IEEE 802.21 Session #18 London, UK Opening Plenary January 2007 IEEE 802.21 Session #18 London, UK Opening Plenary Vivek Gupta vivek.g.gupta@intel.com Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

WG Officers Office Officer Chair Vivek Gupta Vice Chair January 2007 WG Officers Office Officer Chair Vivek Gupta Vice Chair Michael Williams Secretary Xiaoyu Liu Editor Qiaobing Xie 802.11 Liaison David Hunter 802.16 Liaison Peretz Feder IETF Liaison Yoshihiro Ohba The WG has 71 voting members as of this meeting 116 Members have registered for 802.21 Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

IEEE 802.21 Meeting Server Details January 2007 IEEE 802.21 Meeting Server Details External website: http://www.ieee802.org/21 Local: Meeting website: http://802server/21 Meeting website: http://10.128.0.11/21 During meetings post documents at local server Get DCNs from Chair: Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Attendance Electronic and Manual Attendance January 2007 Attendance Electronic and Manual Attendance Electronic Attendance (mandatory) http://ieee802.facetoface-events.com/groups/802.21/attendance.php Enter your personal information and profile Mark attendance during every session Manual attendance (still valid for this session) Total number of sessions: 14 11 sessions for 75% attendance to be counted towards voting membership Room reserved for evening sessions: 7:30 – 9:30 pm or later in case we need to use it All attendance records on the 802.21 website Please check the attendance records for any manual errors Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Voting Membership 802.21 Voting Membership described in January 2007 Voting Membership 802.21 Voting Membership described in DCN#: 21-06-0075-02-0000 Maintenance of Voting Membership Two Plenary sessions out of four consecutive Plenary sessions on a moving window basis One out of the two Plenary session requirement could be substituted by an Interim session Attendance credit policy with other 802 WG 802.16 - only during Joint LMSC Plenary sessions 802.20 - both during Interim and Joint LMSC Plenary sessions (would need to check with new Chair) To get credit for attendance in the above WG meetings send email to the Vice-Chair with a copy to Chair Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

WG Letter Ballot IEEE 802 Rules specify: January 2007 WG Letter Ballot IEEE 802 Rules specify: Working Group Membership shall be lost if two consecutive, or two of any three consecutive, Working Group letter ballots are not returned or are returned with an abstention other than for 'lack of technical expertise Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Miscellaneous Meeting Logistics January 2007 Miscellaneous Meeting Logistics Breaks For London meeting 802.21 WG would break as follows: AM Coffee break: 10:00-10:30 am Lunch:12.00 noon until 1.00 pm PM Coffee break: 3:00 – 3:30 pm Wednesday Evening Social 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm http://ieee802.face2face-events.com/wireless/attendee.html Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Registration and Media Recording Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 January 2007 Registration and Media Recording Each Attendee must provide contact information and pay conference fee Conference fee has to be paid through the registration desk at the hotel or through sponsor Failure to pay conference fee results in loss of credit for voting rights Photography not permitted unless approved by WG Chair Audio taping of IEEE 802.21 meetings is NOT allowed Media – Press and Analyst briefings Only the 802.21 WG Chair and WG Vice-Chair are allowed to give verbal statements/interviews to the media on behalf of the IEEE 802.21 working group Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 17 John Doe, His Company

Membership & Anti-Trust Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 January 2007 Membership & Anti-Trust Individual membership In all IEEE standards meetings, membership is by individual, hence you do not represent a company or organization. Anti-Trust laws The Anti-Trust laws forbid the discussion of prices within our meetings. Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 26 John Doe, His Company

"At Each Meeting, the Working Group Chair shall:" January 2007 "At Each Meeting, the Working Group Chair shall:" Advise the WG membership that: The IEEE’s patent policy is consistent with the ANSI patent policy and is described in Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws; Early disclosure of patents which may be essential for the use of standards under development is encouraged; Disclosures made of such patents may not be exhaustive of all patents that may be essential for the use of standards under development, and that neither the IEEE, the WG, nor the WG Chairman ensure the accuracy or completeness of any disclosure or whether any disclosure is of a patent that, in fact, may be essential for the use of standards under development. Instruct the WG Secretary to record in the minutes of the relevant WG meeting: That the foregoing advice was provided and the two slides were shown; That an opportunity was provided for WG members to identify or disclose patents that the WG member believes may be essential for the use of that standard; Any responses that were given, specifically the patents and patent applications that were identified (if any) and by whom Show to the WG the two slides that follow: Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003 (Revised February 2006) Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 January 2007 IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards 6. Patents IEEE standards may include the known use of essential patents and patent applications provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents whose infringement is, or in the case of patent applications, potential future infringement the applicant asserts will be, unavoidable in a compliant implementation of either mandatory or optional portions of the standard [essential patents]. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent or patent application 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 either mandatory or optional portions of the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity complying with the standard; or b) A statement that a license for such implementation 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 – March 2003 (Revised February 2006) Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 John Doe, His Company

Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 January 2007 Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG 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-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html This slide set (last three slides) is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003 (Revised February 2006) Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 John Doe, His Company

Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 January 2007 Copyright Under the current US copyright law — the author of information is deemed to own the copyright from the moment of creation The IEEE Bylaws require copyright of all material to be held by the IEEE Must consult with IEEE for re-use of copyright material The IEEE Standards accomplishes transfer of copyright ownership through the Project Authorization Request (PAR) process The Copyright Act of 1976 made a dramatic change to U.S. copyright law. Copyright was now deemed to exist from the moment of creation. Thus anything that is created is deemed to be owned by its creator. Additionally, a work no longer needs to be published in order to be protected. Therefore, even your scribbles on a piece of note paper constitute copyrighted material that you own and control. The NII (National Information Infrastructure) and the GII (Global Information Infrastructure) are causing lawmakers and copyright owners to assess the ability of current copyright law to protect owners rights in a digital environment. While at this point the changes being talked about are not significant, they will make it clear that copyright protection is afforded to owners in the digital environment making it a requirement to honor the rights accorded to owners. It is a requirement under the IEEE Bylaws that copyright ownership of all material published by the IEEE resides with the IEEE. The Standards Department accomplishes the transfer of copyright ownership from the volunteer authors to the Institute via the Project Authorization Request (PAR) form. Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 John Doe, His Company

New Members New Member Count = Month 2002 doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/xxxr0 January 2007 New Members New Member Count = The Copyright Act of 1976 made a dramatic change to U.S. copyright law. Copyright was now deemed to exist from the moment of creation. Thus anything that is created is deemed to be owned by its creator. Additionally, a work no longer needs to be published in order to be protected. Therefore, even your scribbles on a piece of note paper constitute copyrighted material that you own and control. The NII (National Information Infrastructure) and the GII (Global Information Infrastructure) are causing lawmakers and copyright owners to assess the ability of current copyright law to protect owners rights in a digital environment. While at this point the changes being talked about are not significant, they will make it clear that copyright protection is afforded to owners in the digital environment making it a requirement to honor the rights accorded to owners. It is a requirement under the IEEE Bylaws that copyright ownership of all material published by the IEEE resides with the IEEE. The Standards Department accomplishes the transfer of copyright ownership from the volunteer authors to the Institute via the Project Authorization Request (PAR) form. Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21 John Doe, His Company

Objectives for the Jan Meeting January 2007 Objectives for the Jan Meeting Complete LB #1b Comment Resolution Technical Comment Resolution Discuss submitted contributions Plan for Re-circulation of draft at end of Jan meeting Discussion on future WG activities Security Issues in Transition by Jesse Walker Interaction with other 802 groups and external SDOs Joint session with 802.11u Joint session with 802.16g Other presentations Update from P1900.4 Update on Ambient Networks Project Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Revised 802.21 Timeline (Sep 2006) January 2007 Revised 802.21 Timeline (Sep 2006) IEEE 802.21 ECSG formed – March 2003 IEEE 802.21 WG formed – March 2004 Requirements development – September 2004 Call for Proposals – October 2004 Harmonized Single Proposal Confirmed by the WG – May 2005 Ongoing WG Comment Resolution started – July 2005 WG Comment Resolution completed – January 2006 Start of WG Letter Ballot – March 2006 Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot – September 2006 (March 2007) IEEE 802 Draft Standard Approved – 2nd Half 2007 Ongoing Interaction with Other Standards Organization (3GPP, 3GPP2, IETF, 802.11, 802.16, 802.3) - adoption of it depends on the timeline of work items within these groups Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

January 2007 Plan to meet 802.21 Timeline Start of IEEE 802 Sponsor Ballot – (March 2007) For EC Approval in March 2007 => Updated draft available in March 2007 => Draft Approval Rating > 90% (minimum), preferably >95% LB #1: Starts March 31, Ends April 30: Return Ratio: 81% Approval Ratio 26% Comment Resolution for LB #1a (May, June ad hoc, Sep) =>Recirculation LB #1a (recirculation): Starts Oct 06, Ends Oct 23: Return Ratio: 85%, Approval Ratio: 30% Comment Resolution for LB #1a (Ad Hoc in Oct, Nov meeting) =>Recirculation LB #1b (recirculation): Starts Nov ??, Ends Dec ??: Return Ratio: ??%, Approval Ratio: ??% Comment Resolution for LB #1b (Jan meeting) => Recirculation LB #1c (recirculation): Starts Jan ??, Ends Feb ??: Return Ratio: ??%, Approval Ratio: ??% Comment Resolution for LB #1c (Ad hoc in Feb,March meeting…) Updated draft produced in March meeting itself before EC meeting on Friday….with 95+% Approval rating… Maybe go for another Recirculation LB #1d in Feb to meet Approval rating… Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Straw Poll (November 2006): January 2007 Plan to meet 802.21 Timeline Straw Poll (November 2006): Is the 802.21 WG on track to meet the revised timeline for Sponsor Ballot (March 2007) as outlined in September 2006 meeting Yes 10 No 1 Abstain 8 Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

January 2007 Future Sessions - 2007 Plenary: March 11th – 16th ,2007, Orlando Florida Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: May 13th – 18th, 2007 Montreal, Canada Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: July 15th – 20th,2007, San Francisco Interim: Sept 16th – 21st,2007, Hawaii, Big Island Plenary: Nov 11th – 16th,2007, Atlanta Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21

Future Sessions - 2008 Interim: Jan , 2008 (Singapore?) January 2007 Future Sessions - 2008 Interim: Jan , 2008 (Singapore?) Meeting co-located with all 802 groups (except 802.3 and 802.1) Plenary: March 16th – 21st ,2008, New Orleans Co-located with all 802 groups Interim: May , 2008 (Jacksonville) Meeting co-located with 802.11/15/18/19/20/22 Plenary: July 13th – 18th,2008, Denver, Colorado Interim: Sept ,2008, (Monterey) Plenary: Nov 9th – 14th,2008, Dallas, TX Vivek Gupta, Chair, 802.21