omniran ecsg 1 OmniRAN EC SG Agenda March 2013, Orlando, FL Max Riegel (OmniRAN SG Chair)

omniran ecsg 2 Meetings Tuesday, March 19 th, 10:30 – 12:30 Tuesday, March 19 th, 13:30 – 15:30 Wednesday, March 20 th, 13:30 – 15:30 Thursday, March 21 st, 13:30 – 15:30 Meeting Room: Boca 6

omniran ecsg 3 Guidelines for IEEE-SA 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 If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit 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. This slide set is available at

omniran ecsg 4 Resources – URLs Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation – Links to IEEE Antitrust Guidelines – guidelines.pdfhttp://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust- guidelines.pdf Link to IEEE Code of Ethics – _ethics.htmlhttp:// _ethics.html Link to IEEE Patent Policy – slideset.ppthttp://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat- slideset.ppt

omniran ecsg 5 Meeting Etiquette IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization Meetings are to be conducted in an orderly and professional manner in accordance with the policies and procedures governed by the organization. Individuals are to address the “technical” content of the subject under consideration and refrain from making “personal” comments to or about the presenter.

omniran ecsg 6 LMSC Operations Manual 4.3 Study groups Study group operation Progress of each Study Group shall be presented at the closing Sponsor meeting of each IEEE 802 LMSC plenary session by the appropriate WG, TAG, or ECSG Chair. Study Groups may elect officers other than the Chair, if necessary, and will follow the general operating procedures for WGs specified in the IEEE 802 LMSC WG P&P. Because of the limited time duration of a Study Group, no letter ballots are permitted Voting at study group meetings Any person attending a Study Group meeting may vote on all motions (including recommending approval of a PAR). A vote is carried by 75% of those present and voting “Approve” or “Disapprove.”

omniran ecsg 7 Agenda Call Meeting to Order Secretary position Approval of minutes Report from IEEE802/IETF meeting –Follow-on activities with IETF Contributions on OmniRAN use cases –Review of presentations –Review and acceptance of text proposals Establishment of Draft Use cases document Call for comments on use cases document Plan and timeline for OmniRAN SG conclusion Next sessions: –F2F session during May ‘13 wireless interim –Conference calls between March and May session Report to closing EC meeting with extension of SG until July ‘13 plenary Summary report for communication inside IEEE 802 AOB Adjourn