doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 1 September 2008 Mesh ad hoc Meeting Agenda Date: Authors: NameAddressAffiliationsPhone Donald Eastlake 3 rd 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA USA

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 2 IEEE 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. Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i 3-5 September, 2008 Chair: Donald E. Eastlake 3 rd. (Motorola) Technical Editor: Anthony Maida (3eTI) Secretary: Stephen Rayment (BelAir Networks)

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 3 Venue Hilton Kaua‘i Beach Resort

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 4 Wednesday, 3 September :00-18:00 09:10 Call meeting to Order Miscellaneous Announcements Selection of Secretary –The Chair Acted as Secretary Review of IEEE 802 and Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property, Inappropriate Topics, Etc. Agenda Approved by unanimous consent Status of TGs Draft and Comment Resolutions –Draft D2.01+ –“Resolution of comments from Letter Ballot 126”, 11-08/493r18 The substance of comments 374, 763, and 1065 are not to be discussed

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 5 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 WG or TG meetings. –No photographs allowed without WG Chair permission. Media – Press and Analyst briefings –Only the /.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

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 6 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: –Anti-Trust: –IEEE Ethics: –Letter of Assurance Form: –IEEE Patent Committee: –IEEE Patent Policy: –Patent FAQ:

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 7 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

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 8 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 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual Material about the patent policy is available at If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit This slide set is available at

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 9 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

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 10 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 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 11 Wednesday, 3 September :00-18:00, Orchid I Room Work on Open General comments in 11-08/493r18 12:00 Break for Lunch 13:15 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance recording reminder Work on Open General comments in 11-08/493r18 16:45 Recess until 09:00 Thursday

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 12 Thursday, 4 September :00 – 18:00, Orchid I Room 09:05 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder Guido Hiertz, Presented a complete Word conversion of the D2.01 draft marked up to change “Mesh Point” (MP) to “Mesh Station” (Mesh STA), etc. Work on Open General comments in 11-08/493r18 12:00 Lunch Break Call Meeting to Order Work on Open General comments in 11-08/493r18 Recess until 09:00 Friday

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 13 Friday, 5 September :00 – 18:00, Orchid I Room 9:15 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance recording reminder Work on Open General comments in 11-08/1033r1 Discussion of conflict between 11-08/783 and /526 adopted in Denver. Further work on Deferred General comments in /1033r1. 12:05 Lunch Break

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 14 Friday, 5 September :00 – 18:00, Orchid I Room Call Meeting to Order Further work on Deferred General comments in /1033r1. TGs agreed to be photographed and permission was obtained from the WG chair. 16:00 Adjourn TGs Motto: Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to take away

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 15 [Reference Information] Updated PAR at –Original PAR for IEEE ESS Mesh: 11-04/54r2. Original Five Criteria for IEEE ESS Mesh: 11-04/56r1. Comment Resolution Spreadsheets: –11-08/493r18: Resolution of Letter Ballot #126 Comments (D2.01) –11-08/1103r2: Kauai ad hoc resolutions TGs Technical Editors: –Anthony Maida (3eTI), Drafts –Avinash Joshi (Motorola), Drafts 1.09 through D2.0 –W. Steven Conner (Intel). Drafts 0.01 through D1.08 (also chair of the first Mesh Study Group Session)

doc.: IEEE P /953r5 Submission September 2008 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)Slide 16 [Earlier Meeting Minutes] Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes –July 2008, Denver, Colorado, 11-08/835r0 –May 2008, Jacksonville, Florida, 11-08/580r2 May 2008, ad hoc meeting, Santa Clara, California, 11-08/539r0 –March 2008, Orlando, Florida, 11-08/424r0 –January 2008, Taipei, Taiwan, 11-08/170r2 –November 2007, Atlanta, Georgia, 11-07/2826r1 –September 2007, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i, 11-07/2495r0 September 2007, ad hoc Meeting, Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, 11-07/2413r0 –July 2007, San Francisco, California, 11-07/2277r0 June 2007, ad hoc Meeting, Hillsboro, Oregon, 11-07/2009r0 –May 2007, Montreal, Quebec, 11-07/746r0 April 2007 ad hoc Meeting, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 11-07/559r1 Recent Teleconference Minutes –May 28, June 25, July 9: 11-08/704r0, 11-08/749r0, 11-08/793r0