1. July 2011 Mesh Meeting Agenda
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July 2011
July 2011 Mesh Meeting Agenda
Date:
Authors:
Name
Address
Affiliation
Phone
Dee Denteneer
HTC 37; 5656 AE Eindhoven; The Netherlands
Philips
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

2. IEEE 802.11s: Mesh Networking Task Group
July 2011
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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.
San Francisco (Ca)
July 18-22, 2011
Chair: Dee Denteneer (Philips)
Vice Chair: Guido Hiertz (Philips)
Technical Editor: Kazuyuki Sakoda (Sony)
Secretary: Guenael Strutt (Lab 126)
Dee Denteneer; Philips
Dee Denteneer, Philips

3. General Flow of the TGs Meeting
July 2011
General Flow of the TGs Meeting
Monday
Administrivia
Resolution of Comments & discussion of professional editing process
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
TGs Process Discussion
Teleconferences/Ad-Hoc Meetings Discussion and Votes
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4. Miscellaneous Announcements
July 2011
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.
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5. July 2011
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:
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6. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
July 2011
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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
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

7. Patent Related Links
July 2011
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
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8. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
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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
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

9. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
July 2011
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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.
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

10. Automated Attendance Recording
July 2011
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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!
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

11. Monday, 18 July 2011 9:00-10:00 secretary selection
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Monday, 18 July :00-10:00
secretary selection
Call Meeting to Order
Miscellaneous Announcements
Automated attendance reminder
Review of IEEE 802 and Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property, Inappropriate Topics, Etc.
Meeting Agenda
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

12. Monday, 18 July 2011 9:00-10:00 Status update Press release:
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Monday, 18 July :00-10:00
Status update
Press release: r0
Report for unconditional approval to EC: r0
Contributor list
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

13. July 2011
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July 2011
Monday, 18 July :00-10:00
: Minseok Oh: Mesh Address Extension Subfield Figure
Request by Javier: “rename dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol to dot11MeshGateAnnouncements”
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

14. Monday, 18 July 2011 9:00-10:00 Fanny Mlinarsky (DHS)
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Monday, 18 July :00-10:00
Fanny Mlinarsky (DHS)
 ” One of the operating modes we need to support, the talkaround mode, is when the LTE infrastructure is unavailable and the first responder handsets have to form an ad hoc network.  We are evaluating s and Bluetooth for this functionality” -> Tuesday
Adjourn
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

15. [Reference Information]
July 2011
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[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:
11-10/ 32r3 Resolution of Letter Ballot #159 Comments
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

16. [Reference Information]
July 2011
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[Reference Information]
TGs Chairmen
Dee Denteneer,
Guido R. Hiertz (temporary Chairman), November 2009
Stuart J. Kerry (temporary Chairman), June 2009
Donald Eastlake 3rd, May 2004 – July 2009
TGs Technical Editors:
Kazuyuki Sakoda (Sony), Draft 2.03 … D3.0 …
Anthony Maida (3eTI), Drafts 2.01 & D2.02
Avinash Joshi (Motorola), Drafts 1.09 … D2.0
W. Steven Conner (Intel). Drafts 0.01 … D1.08 (also chair of the first Mesh Study Group Session)
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

17. [Earlier Meeting Minutes]
July 2011
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[Earlier Meeting Minutes]
Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes
May 2010, Los Angeles, CA, 11-10/102r0
November 2009, Atlanta, Georgia, 11-09/1223/0
November 2009, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i, 11-09/1016r0
July 2009, San Francisco, California, 11-09/902r0
May 2009, Montreal, Quebec, 11-09/595r0
May 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia, 11-09/312r0
May 2009, Los Angeles, California, 11-09/110r0
November 2008, Dallas, Texas, 11-08/1431r0
November 2008, Waikoloa, Hawaii, 11-08/1078r0
November 2008, ad hoc Meeting, Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, 11-08/1038r0
July 2008, Denver, Colorado, 11-08/835r0
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Dee Denteneer, Philips