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November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 ARC-agenda-november-2013 Date: 2013 -11 -12 Authors: Agenda Slide 1 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 Abstract Agendas for: ARC SC Ad Hoc, Nov 11, Dallas, Texas ARC SC, November, 2013, Dallas, Texas Agenda Slide 2 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 IEEE 802. 11 Architecture Standing Committee Agenda Ad Hoc session November 11, 2013 Dallas, Texas Agenda Slide 3 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 Attendance, etc. • Reminders to attendees: – Please sign attendance sheet – Noises off – No recordings Agenda Slide 4 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 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 5 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 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 6 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 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 7 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 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 8 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 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 9 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 ARC Agenda – Ad Hoc November 11, 2013 • Administration – Approve Agenda, Attendance, Policies • 802 O&A D 1. 7 sponsor ballot, comment collection – Draft is here: http: //www. ieee 802. org/11/private/Draft_Standards/802 architectur e/802 -rev-D 1 -7. pdf – Comments collected from 802. 11 members: https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/13/11 -13 -1368 -00 -0 arc-cc 10 comments-on-802 -o-a-d 1 -7. xlsx Agenda Slide 10 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 IEEE 802. 11 Architecture Standing Committee Agenda November 2013 session Agenda Slide 11 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 Wednesday, November 13 th, AM 1 Agenda Slide 12 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 Attendance, etc. • Reminders to attendees: – Sign in for. 11 attendance credit – Noises off – No recordings Agenda Slide 13 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 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 14 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 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 15 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 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 16 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 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 17 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 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 18 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 ARC Agenda – November 2013 • Administration Wednesday, AM 1 – Approve Agenda, Attendance, Policies, Minutes • Election of Vice Chair – Call for nominations – Introductions – Vote • IETF/802 coordination – RFC 4441, CAPWAP, PAWS update • • 802 O&A sponsor ballot, comment resolution 802. 11 TGak/802. 1 Qbz on “ 802. 11 bridging” update IEEE 1588 mapping to IEEE 802. 11 AP/DS/Portal architecture and 802 concepts – • • https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/13/11 -13 -1436 -00 -0 arc-alternative-dual-band-ap-referencemodel-graphic. pptx 802. 1 AC revision Future sessions / SC activities Agenda Slide 19 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 ARC Minutes • September Minutes: https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/13/11 -13 -1249 -000 arc-minutes-september-2013. docx Agenda Slide 20 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 Vice Chair Election • Close call for nominations. Nominees are: – Joseph Levy (Inter. Digital) – • Introductions • Election – Agenda Slide 21 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 IETF/802 coordination • Dorothy Stanley present topics of interest: – RFC 4441 revision update – CAPWAP update – PAWS update Agenda Slide 22 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 802 Organization & Architecture revision • Draft 1. 7 is in the 802. 11 members area (http: //www. ieee 802. org/11/private/Draft_Standards/802 ar chitecture/802 -rev-D 1 -7. pdf) • Reviewed 802. 11 members comments received, during Ad Hoc session on Monday (https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/13/11 -13 -1368 -01 -0 arccc 10 -comments-on-802 -o-a-d 1 -7. xlsx) • Update (if needed) Agenda Slide 23 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 802. 11 General Links • Donald Eastlake present topics of interest from TGak and 802. 1’s parallel work (802. 1 Qbz) – General update – Any comments from ARC SC on the architectural directions/implications of direction? Agenda Slide 24 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 IEEE 1588 mapping to IEEE 802. 11 • Update (Mark Hamilton), if needed Agenda Slide 25 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 AP/DS/Portal architecture and 802 concepts • Presentations on AP/DS/Portal architectural description, and Figure 5 -1 • https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 11/dcn/13/11 -13 -1436 -000 arc-alternative-dual-band-ap-reference-modelgraphic. pptx Agenda Slide 26 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 802. 1 AC revision • Revision includes update to clause 12, in particular (newly numbered) subclause 12. 2 “IEEE Std 802. 11 (Wireless LAN) convergence functions” – See http: //www. ieee 802. org/1/files/public/docs 2013/acrev-nfinnnew-802 -11 -text-0813 -v 02. pdf – What material should be in 802. 1 AC, and what should be in 802. 11? – How is this written today (without 11 ak being done)? How is it maintained/updated to reflect 11 ak? – Comments from review of proposed text? Agenda Slide 27 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 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 AP/DS/Portal architectural model • Ongoing, have been and will continue to follow 802 O&A balloting activities. • 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 • Consider 802. 1 AC revision project changes/proposals If you have ANY other topic that you would like ARC SC to consider, contact the SC chair. Agenda Slide 28 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.

November 2013 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -13/1264 r 2 Planning for January 2014 • Plan for one meeting slot for general activities, plus one slot joint with TGak for coordination • Individuals interested in ARC work are encouraged to also attend TGak sessions • ARC SC will schedule teleconferences with 10 days notice – To discuss any specific requests that arise Agenda Slide 29 Mark Hamilton, Spectralink Corp.