September 2008 Mesh ad hoc Meeting Agenda doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 September 2008 September 2008 Mesh ad hoc Meeting Agenda Date: 2008-08-15 Authors: Name Address Affiliations Phone Email Donald Eastlake 3rd 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA Motorola +1-508-634-2066 d3e3e3@gmail.com Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

IEEE 802.11s: Mesh Networking Task Group September 2008 doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 September 2008 IEEE 802.11s: 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. Lī‘hue, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i 3-5 September, 2008 Chair: Donald E. Eastlake 3rd. (Motorola) d3e3e3@gmail.com +1-508-634-2066 Technical Editor: Anthony Maida (3eTI) Secretary: Stephen Rayment (BelAir Networks) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 Hilton Kaua‘i Beach Resort September 2008 doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 September 2008 Venue Hilton Kaua‘i Beach Resort Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

Wednesday, 3 September 2008 09:00-18:00 doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 September 2008 Wednesday, 3 September 2008 09:00-18:00 Call meeting to Order Miscellaneous Announcements Selection of Secretary Review of IEEE 802 and 802.11 Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property, Inappropriate Topics, Etc. Approval of Agenda 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 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

Miscellaneous Announcements September 2008 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 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

September 2008 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/affiliationFAQ.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/pat-slideset.ppt Patent FAQ: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/faq.pdf Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform September 2008 doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 September 2008 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 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

Patent Related Links September 2008 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/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/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/pat-slideset.ppt Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

Call for Potentially Essential Patents September 2008 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 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings September 2008 doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 September 2008 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. Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

Wednesday, 3 September 2008 09:00-18:00, Orchid I Room doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 September 2008 Wednesday, 3 September 2008 09:00-18:00, Orchid I Room Resolution of comments and improvement of the Draft Break for Lunch Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance recording reminder Recess until 09:00 Thursday Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

Thursday, 4 September 2008 09:00 – 18:00, Orchid I Room doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 September 2008 Thursday, 4 September 2008 09:00 – 18:00, Orchid I Room Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder Security Presentations Resolution of comments and improvement of the Draft Lunch Break IPR and Attendance recording reminder Recess until 09:00 Friday Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

Friday, 5 September 2008 09:00 – 18:00, Orchid I Room doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 September 2008 Friday, 5 September 2008 09:00 – 18:00, Orchid I Room Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance recording reminder Resolution of comments and improvement of the Draft Lunch Break Other Technical Presentations Adjourn TGs Motto: Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add but when there is nothing left to take away Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

[Reference Information] September 2008 doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 September 2008 [Reference Information] Updated PAR at http://standards.ieee.org/board/nes/projects/802-11s.pdf. Original PAR for IEEE 802.11 ESS Mesh: 11-04/54r2. Original Five Criteria for IEEE 802.11 ESS Mesh: 11-04/56r1. Comment Resolution Spreadsheets: 11-08/493r18: Resolution of Letter Ballot #126 Comments (D2.01) TGs Technical Editors: Anthony Maida (3eTI), Drafts 2.01 + 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) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)

[Earlier Meeting Minutes] September 2008 doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/953r3 September 2008 [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 Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola) Donald Eastlake 3rd (Motorola)