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Reviewing PAR Scope, proposals prioritization, and setting agenda for upcoming Orlando meeting. Compliance guidelines and patent policies to be discussed.
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IEEE P802.11afTeleconference Date: 2010-03-09 Authors: Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Abstract This presentation is the agenda and meeting plan for the March 9th 2010 IEEE 802.11 TGaf teleconference. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Agenda • Introduction • Administrative items • Review of PAR Scope and TG approved Purpose, Principles and Vision/Outcome • Overview of the proposals • Prioritizing the proposals • Setting the agenda for Orlando in March [March 15th through 20th] Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Introduction • Welcome to the IEEE P802.11af March 9, 2010 teleconference • Chairs and secretary • Chair: Rich Kennedy (Research In Motion) – cannot attend • Vice-chair and Webex Facilitator: Peter Ecclesine (Cisco) • Recording Secretary: Zhou Lan (NICT) • Recording your attendance • Send email to: rikennedy@rim.com and petere@cisco.com Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Administrative Items • Please be familiar with the documents at the following links: • IEEE Patent Policy - http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt • Patent FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/faq.pdf • LoA Form - http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/loa.pdf • Affiliation FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html • Anti-Trust FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf • Ethics - http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/about/CoE_poster.pdf • IEEE 802.11 Working Group Policies and Procedures - https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/public-file/07/11-07-0360-04-0000-802-11-policies-and-procedures.doc • Approve the minutes of February 16 teleconference 10/226r1 • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-0226-01-00af-february-6-teleconference-minutes.doc Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
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 orpatent 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 patentclaim 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 Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
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 http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html This slide set is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
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
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 5.3.10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
PAR Scope and Purpose • PAR Scope: An amendment that defines modifications to both the 802.11 physical layers (PHY) and the 802.11 Medium Access Control Layer (MAC), to meet the legal requirements for channel access and coexistence in the TV White Space • PAR Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to allow 802.11 wireless networks to be used in the TV white space Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Purpose, Principles and Vision/Outcome • Purpose: the Task Group should create an amendment whose implementation in solutions is likely to receive FCC approval for operation in the TV White Spaces under the 47 CFR Part 15 subpart H rules. • Principles: • If the FCC changes the rules, the Task Group should change the amendment accordingly • The amendment should not duplicate functionality that is being standardized in other Task Groups that are likely to complete before 802.11af. • There is no need for backwards compatibility with 2.45 GHz ISM operation. • The starting point is changes to Clauses 17 and 20 and Annexes I and J • Vision/Outcome: Use the OFDM PHYs with 5-, 10- and 20-MHz channel widths to specify the basis for a system that the regulators can approve for operation in the TVWS bands. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Overview of the Proposals • 11-10-0238-00-00af-petere-amendment-proposal • 11-10-0248-01-00af-amendment-proposal-for-measurement-report • 11-10-0253-01-00af-modification-on-dfs-and-dcf-procedure-adapting-to-fcc-rules-in-tvws-part-2-hidden-node • 11-10-0256-00-00af-modification-on-dfs-and-dcf-procedure-adapting-to-fcc-rules-in-tvws-part-1-synchronized-quiet • 11-10-0257-01-00af-regulatory-operating-classes-specifications • 11-10-0258-00-00af-mac-and-phy-proposal-for-802-11af • 11-10-0260-01-00af-radio-resource-measurement-type-and-procedure-for-tvws-application-under-fcc-rules • 11-10-0261-01-00af-enabling-procedure-of-communication-in-tvws-under-fcc-rules • 11-10-0262-00-00af-requirements-and-amendments-regarding-tvws-database-access • 11-10-0263-00-00af-amendment-proposal-for-tv-white-spaces-operation Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Prioritizing the Proposals • Base text for Draft 0.01 • PHY proposals • MAC + PHY proposals • MAC proposals • Other proposals • Out of Scope Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
March Plenary Meeting • TGaf has only two sessions in March • Tuesday AM1 • Wednesday AM1 • Joint 802.11af/802/19/802.22 meeting cancelled • All Tuesday evening sessions preempted for the IEEE 802 30th Anniversary celebration Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
Agenda for Orlando • Preview and prioritize the receives submissions (if not accomplished in March 9th teleconference) • Select and approve a Technical Editor • Presentation of submissions by priority • Plan for teleconferences and May meeting in Beijing Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
References • 11-09-0749-03-0000-802.11-in-the-tvws • IEEE Std 802.11-2007 IEEE Standard for Information Technology— Telecommunications and information exchange between systems— Local and metropolitan area networks— Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications • FCC 08-260 Second Report and Order and Memorandum and Order (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-01-260A1.pdf) • 11-09-0934-09-tvws-par-nescom-form-plus-5c • 11-10-0021-06-00af-meeting-plan-and-agenda-los-angeles-2010 • 11-10-0218-00-00af-draft-call-for-proposals • 11-10-0221-01-00af-feb-16-2010-teleconferenc-plan • 11-10-0226-00-00af-feb-16-telecon-minutes • 11-10-0238-00-00af-petere-amendment-proposal Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion
References [2] • 11-10-0248-01-00af-amendment-proposal-for-measurement-report • 11-10-0253-01-00af-modification-on-dfs-and-dcf-procedure-adapting-to-fcc-rules-in-tvws-part-2-hidden-node • 11-10-0256-00-00af-modification-on-dfs-and-dcf-procedure-adapting-to-fcc-rules-in-tvws-part-1-synchronized-quiet • 11-10-0257-01-00af-regulatory-operating-classes-specifications • 11-10-0258-00-00af-mac-and-phy-proposal-for-802-11af • 11-10-0260-01-00af-radio-resource-measurement-type-and-procedure-for-tvws-application-under-fcc-rules • 11-10-0261-01-00af-enabling-procedure-of-communication-in-tvws-under-fcc-rules • 11-10-0262-00-00af-requirements-and-amendments-regarding-tvws-database-access • 11-10-0263-00-00af-amendment-proposal-for-tv-white-spaces-operation Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion