consolidated as 11-08/1127r12
After adding approved amendments (see timeline on slide 14) to , editor should incorporate resolutions to these initial issues
Discussion of open comments and presentations to address
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Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks

18. Wednesday 11 March 2009, 16:00 – 18:00 Presentations
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Wednesday 11 March 2009, 16:00 – 18:00
Presentations
Comment Resolution
Preparation for July 2009 meeting
Teleconferences/ad hocs
Review timeline
AOB
Adjourn
Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks
Matthew Gast, Trapeze Networks