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IEEE 802.11 Regulatory AHC Palm Springs Meeting Plan and Agenda

IEEE 802.11 Regulatory AHC Palm Springs Meeting Plan and Agenda. Date: 2011-05-10. Authors:. Abstract. This presentation is the plan for the May 10, 2011 IEEE 802.11 Regulatory Ad Hoc Committee meeting in Palm Springs. Agenda. Assign a recording secretary Administrative items

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IEEE 802.11 Regulatory AHC Palm Springs Meeting Plan and Agenda

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  1. IEEE 802.11 Regulatory AHCPalm Springs Meeting Plan and Agenda Date: 2011-05-10 Authors: Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

  2. Abstract This presentation is the plan for the May 10, 2011 IEEE 802.11 Regulatory Ad Hoc Committee meeting in Palm Springs. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

  3. Agenda • Assign a recording secretary • Administrative items • Required notices • Introduction • The regulatory summaries • Regulatory issues status • FCC open issues • Test plan for TVDBs • EN 300 328 revision update • FCC 5 GHz rules changes update • Critical issues actions Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

  4. Administrative Items • Ad Hoc Committee rules (per Adrian) • Introduce the ethics etc... slides in your meetings,  you should not call foressential patents • AHC,  is a "committee of the whole" of the WG - i.e. any WG member can contribute; in practice, anybody who turns up can speak • During f2f meetings,  you can hold formal votes of only the voting members of 802.11; on a telecon you can take straw polls,  but not formal votes • Required notices • 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 • Chair and Secretary • Chair is Rich Kennedy (Research In Motion) could not attend • Peter Ecclesine will act as Recording Secretary Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

  5. 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

  6. Meeting Etiquette • IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization • Meetings are to be conducted in an orderly and professionalmanner 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. Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

  7. Introduction • Purpose • Improve the working relationship between the technical experts and the regulatory specialists, especially when it comes to critical technical issues • Scope • The group will review new regulatory changes or impending changes affecting 802.11 standards • Each meeting will focus on the most critical issue at the time • Critical Issue Focus • Direct impact on IEEE 802.11 current and future standards • Response/Input deadlines • Coordination with IEEE 802.18 (RR-TAG) • Coordination with the Wi-Fi Alliance • Outputs from this group must go through 802.18 Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

  8. Regulatory Summary – North America • US • The FCC TVBD Test Plan • FCC 5 GHz rules changes update • Canada • Mexico Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

  9. Regulatory Summary – European Union • ERM TG11 - EN 300 328 revision update • Document complete • Vote in ERM #30, week of June 27th • ETSI BRAN EN 301 893 revisions • To revise EN 301 893 v 1.5.1 in line with TCAM (26)83 • Chair expects work to be completed at the next meeting (Spring 2011); process complete in the Fall 2011 • Andy Gowans supervising the EU TV band database development Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

  10. Regulatory Summary - Asia • India’s “Draft National Frequency Allocation Plan 2011” • http://www.dot.gov.in/as/Draft%20NFAP-2011.pdf • The  sections starting page #150 specifically mentions the intention to use particular frequency ranges for IMT and WLAN [IND30, IND35, IND38,IND63,etc] • Thank you Anirudh Bhatt (Samsung) for bringing this to our attention Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

  11. Critical Issues Actions • RR-TAG document for ITU-R on TV White Spaces projects in IEEE 802 • http://griffin.events.ieee.org/docs/802.22/11/22-11-0054-01-0000-itu-r-contribution-on-ieee-sa-standardization-for-tvws-operation.doc • FCC specified measurement method for TVBD transmit power • Laboratory Division Publication 412172 • https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/comments/GetPublishedDocument.html?id=204&tn=255011 Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

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