1. March 2005 Mesh Agenda Authors: March 2005 Date: 2005-03-15 March 2005
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March 2005 Mesh Agenda
Date:
Authors:
Name
Address
Company
Phone
Donald Eastlake 3rd
111 Locke Drive, Marlborough, MA USA
Motorola
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Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
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2. IEEE 802.11s: ESS Mesh Networking Task Group
March 2005
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IEEE s: ESS Mesh Networking Task Group
Atlanta, Georgia
16-17 March 2005
Chair: Donald E. Eastlake 3rd
Editor: Steve Conner – Secretary: Stephen Rayment
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

3. Estimated General Flow of the TGs Meeting
March 2005
Estimated General Flow of the TGs Meeting
Wednesday Morning
Administrivia
Brief Presentations Related to Proposals
Wednesday Afternoon
Other Presentations
Discussion of Proposal Presentations Procedures for July and later and of Task Group Process
Thursday Afternoon
Panels of Proposal Presenters
Motions on Proposal Presentations Procedures for July and later and of Task Group Process
Vote on teleconferences/ad-hoc meetings
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4. Wednesday Morning, 16 March 2005 08:00-10:00, Centennial I Room
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Wednesday Morning, 16 March :00-10:00, Centennial I Room
Call to Order
On-line Attendance reminder
Review of IEEE 802 and Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property and Inappropriate Topics
Minutes
Approval of the Minutes of January 2005 Meeting, 11-05/45r0
Approval of the Minutes of the Teleconference held 23 February 2005, 11-05/135r1
Approval of the Agenda
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Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

5. IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
March 2005
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IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards
6. Patents
IEEE standards may include the known use of patent(s), including patent applications, provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents essential for compliance with both mandatory and optional portions of the standard. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be a letter that is in the form of either
a) A general disclaimer to the effect that the patentee will not enforce any of its present or future patent(s) whose use would be required to implement the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity using the patent(s) to comply with the standard or
b) A statement that a license will be made available without compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination
This assurance shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard's approval to the date of the standard's withdrawal and is irrevocable during that period.
Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – December 2002
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Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

6. Inappropriate Topics for IEEE TG Meetings
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Inappropriate Topics for IEEE TG Meetings
Don’t discuss licensing terms or conditions
Don’t discuss product pricing, territorial restrictions or market share
Don’t discuss ongoing litigation or threatened litigation
Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object.
If you have questions,
contact the IEEE Patent Committee Administrator at
Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – December 2002
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Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

7. March 2005
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Wednesday Morning, 16 March 2005 (Continued) 08:00-10:00, Centennial I Room
Status of Task Group
35 Notices received of intent to submit a proposal
34 Accepted, 11-05/112r7
9 requests for proposal linked presentation slots at this meeting
2 requests so far for proposal linked presentation slots at May meeting (deadline is May 13th EST)
Moved, to accept the following 35th notice of intent to submit a proposal:
Contact Person: Bing Zhang
Phone Number:
Tentative title: Proactive Mesh Networks (ProM)
Yes No Abstain
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Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

8. March 2005
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Wednesday Morning, 16 March 2005 (Continued) 08:00-10:00, Centennial I Room
O8:24, Slot A, Intent #10, “Proposed Extensible Approach for WLAN Mesh Standardization”, 11-05/165
Straw poll
08:48, Slot B, Intent #14, “ TGs Mesh Networking Proposal”, 11-05/196
09:12, Slot C, Intent #24, “Mesh Interoperability Considerations”, 11-05/166
09:36, Slot D, Intent #4, “Cooperative Communication in Mesh Networking”, 11-05/143
10:00, recess until 13:30
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Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

9. Wednesday Afternoon, 16 March 2005 13:30 – 15:30, Centennial I Room
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Wednesday Afternoon, 16 March :30 – 15:30, Centennial I Room
On-line attendance reminder
13:30 Slot E, Intent #5, “A routing protocol for WLAN mesh networking”, 05/174r0
Straw poll
13:54 Slot F, Intent #23,
14:18 Slot G, Intent #3, “Proposal for a Dynamic Backbone Mesh”, 05/142r0
14:42 Slot H, Intent #26,
15:06 Slot I, Intent #32,
15:30, recess until 16:00
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Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

10. Wednesday Afternoon, 16 March 2005 16:00 – 18:00, Centennial I Room
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Wednesday Afternoon, 16 March :00 – 18:00, Centennial I Room
On-line attendance reminder
Technical Presentations and Discussion:
“Rbridges: Transparent Routing”, Radia Perlman
“End-to-End Performance and Fairness in Multihop Wireless Backhaul Networks”, Violeta Gambiroza (Rice University)
Presentations and Discussion of Proposal Presentation Procedures for July and later, 11-04/1539r3
Presentations and Discussion on other Task Group Process, 11-05/207
Adjourn until 13:30 Thursday
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Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

11. Thursday Afternoon, 17 March 2005 13:30 – 15:30
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Thursday Afternoon, 17 March :30 – 15:30
On-line attendance reminder
Technical Presentations and Discussion:
“Exposed terminal problem solution by using multiple channels”, Atsushi Fujiwara (NTT DoCoMo)
“MAC Components in IEEE s”, Bahareh Sadeghi (Intel)
Panels of Proposal Presenters
Recess to 16:00
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Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

12. Thursday Afternoon, 17 March 2005 16:00 – 18:00
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Thursday Afternoon, 17 March :00 – 18:00
On-line attendance reminder
Technical Presentation and Discussion: “A security model for wireless meshs”, Robert Moskowitz (ICSA Labs), 11-05/172
Discussion and Motions on Proposal Presentation Procedures for July and later, 11-04/1539r3
Votes on procedures
Discussion and Motions on other Task Group Process, 11-05/207
Discussion and Motions on Teleconferences / ad hoc Meetings
Adjourn sine die
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

13. [Reference Information]
March 2005
[Reference Information]
PAR for IEEE ESS Mesh: 11-04/54r2
Five Criteria for IEEE ESS Mesh: 11-04/56r1
Call for Proposals: 11-04/1430r12
Proposal Presentation Procedures: 11-04/1539r3
(Only March and May procedures have been adopted)
Proposal Intents: 11-05/112r7
Adopted Task Group Working Documents as of 1/19/2005
11-04/1477r4: Terms and Definitions for s
11-04/1174r13: Functional Specification and Scope
11-04/1175r10: Comparison Categories and Informative Checklists
11-04/662r16: Usage Models
11-04/1543r4: Informative Reference Bibliography for s
Miscellaneous
Earlier Mesh Submissions to WNG Study Group, see 11-04/0047r0
Graphs and Mesh, see r0
“Free the APs” Button Graphics: 11-04/518r0
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14. [Earlier Minutes] Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes
March 2005
[Earlier Minutes]
Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes
January 2005 Meeting, Monterey, California, 11-05/45r0
November 2004 Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 11-04/1464r0
September 2004 Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 11-04/1125r1
July 2004 Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 11-04/853r0
Teleconference Minutes since 1 January 2005
23 February 2005, 11-05/125r1
5 January 2005, 11-05/1588r1, 12 January 2005, 11-05/1613r0
MESH Study Group Meeting Minutes
May 2004 Meeting, Garden Grove, California, 11-04/652r1
March 2004 Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 11-04/395r2
January 2004 Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, 11-04/110r2
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