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July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 July 2008 Mesh Meeting Agenda Date: 2008 -05 -23 Authors: Name Address Affiliations Phone Email Donald Eastlake 3 rd 111 Locke Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752 USA Motorola +1 -508 -786 -7554 Donald. Eastlake@motorola. com Submission 1 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 IEEE 802. 11 s: Mesh Networking Task Group TGs Motto: Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to take away. Denver, Colorado 14 -17 July, 2008 Chair: Donald E. Eastlake 3 rd. , Motorola Donald. Eastlake@motorola. com +1 -508 -786 -7554 Technical Editor: Anthony Maida, 3 ETI Secretary: Stephen Rayment, Bel. Air Networks Submission 2 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 Venue The Hyatt Regency Denver Submission 3 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 General Flow of the TGs Meeting • Monday – Administrivia and Status – TGs Process Presentation – Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft • Tuesday – Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft • Wednesday – Security Presentations – Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft • Thursday – – Submission Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft TGs Process Discussion Teleconferences/Ad-Hoc Meetings Discussion and Votes Other Technical Presentations 4 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 Monday, 14 July 2008 16: 00 – 18: 00 • Call meeting to Order • Miscellaneous Announcements • Review of IEEE 802 and 802. 11 Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property, Inappropriate Topics, Etc. • Approval of Agenda • Approval of Minutes • Status of TGs Draft and Letter Ballot – Draft D 2. 0+ – “Resolution of comments from Letter Ballot 126”, 11 -08/493 r 10+ • The substance of comments 374, 763, and 1065 are not to be discussed Submission 5 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 Miscellaneous Announcements • Warning: Do not leave your laptops unattended! – The meeting is not responsible for your unwatched stuff. • Wear your badge at all times in the meeting area! • Individual membership – In all IEEE standards meetings, membership is by individual, hence you do not represent a company or organization. • Photographs and Recordings – No sound recordings are permitted at 802. 11 WG or TG meetings. – No photographs allowed without WG Chair permission. • Media – Press and Analyst briefings – Only the 802. 11/. 15/. 18/. 19/. 22 WG Chair and WG Vice-Chairs are allowed to give verbal statements/interviews to the media on behalf of their respective IEEE working groups Submission 6 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 Important Stuff • Note the links from the items in red in the left column of all pages of the Working Group meeting agenda. – Affiliation Frequently Asked Questions: http: //standards. ieee. org/faqs/affiliation. FAQ. html – Anti-Trust: http: //standards. ieee. org/resources/antitrust-guidelines. pdf – IEEE Ethics: http: //www. ieee. org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethics. html – Letter of Assurance Form: http: //standards. ieee. org/board/pat/loa. pdf – IEEE Patent Committee: http: //standards. ieee. org/board/pat/index. html – IEEE Patent Policy: http: //standards. ieee. org/board/pat-slideset. ppt – Patent FAQ: http: //standards. ieee. org/board/pat/faq. pdf Submission 7 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 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 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 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 Submission 8 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 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 Submission 9 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 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 Submission 10 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 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. Submission 11 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 Automated Attendance Recording • Go to http: //newton/11/attendance (Documents: http: //802 server. events. ieee. org/ or 172. 16. 0. 10 or just http: //newton) – Sign-in – Claim attendance credit for each session. • Only “sign-in” and “claim credit” for yourself, do NOT “sign-in” for others. • You have to log in every session! • Do NOT use 802 wirelessworld for anything! Submission 12 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 Monday, 14 July 2008 16: 00 – 18: 00 • Presentation and Discussion on Process – “TGs Process, July”, Donald Eastlake 3 rd, 11 -08/TBDr 0 • Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft • Recess Until 10: 30 Submission 13 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 Tuesday, 15 July 2008 10: 30 – 15: 30 • • Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft Recess until 13: 30 Wednesday Submission 14 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 Wednesday, 16 July 2008 13: 30 – 18: 00 • • • Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder Security Presentations Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft Recess until 16: 00 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft Recess until 08: 00 Thursday Submission 15 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 Thursday, 17 July 2008 08: 00 – 13: 30 • • Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance recording reminder Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft Recess until 13: 30 Submission 16 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 Thursday, 17 July 2008 13: 30 – 15: 30 • Call Meeting to Order • IPR and Attendance recording reminder • Moved, to direct the Editor to produce one or more revisions of the Draft so as to incorporate all changes and comment resolutions adopted before the end of this session. – Mover: Seconder: • Discussion and Votes re Process / ad hocs / teleconferences – “TGs Process, May”, Donald Eastlake 3 rd, 11 -08/TBDr 1 • Other Technical Presentations • Adjourn sine die • TGs Motto: Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to take away Submission 17 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 [Reference Information] • Updated PAR at http: //standards. ieee. org/board/nes/projects/802 -11 s. pdf. – Original PAR for IEEE 802. 11 ESS Mesh: 11 -04/54 r 2. Original Five Criteria for IEEE 802. 11 ESS Mesh: 11 -04/56 r 1. • Comment Resolution Spreadsheets: – 11 -08/493 r 10: Resolution of Letter Ballot 126 Comments (D 2. 0) – 11 -07/23 r 55: Resolution of comments received during IEEE 802. 11 Letter Ballot 93 (D 1. 0) • TGs Technical Editors – Anthony Maida (RJF Inc. ), Drafts 2. 01 + – Avinash Joshi (Motorola), Drafts 1. 09 through D 2. 0 – W. Steven Conner (Intel). Drafts 0. 01 through D 1. 08 (also chair of the first Mesh Study Group Session) Submission 18 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

July 2008 doc. : IEEE P 802. 11 -08/701 r 0 [Earlier Meeting Minutes] • Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes • May 2008, ad hoc meeting, Santa Clara, California, 11 -08/539 r 0 – – March 2008, Orlando, Florida, 11 -08/424 r 0 January 2008, Taipei, Taiwan, 11 -08/170 r 2 November 2007, Atlanta, Georgia, 11 -07/2826 r 1 September 2007, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i, 11 -07/2495 r 0 • September 2007, ad hoc Meeting, Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, 11 -07/2413 r 0 – July 2007, San Francisco, California, 11 -07/2277 r 0 • June 2007, ad hoc Meeting, Hillsboro, Oregon, 11 -07/2009 r 0 – May 2007, Montreal, Quebec, 11 -07/746 r 0 • April 2007 ad hoc Meeting, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 11 -07/559 r 1 • – March 2007, Orlando, Florida, 11 -07/413 r 0 Recent Teleconference Minutes • 16 April 2008, 11 -08/463 r 1 • 30 April 2008, 11 -08/494 r 0 Submission 19 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola