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January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 ARC-agenda-jan-2015 Date: 2014 -12 -05 Authors: Agenda Slide 1 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 Abstract Agenda for: ARC SC, January 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, US Agenda Slide 2 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 IEEE 802. 11 Architecture Standing Committee Agenda January 2015 session Chair: Mark Hamilton (Spectralink) Vice Chair: Joe Levy (Inter. Digital) Agenda Slide 3 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 Tuesday, January 13 th, AM 2 Agenda Slide 4 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 Attendance, etc. • Reminders to attendees: – Sign in for. 11 attendance credit – Noises off – No recordings Agenda Slide 5 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants: l “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 l “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) l 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 l l l Agenda Slide 6 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 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/sect 6 -7. html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http: //standards. ieee. org/guides/opman/sect 6. html#6. 3 Material about the patent policy is available at http: //standards. ieee. org/board/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-slideset. ppt Agenda Slide 7 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 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 Agenda Slide 8 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 Other Documents and Web. Pages to Review • Please review the documents at the following links: - IEEE Patent Policy - http: //standards. ieee. org/board/patslideset. ppt - Patent FAQ - http: //standards. ieee. org/board/pat/faq. pdf - Lo. A Form - http: //standards. ieee. org/board/pat/loa. pdf - Affiliation FAQ http: //standards. ieee. org/faqs/affiliation. FAQ. html - Anti-Trust FAQ - http: //standards. ieee. org/resources/antitrustguidelines. pdf - Ethics http: //www. ieee. org/portal/cms_docs/about/Co. E_poster. pdf - IEEE 802. 11 Working Group OM https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/09/11 -09 -0002 -04 -0000 -802 -11 operations-manual. doc • New 802 WG P&P: https: //mentor. ieee. org/802 -ec/dcn/09/ec-090007 -02 -00 EC-draft-lmsc-wg-p-p. pdf • New 802 LMSC P&P: https: //mentor. ieee. org/802 -ec/dcn/09/ec-090005 -02 -00 EC-draft-revised-lmsc-p-p-for-wg-p-p-ballot. pdf • New 802 LMSC OM: https: //mentor. ieee. org/802 -ec/dcn/09/ec-090006 -02 -00 EC-draft-revision-of-the-lmsc-om-for-wg-p-p. pdf Agenda Slide 9 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings l All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. l l Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. l Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. l l Technical considerations remain primary focus Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. l Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. l 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. Agenda Slide 10 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 ARC Agenda – Jan 2015 Tuesday, Jan 13, AM 2 • • Administrative: Minutes Updates, no action expected: – – • 802. 1 AC revision • • • IEEE 1588 mapping to IEEE 802. 11 IETF/802 coordination (RFC 4441, PAWS, CAPWAP) Review/Discussion of 802. 1 AC draft Review comments and resolutions AP/DS/Portal architecture and 802 concepts • • AP’s “Distribution System Access” function concept Make DS_SAP normative, Annex R updates Wednesday, Jan 14, AM 1 • • Prepare for Joint TGak/802. 1 session (on Thursday) MIB attributes Design Pattern AP/DS/Portal architecture and 802 concepts, continued Future sessions / SC activities Joint session with TGak/802. 1, Thursday, Jan 15, AM 1 • Architectural view of 11 ak Bridged LAN Slide 11 Agenda Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 ARC Minutes • November Minutes: <link> Agenda Slide 12 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 IEEE 1588 mapping to IEEE 802. 11 • Update (Mark Hamilton) Agenda Slide 13 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 IETF/802 coordination • Dorothy Stanley present topics of interest: – PAWS update – CAPWAP draft(s) update – Other? Agenda Slide 14 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 802. 1 AC revision • Update on 802. 1 AC D 1. 0 WG Ballot – Closed July 18 – Results: 58 Voters – of which 27 have responded (47%) • 6 Approve 46% • 7 Disapprove 54% • 25 Abstain 52% – Comments and Resolution sheet: http: //www. ieee 802. org/1/files/private/ac-revdrafts/d 1/802 -1 ac-rev-d 1 -0 -dis-v 2. pdf • Presentations for discussion (to be updated, as presentations come in): • None, as of yet? – Reference presentations (previously reviewed, current status of thinking): • • • Agenda https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/14/11 -14 -0497 -03 -0 arc-802 -11 -portal-and-802 -1 acconvergence-function. pptx http: //www. ieee 802. org/1/files/private/ac-rev-drafts/d 1/802 -1 ac-rev-d 1 -0. pdf Make DS_SAP normative? https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/14/11 -14 -1218 -01 -0 arcnormative-ds-sap. pptx Slide 15 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 AP/DS/Portal architecture and 802 concepts • Presentations on architectural description(s) – None, as of yet? • Reference presentations (previously reviewed, current status of thinking): – https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/14/11 -14 -1213 -01 -0 arc-ap-arch -concepts-and-distribution-system-access. pptx – https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/13/11 -13 -0115 -15 -0 arcconsiderations-on-ap-architectural-models. doc – Comment in REVmc to include 11 -13/115 r 14’s “Figure 11 -14/115 -16” in the 802. 11 Standard Agenda Slide 16 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 Wednesday, January 14 th, AM 1 Agenda Slide 17 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 802. 11 General Links • Donald Eastlake present topics of interest from TGak and 802. 1’s parallel work (802. 1 Qbz) • Topics for joint session on Thursday Agenda Slide 18 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 Design Pattern for MIB attributes • The WG 11 Chair has requested that the ARC SC investigate and create a Design Pattern for MIB attributes of the form “*Implemented” and “*Activated” • Discussion continuing on teleconferences. To be continued here… • https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/14/11 -14 -1068 -000 arc-mib-attributes-design-pattern-background. docx • https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/14/11 -14 -1281 -030 arc-mib-attributes-analysis. docx Agenda Slide 19 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 ARC Future Activities & sessions • ARC SC meets when a specific focused task is requested of the SC for which the is sufficient volunteer interest. • Continue work on architectural models • Comment on 802. 1 AC revision project changes/proposals • Design Pattern for “*Implemented” and “*Activated” MIB attributes • Will also follow 802. 1/802. 11 activities on links, bridging, and MAC Service definition • Monitor/report on IETF/802 activities, as needed • Monitor/report on IEEE 1588 activities, as needed If you have ANY other topic that you would like ARC SC to consider, contact the SC chair. Agenda Slide 20 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 Planning for Mar 2015 • Plan for one or two individual meeting slots – Usual slot on Wed AM 1 will be used for joint session with 802. 1 AC/802. 11 ak and comment resolution on 802. 1 AC – Another slot for standalone ARC work (Tuesday? ) – Another slot joint with 802. 11 ak (Thursday’s slot? )? • Individuals interested in ARC work are encouraged to also attend other TGak sessions • Plan for no teleconferences Agenda Slide 21 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

January 2015 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -14/1584 r 0 Thursday, January 15 th, AM 1 - Joint session with TGak/802. 1 - See TGak for detailed agenda Agenda Slide 22 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.