1. OmniRAN EC SG Agenda February 28th, 2013 Conference Call
Max Riegel
(OmniRAN SG Chair)

2. Meeting Thursday, Feb 28th, 2013, 05:00-06:00 PM ET Conference Call:
September 2012
doc.: IEEE /0996r3
Meeting
Thursday, Feb 28th, 2013, 05:00-06:00 PM ET
Conference Call:
Call-in number: 1-(972) (US)
Global numbers:
Conference Code: #
WebEX
Meeting Number: 
Meeting Password: omniran
Stephen McCann, RIM

3. Guidelines for IEEE-SA 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.
If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit
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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4. Resources – URLs Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation
September 2012
doc.: IEEE /0996r3
Resources – URLs
Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation
Links to IEEE Antitrust Guidelines
Link to IEEE Code of Ethics
Link to IEEE Patent Policy
Clint Chaplin, Chair (Samsung)

5. September 2012
doc.: IEEE /0996r3
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.
Stephen McCann, RIM

6. LMSC Operations Manual
4.3 Study groups
4.3.1 Study group operation
Progress of each Study Group shall be presented at the closing Sponsor meeting of each IEEE 802 LMSC plenary session by the appropriate WG, TAG, or ECSG Chair. Study Groups may elect officers other than the Chair, if necessary, and will follow the general operating procedures for WGs specified in the IEEE 802 LMSC WG P&P. Because of the limited time duration of a Study Group, no letter ballots are permitted.
4.3.2 Voting at study group meetings
Any person attending a Study Group meeting may vote on all motions (including recommending approval of a PAR). A vote is carried by 75% of those present and voting “Approve” or “Disapprove.”

7. Agenda Thursday, February 28th, 17:00 – 18:00 ET
September 2012
doc.: IEEE /0996r3
Agenda Thursday, February 28th, 17:00 – 18:00 ET
Call Meeting to Order
Appointment of recording secretary
Roll Call
Approval of minutes of Jan ’13 session
Reports
Contributions on OmniRAN use cases
OmniRAN presentation in joint IEEE 802/IETF meeting on Mar 16th
Communication of OmniRAN status inside IEEE 802
Agenda for Mar ’13 session
AOB
Stephen McCann, RIM

8. Agenda Items Call Meeting to Order Appointment of recording secretary
Roll Call
Name
Affiliation

9. Approval of minutes of Jan ’13 session
Agenda Items
Approval of agenda
Approval of minutes of Jan ’13 session
Reports

10. Agenda Items
Contributions on OmniRAN use cases
OmniRAN presentation in joint IEEE 802/IETF meeting on Mar 16th
Communication of OmniRAN status inside IEEE 802

11. Agenda Items
Agenda for Mar ’13 session
AOB