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1 st Vice Chair Report January 2013

1 st Vice Chair Report January 2013. Authors:. Date: 2013-01-14. Abstract. This slide contains requested reports and status from the 802.11 1 st Vice-Chair: Current Patent Slides Updated on Rules, P&P and OM for IEEE-SA, IEEE 802, and IEEE 802.11.

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1 st Vice Chair Report January 2013

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  1. 1st Vice Chair Report January 2013 Authors: Date: 2013-01-14 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  2. Abstract This slide contains requested reports and status from the 802.11 1st Vice-Chair: Current Patent Slides Updated on Rules, P&P and OM for IEEE-SA, IEEE 802, and IEEE 802.11 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  3. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]: “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 Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  4. 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/develop/policies/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/materials.html If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/index.html This slide set is available at https://development.standards.ieee.org/myproject/Public/mytools/mob/slideset.ppt Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  5. 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 Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  6. 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. Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  7. Current Procedures • IEEE 802 Policies & Procedures • (link to AudCom, approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board Dec 2012) • http://standards.ieee.org/board/aud/LMSC.pdf • IEEE 802 Operations Manual (effective 16 Nov 2012), • http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_OM_v11.pdf • IEEE 802 Working Group Policies and Procedures (effective 16 Nov 2012) • http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v12.pdf • IEEE 802.11 Operations Manual (WG11 OM)(Effective July 20, 2012) • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/documents?is_dcn=2&is_year=2009 Policies and Procedures hierarchy • http://www.ieee802.org/11/Rules/rules.shtml Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  8. Reminder for Posting Documents • From 802.11OM – • All submissions presented to and all minutes shall be posted to the 802.11 document server. • Please check to ensure all documents are posted • If you have a “pending” document that is in error, let Adrian or Jon know. Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  9. Latest versions of IEEE-SA Rules • The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws is available at:  • http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/index.html (HTML version)  • http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf (PDF version)  • The current version of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual is available at:  • http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/opman/index.html (HTML version)  • http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/opman/sb_om.pdf (PDF version)  • The text of the changes made to these documents (approved by SASB/BOG in 2012) can be found at:  • http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/policy_rev.pdf • Please read through these changes so that you are familiar with the current P&P. Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  10. 802 LMSC P&P • New P&P conditionally accepted by the Standards Board due to recommendation of AudCom in December • 802 EC has conducted an E-mail ballot to complete the requested changes • The accepted P&P now posted by AudCom: • http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/audcom/pnp/LMSC.pdf Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  11. Current 802 OM and 802 WG P&P • IEEE Project 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) Operations Manual (LMSC OM) • http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_OM_v11.pdf • IEEE Project 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) Working Group (WG) Policies and Procedures (WG P&P) • http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v12.pdf Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  12. 802.11 OM Changes • New Document number • https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/13/11-13-0001-00-0000-802-11-operations-manual.docx • Updated Links – • Updated links in Hiearchy • Section 7 links to figure updated • Added New Section • 7.5 Qualifying Interim Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  13. Text for 7.5 Qualifying Interim • In section 7 the voting membership requirement is “2 of 4 consecutive plenaries, one of which may be substituted by an interim”. This sub-section defines which interims qualify for this substitution. • The rule is that any interim after the first of the 4 consecutive plenaries is a qualifying interim. • This is illustrated below, where P stands for a plenary and I stands for an interim. The qualifying sessions are shown in bold underlined. • After a plenary: …P I P I P I P I P I P • After an interim: … P I P I P I P I P I P I Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  14. Wednesday Midweek Plenary items Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  15. 5.8 Interest Groups • What is the purpose of WNG SC? • Short description of WNG SC • What might an Interest Group look like? • Example OM text from 802.15 • Discussion on the value of making a distinction: • Possible options: • Increase the default WNG SC time • Create IG Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  16. WNG • 802.11 has a Standing Committee (SC) that currently is tasked with looking at the future events: • WIRELESS NEXT GENERATION (WNG) STANDING COMMITTEE (SC) • This committee has been used to coordinate and faciliate meeting time for discussion on new technologies and future directions of 802.11 WG. • This committee was originally formed to focus WG discussion of future topics outside the 3 plenary meeting slots. Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  17. 802.15 Interest Groups (IG) 1802.15 Interest Group(s) • 1.1Function • The function of the 802.15 Interest Group (IG) is to provide a forum for specific applications or technologies.  • 1.2Membership • Participants from 802.15 WG make up the IG membership. • 1.3Formation • The Chair of the WG has the power to appoint IGs when enough interest has been identified for a particular area of study within the scope of 802.15 WG. To determine that sufficient interest has been identified, the formation of the IG shall be ratified by a simple majority of the WG. Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

  18. 802.15 IG(cont) • 1.4Continuation • IGs are constituted to perform a specific function and remain in existence until the specific function is no longer required at the WG Chair’s discretion. • 1.5Interest Group Operation • IGs follow the operating procedures for TGs specified in clause 4 with the following exceptions: • 1.5.1Interest Group Meetings • Attendance at IG meetings held as part of an 802.15 WG session counts towards 802.15 WG voting rights. • 1.5.2Voting at Interest Group Meetings • Any person attending an IG meeting may participate in IG discussions; make motions and vote on all motions. • 1.6Interest Group Chair • The Interest Group Chair is appointed by the WG Chair.  Jon Rosdahl (CSR)

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