1. Submission Title: StG 4r March 2014 sessions
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: StG 4r March 2014 sessions
Date Submitted: March 2014
Source: SS Dietmar Eggert, Atmel
Koenigsbruecker Str. 61, Dresden, Germany
Abstract: Opening and support of session
Purpose: Overview of activities during the meeting
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2. Opening and Summary of SG 4r Sessions
March 2014
Opening and Summary of SG 4r Sessions
Beijing, China
March 2014
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3. Record your attendance https://imat.ieee.org
March 2014
Attendance
Record your attendance
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4. March 2014
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
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5. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
March 2014
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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6. March 2014
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
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7. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
March 2014
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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8. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
March 2014
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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9. Approval of Meeting Minutes from Los Angeles, January 2014
March 2014
Approval of Meeting Minutes from Los Angeles, January 2014
Document ID: r-sg4r-minutes-january-2014.docx
Moved: Tom Herbst
Second: Liang Li
No Objections, unanimous consent
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10. Approval of Agenda for Beijing, March 2014
r-aenda-for-sg4r-in-beijing.xls
Moved: Ben Rolfe
Second: Phil Beecher
No objections, unanimous consent
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11. Discussion of comments to PAR and CSD
March 2014
Discussion of comments to PAR and CSD
Comments: proposed-par-review-march-2014.pptx
Proposed Resolutions: r-ParCommentResponses.ppt
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12. March 2014
SG Motion
SG Motion: request that the resolutions to comments on PAR and CSD contained in document r- ParCommentResponses.ppt be approved for submission to the WG for its approval and that the EC be requested to forward the PAR to NesCom
Moved: Phil Beecher
Second: Tom Herbst
No objections, unanimous consent . 
Dietmar Eggert, Atmel

13. March 2014
SG Motion
SG Motion:  request that the PAR and CSD contained in documents and , respectively, be approved for submission to the WG for its approval and that the EC be requested to forward the PAR to NesCom.
Moved: Ben Rolfe
Second: Tim Harrington
In Favor: 11
Against: 0
Abstain: 0
Motion carries . 
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14. March 2014
WG Motion
WG Motion: request that the PAR and CSD contained in documents and , respectively, be approved by the WG and that the 802 EC be requested to forward the revised PAR to NesCom. The working group chair and technical editor are authorized to make additional modifications to the PAR and CSD as needed to reflect EC discussion at its closing meeting.
Moved: Dietmar Eggert
Second: Ben Rolfe
For:
Against:
Abstain:
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15. Meeting Summary Tue March 18 PM3: Attendees: 8
Discussion to comments on PAR and CSD
Assigned Ben Rolfe, Dietmar Eggert to consolidate a resolution to the comments for discussion in the group on Wed at AM1
Wed Mar 19 AM1:
Attendees: 15
Discussion of proposed resolution of comments on PAR and CSD
St Group Motions to approve resolutions to comments on PAR and CSD contained in document r- ParCommentResponses.ppt and suggest the document r-ParCommentResponses.ppt and revised PAR and CSD and to the WG for approval and that the EC be requested to forward the PAR to NesCom.
Motions carried with unanimous consent
Dietmar Eggert, Atmel