doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 1 May 2009 Mesh Meeting Agenda Date: Authors: NameAddressAffiliationPhone Stuart J. Kerry 1020 White Cloud Drive, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, United States of America OK-Brit +1 (408) Donald Eastlake 3 rd 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA USA Stellar Switches
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 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. Montreal, Quebec May, 2009 Temporary Chair: Stuart J. Kerry (OK-Brit) Temporary Technical Editor: Kazuyuki Sakoda (Sony) Secretary: Stephen Rayment (BelAir Networks) Chair: Donald E. Eastlake 3 rd (Stellar Switches)
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 3 Venue Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montreal, Quebec
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 4 General Flow of the TGs Meeting Monday –Administrivia and Status –TGs Process Presentation –Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft Tuesday –Administrivia and Status –Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft Wednesday –Security Presentations –Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft Thursday –Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft –TGs Process Discussion –Teleconferences/Ad-Hoc Meetings Discussion and Votes
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 5 Monday, 11 May :30–12:00 Call meeting to Order –Miscellaneous Announcements –Automated attendance reminder –Review of IEEE 802 and Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property, Inappropriate Topics, Etc. Approval of Meeting Agenda Approval of Minutes: –Vancouver meeting minutes: 11-09/312r0 –Teleconference minutes: May 6, 11-09/TBDr0 Status of TGs Draft 3.0 and Comment Resolutions –“Resolution of comments from Letter Ballot 147”, 11-09/471rTBD
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 6 Monday, 11 May :30–12:30 Presentation and Discussion on Process –“TGs Process, May”, 11-09/TBDr0 LB147 Comment Categorization and Resolution. Recess until 13:30
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 7 Automated Attendance Recording Go to (Documents: or or just –Sign-in –Claim attendance credit for each session. Only “sign-in” and “claim credit” for yourself, do NOT “sign-in” for others. You have to log in every session! Do NOT use 802wirelessworld for anything!
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 8 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 group.
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 9 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 /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 10 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 /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 11 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 /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 12 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 /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 13 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 /470r0 Submission Pending Presentations May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 14
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 15 Monday, 11 May :30–15:30 Call meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder LB147 Comment Categorization and Resolution. Recess until 16:00
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 16 Monday, 11 May :00–18:00 Call meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder LB147 Comment Categorization and Resolution. Recess until 19:30
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 17 Monday, 11 May :30–21:30 Call meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder LB147 Comment Categorization and Resolution. Recess until 10:30 Tuesday
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 18 Tuesday, 12 May :30 – 12:30 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder LB147 Comment Resolution. Recess until 13:30
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 19 Tuesday, 12 May :30 – 15:30 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder LB147 Comment Resolution. Recess until 16:00
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 20 Tuesday, 12 May :00 – 18:00 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder LB147 Comment Resolution. Recess until 19:30
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 21 Tuesday, 12 May :30 – 21:30 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder LB147 Comment Resolution. Recess until 13:30 Wednesday
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 22 Wednesday, 13 May :30 – 15:30 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder Security Presentations LB147 Comment Resolution. Recess until 16:00
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 23 Wednesday, 13 May :00 – 18:00 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder LB147 Comment Resolution. Recess until 10:30 Thursday
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 24 Thursday, 14 May :30 – 12:30 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder LB147 Comment Resolution. Recess until 16:00
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 25 Thursday, 14 May :00 – 18:00 Call Meeting to Order IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder Discussion and Votes re Process / ad hocs / teleconferences – “TGs Process, May”, 11-09/TBDr1 Motion: To direct the Editor to produce one or more revisions of the Draft so as to incorporate all changes and comment resolutions adopted before the end of this session. 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.
doc.: IEEE P /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 26 [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 Spreadsheet: –11-09/471r0: Resolution of Letter Ballot #147 Comments TGs Technical Editors: –Kazuyuki Sakoda (Sony), Draft 2.03…D3.0… –Anthony Maida (3eTI), Drafts 2.01 and D2.02 –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 /470r0 Submission May 2009 Donald Eastlake 3rd, Sterllar SwitchesSlide 27 [Earlier Meeting Minutes] Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes –March 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia, 11-09/312r0 –January 2009, Los Angeles, California, 11-09/110r0 –November 2008, Dallas, Texas, 11-08/1431r0 –September 2008, Waikoloa, Hawaii, 11-08/1078r0 September 2008, ad hoc Meeting, Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, 11-08/1038r0 –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 Recent Teleconference Minutes February 4, 18, 11-09/227r0, 11-09/244r0