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September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 September 2005 Mesh Agenda Date: 2005 -09 -22 Authors: Name Address Company Phone Email Donald Eastlake 3 rd 111 Locke Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752 USA Motorola +1 -508 -786 -7554 Donald. Eastlake@motorola. com Notice: This document has been prepared to assist IEEE 802. 11. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor grants a free, irrevocable license to the IEEE to incorporate material contained in this contribution, and any modifications thereof, in the creation of an IEEE Standards publication; to copyright in the IEEE’s name any IEEE Standards publication even though it may include portions of this contribution; and at the IEEE’s sole discretion to permit others to reproduce in whole or in part the resulting IEEE Standards publication. The contributor also acknowledges and accepts that this contribution may be made public by IEEE 802. 11. Patent Policy and Procedures: The contributor is familiar with the IEEE 802 Patent Policy and Procedures <http: // ieee 802. org/guides/bylaws/sb-bylaws. pdf>, including the statement "IEEE standards may include the known use of patent(s), including patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard. " Early disclosure to the Working Group of patent information that might be relevant to the standard is essential to reduce the possibility for delays in the development process and increase the likelihood that the draft publication will be approved for publication. Please notify the Chair <stuart. kerry@philips. com> as early as possible, in written or electronic form, if patented technology (or technology under patent application) might be incorporated into a draft standard being developed within the IEEE 802. 11 Working Group. If you have questions, contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at <patcom@ieee. org>. Submission 1 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 IEEE 802. 11 s: ESS 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. Garden Grove, California 19 -22 September 2005 Chair: Donald E. Eastlake 3 rd Donald. Eastlake@motorola. com +1 -508 -786 -7554 Technical Editor: Steve Conner – Recording Secretary: Stephen Rayment Submission 2 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Estimated General Flow of the TGs Meeting • Monday Afternoon – Administrivia and Status of the Task Group – Task Group Process Discussion – Other Technical Presentation • Tuesday – Proposal Presentations – Other Technical Presentation • Wednesday – Proposal Presentations – Other Technical Presentations – Discussion and Votes on teleconferences/ad-hoc meetings • Thursday Afternoon – Summary Presentations of Proposals – Ballot on proposals Submission 3 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Monday Afternoon, 19 September 2005 Grand Ballroom A, 16: 00 -18: 00 • Call to Order • Review of IEEE 802 and 802. 11 Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property and Inappropriate Topics • Manual Attendance Recording for Garden Grove Meeting • Reminder concerning recording and photographs • Approved Agenda Unanimously • Approval of Minutes – Approved Minutes of the July 2005 Meeting, 11 -05/715 r 0, unanimously – Approved Minutes of the Teleconference held 14 September 2005, 11 -05/888 r 1, unanimously Submission 4 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards 6. Patents IEEE standards may include the known use of patent(s), including patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be a letter that is in the form of either a) A general disclaimer to the effect that the patentee will not enforce any of its present or future patent(s) whose use would be required to implement the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity using the patent(s) to comply with the standard or b) A statement that a license will be made available without compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination This assurance shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard's approval to the date of the standard's withdrawal and is irrevocable during that period. Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – December 2002, Reaffirmed May 2005 Submission 5 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Inappropriate Topics for IEEE TG Meetings • Don’t discuss licensing terms or conditions • Don’t discuss product pricing, territorial restrictions or market share • Don’t discuss ongoing litigation or threatened litigation • Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object. If you have questions, contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee. org Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – December 2002 Submission 6 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Attendance Recording • Sign-in sheets will be located near the “ 802 Registration” area. • Each member must sign-in “once” (1) per day, between the hours of 0800 and 1700 local time. • Participants must “sign” by their name indicating their attendance. • Attendance will be checked against other 802 groups. • Those found abusing the honor system will loose ALL credit for that day. • These sheets are provided daily. If you don’t sign up during the “regular sign-in” hours, you will NOT be given credit for that day. Submission 7 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Monday Afternoon, 19 September 2005 Grand Ballroom A, 16: 00 -18: 00 (continued) • Review of Task Group Status, Donald Eastlake 3 rd – 35 intents to submit proposals received – 15 proposals submitted, presented and balloted in July – 6 remaining proposals to be presented and balloted at this meeting – See 11 -05/112 r 14, 11 -05/274 r 10, 11 -05/597 r 10. • Motion – The proposals listed in 11 -05/597 r 10 are ratified as valid for consideration at the July and September TGs meetings notwithstanding any procedural flaws under 11 -05/274 r 10. • Moved: Mathilde Beneviste Second: Juan Carlos Zuniga • Passed: 44 -0 -1 (being >75%) Submission 8 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Monday Afternoon, 19 September 2005 Grand Ballroom A, 16: 00 -18: 00 (continued) • Presentations and Discussion on Process – “TGs Process”, Donald Eastlake 3 rd, 11 -05/878 r 0 • 802. 