1. ARC-agenda-november-2012
July 2009
doc.: IEEE /0840r0
November 2012
ARC-agenda-november-2012
Date:
Authors:
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

2. Agenda for ARC SC, November 2012, San Antonio, US
Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1455r0
November 2012
Abstract
Agenda for ARC SC, November 2012, San Antonio, US
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

3. IEEE 802.11 Architecture Standing Committee
November 2012
IEEE Architecture Standing Committee
Agenda
November 2012 session.
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.

4. Attendance, etc. Reminders to attendees:
November 2012
Attendance, etc.
Reminders to attendees:
Sign in for .11 attendance credit
Noises off
No recordings
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.

5. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
November 2012
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
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc

6. April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
Patent Related Links
November 2012
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
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

7. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
Call for Potentially Essential Patents
November 2012
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
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

8. Other Documents and WebPages to Review
April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
November 2012
Other Documents and WebPages to Review
Please review the documents at the following links: -  IEEE Patent Policy -  -  Patent FAQ -  -  LoA Form -  -  Affiliation FAQ -
-  Anti-Trust FAQ -  -  Ethics -  -  IEEE Working Group OM - 
New 802 WG P&P:
New 802 LMSC P&P:
New 802 LMSC OM:
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

9. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
November 2012
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.
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc

10. ARC Agenda – November 2012 Wednesday, PM2
Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1455r0
November 2012
ARC Agenda – November 2012 Wednesday, PM2
Administration
Approve Agenda, Attendance, Policies
GLK SC and SC on “ bridging” update
Discussion and any comments on P1905.1
IETF/802 coordination
Review RFC 4441 update
RADEXT
RAC proposal for OUI Registry Tiers
802 O&A – AP/DS/Portal architecture and Figure B.6
802.1 “maintenance” - Consider filing requests
Future sessions / SC activities
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

11. November 2012
General Links
Donald Eastlake present topics of interest from GLK (soon to be TGak?) SC and 802.1’s parallel work (soon to be 802.1Qbz?)
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.

12. November 2012
P1905.1
P1905.1TM/ D06 Draft Standard for a Convergent Digital Home Network for Heterogeneous Technologies
defines an abstraction layer for multiple home networking technologies that provides a common interface to widely deployed home networking technologies: IEEE 1901 over power lines, IEEE for wireless, Ethernet over twisted pair cable and MoCA 1.1 over coax
The abstraction layer supports connectivity selection for transmission of packets arriving from any interface or application.
The layer does not require modification to the underlying home networking technologies and hence does not change the behavior or implementation of existing home networking technologies.
specification introduces a layer between layers 2 and 3 that abstracts the individual details of each interface, aggregates available bandwidth, and facilitates seamless integration. This layer simplifies setup, for example, by eliminating the need for a user to enter different passwords to access each of the links.
The also facilitates end‐to‐end quality of service (QoS) while simplifying the introduction of new devices to the network, establishing secure connections, extending network coverage, and facilitates advanced network management features including discovery, path selection, autoconfiguration and Quality of Service (QoS) negotiation.
P1905 is an “entity based” group, availability of draft and ability to comment is limited.
Interested individuals, please contact Jon Rosdahl or Mark Hamilton
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.

13. IETF/802 coordination Review RFC 4441 update
November 2012
IETF/802 coordination
Review RFC 4441 update
RFC4441bis update, see and revision (see inserted object file) in progress
RADEXT (See
RADIUS Extensions
The RADIUS Extensions Working Group will focus on extensions to the RADIUS protocol required to define extensions to the standard attribute space as well as to address cryptographic algorithm agility and use over new transports.
In addition, RADEXT will work on RADIUS Design Guidelines and define new attributes for particular applications of authentication, authorization and accounting such as NAS management and local area network (LAN) usage.
Updates [November 2012]
Of interest: RADIUS Attributes for IEEE 802 Networks, see ,
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.

14. RAC proposal for OUI Registry Tiers
November 2012
RAC proposal for OUI Registry Tiers
Quick overview of Glenn Parson proposal
See especially Slides 6 – 8 for the proposal (unless you want to see the rationale)
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.

15. 802 Organization & Architecture revision
November 2012
802 Organization & Architecture revision
Draft 1.5/1.5a is in the members area
Status:
Recirculation LB closed Sept 23
agreed to no comments at this time, will prepare comments (mostly on Annex B.2) for first Sponsor Ballot, based on plus any discussion on Figure B.6
Status update from this week?
Presentations on AP/DS/Portal architectural description and Figure B.6?
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.

16. 802.1 maintenance items 802.1AC – MAC Service Definition
November 2012
802.1 maintenance items
802.1AC – MAC Service Definition
Refer to REVmc for alignment, ARC SC can support any architectural concerns found – Any further discussion?
802.1Q – MAC Bridges and Virtual Bridge LANs
Subclause discusses , but is very out-of-date (1999)
C.3 discusses and DMN (MSRP use over ), which is related to the bridging discussion
Many other small references to
These should be checked and suggested updates filed as maintenance requests
Refer this alignment to TGak (fka GLK SC)? Not really their scope, but they are deeply involved in the document…
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.

17. ARC Future Activities & sessions
November 2012
ARC Future Activities & sessions
SC Chair & WG Chair agree the ARC SC meets when a specific focused task is requested of the SC for which the is sufficient volunteer interest.
Ongoing, have been and will continue to follow 802 O&A balloting activities.
Will also follow 802.1/ activities on links, bridging, and MAC Service definition
Monitor/report on IETF/802 activities, as needed
If you have ANY other topic that you would like ARC SC to consider, contact the SC chair.
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.

18. Planning for January 2013 Plan for one meeting slot
November 2012
Planning for January 2013
Plan for one meeting slot
Individuals interested in ARC work are encouraged to also attend TGak (fka GLK SC) sessions
ARC SC will schedule teleconferences with 10 days notice
To discuss any specific requests that arise
No teleconference anticipated at this time
Mark Hamilton, SpectraLink/Polycom, Inc.