11 s and 802. 1 aq (Shortest Path Bridging) – There will be a significant amount of time at the mid-week 802. 11 plenary for 802. 1/802. 11 interaction. I have agreed to provide some very brief presentation on where we are, perhaps • 11 -04/1477 r 4: Terms and Definitions for 802. 11 s • 11 -04/1174 r 13: Functional Specification and Scope – 802. 1 will be interested in having a few people who can vote and comment on our Drafts. – 802. 1 aq is meeting 10: 30 to 12: 00 Thursday [in Royal F]. • Other Technical Presentation – “Adjacent channel interference and its impact on the mesh MAC”, 11 -05/916 r 0, Jack Winter • Recess until 10: 30 Tuesday Submission 9 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Tuesday, 20 September 2005 Grand Ballroom C&D, 10: 30 -12: 30 • Manual attendance reminder • 10: 36 Full Proposal Slot A: Mesh DCF (A: 8) “A MAC Partial Proposal for IEEE 802. 11 s”, 1105/869 r 2, Michael Einhaus • 11: 52 Partial Proposal Slot B: Mesh Networks Alliance (H: 9) “Mesh Networks Alliance: IEEE 802. 11 TGs Proposal submission”, 11 -05/600 r 2, Guido Hiertz • 12: 30 Recess until 16: 00 Submission 10 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Tuesday, 20 September 2005 Grand Ballroom C&D, 16: 00 -18: 00 • Manual attendance reminder • 16: 06 Full Proposal Slot C: Wi-Mesh Alliance (B: 31) “Wi-Mesh Alliance Proposal for 802. 11 TGs”, 1105/573 r 4, Juan Carlos Zuniga, Susan Hares • 17: 22 Other Technical Presentation – “Route Discovery Latency in on Demand Routing Protocol”, 11 -05/881 r 0, Yeonkwon Jeong • 18: 00 Recess until Wednesday 08: 00 Submission 11 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Wednesday, 21 September 2005 Grand Ballroom A, 08: 00 – 10: 00 • Manual attendance reminder • 08: 06 Full Proposal Slot D: Proactive Mesh (J: 35) “Proactive Mesh Network Framework”, 11 -05/386 r 5, Bing Zhang, Youiti Kado • 09: 22 Partial Proposal Slot E: Common Control Channel (M: 22) “Highlights of the CCC MMAC”, 11 -05/904 r 2, Mathilde Beneviste • 10: 00 Recess until 13: 30 Submission 12 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Wednesday, 21 September 2005 Grand Ballroom A, 13: 30 – 15: 30 • Manual attendance reminder • Temporary Secretary, Bahareh Sadeghi • 13: 36 Full Proposal Slot F: SEE Mesh (G: 7) “Simple Efficient Extensible Mesh (SEE-Mesh) Proposal Overview”, 11 -05/567 r 4, Steve Conner • 14: 52 Other Technical Presentation – “A Security Model for Wireless Mesh”, 11 -05/172 r 5, Bob Moskowitz • 15: 30 Recess until 16: 00 Submission 13 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Wednesday, 21 September 2005 Grand Ballroom A, 16: 00 – 18: 00 • • Temporary Secretary, Bahareh Sadeghi 16: 00 Discussion and Votes on Teleconferences/ad-hoc meetings – “TGs Process”, Donald Eastlake 3 rd, 11 -05/878 r 1 – Votes on teleconferences/ad-hoc meetings • • Moved, that TGs hold a teleconference at 11: 00 Eastern Time on Wednesday, 2 November 2005 to discuss the agenda for the November meeting. Notice will be given on the mailing list at least 10 days in advance. – Moved: Bahareh Sadeghi, Second: Jonathan Agre – Passed unanimously Other Technical Presentation – “Efficient Routing in Wireless Meshes through Late Binding”, 1105/909 r 2, Suman Banerjee • Recess until 13: 30 Thursday Submission 14 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 Thursday Afternoon, 22 September 2005 Grand Ballroom A, 13: 30 – 15: 30 • • Manual attendance reminder Proposal 5 minute summaries (11 -05/274 r 10, 11 -05/597 r 12) – – – 13: 35 Mesh DCF (A: 8), 11 -05/998 r 0, Michael Einhaus 13: 40 Mesh Networks Alliance (H: 9), 11 -05/788 r 1, Guido Hiertz 13: 45 Wi-Mesh Alliance (B: 31), Juan Carlos Zuniga 13: 50 Proactive Mesh (J: 35), 11 -05/778 r 1, Bing Zhang 13: 55 Common Control Channel (M: 22), 11 -05/1011 r 0, Mathilde Beneviste – 14: 00 SEE Mesh (G: 7), 11 -05/567 r 5, Steve Conner • • Proposal Ballot 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 15 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 [Reference Information] • • PAR for IEEE 802. 11 ESS Mesh: 11 -04/54 r 2 Five Criteria for IEEE 802. 11 ESS Mesh: 11 -04/56 r 1 Call for Proposals: 11 -04/1430 r 12 Proposal Selection Procedures: 11 -05/274 r 10 Proposal Intents: 11 -05/112 r 14 Proposals: 11 -05/597 r 12 Adopted Task Group Working Documents • – 11 -04/1477 r 4: Terms and Definitions for 802. 11 s – 11 -04/1174 r 13: Functional Specification and Scope – 11 -04/1175 r 10: Comparison Categories and Informative Checklists – 11 -04/662 r 16: Usage Models – 11 -04/1543 r 4: Informative Reference Bibliography for 802. 11 s Miscellaneous – Graphs and Mesh, see 11 -04 -420 r 0 – “Free the APs” Button Graphics: 11 -04/518 r 0 Submission 16 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola

September 2005 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -05/838 r 9 [Earlier Minutes] • Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes – July 2005 meeting, San Francisco, California, 11 -05/715 r 0 – May 2005 Meeting, Cairns, Queensland, 11 -05/535 r 1 – March 2005 Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 11 -05/261 r 0 – January 2005 Meeting, Monterey, California, 11 -05/45 r 0 – November 2004 Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 11 -04/1464 r 0 – September 2004 Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 11 -04/1125 r 1 – July 2004 Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 11 -04/853 r 0 • Recent Teleconference Minutes – 14 September 2005, 11 -05/888 r 1 • MESH Study Group Meeting Minutes – May 2004 Meeting, Garden Grove, California, 11 -04/652 r 1 – March 2004 Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 11 -04/395 r 2 – January 2004 Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, 11 -04/110 r 2 Submission 17 Donald Eastlake 3 rd, Motorola