1. September 2008 Mesh Meeting Agenda
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September 2008
September 2008 Mesh Meeting Agenda
Date:
Authors:
Name
Address
Affiliations
Phone
Donald Eastlake 3rd
155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA USA
Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

2. IEEE 802.11s: Mesh Networking Task Group
September 2008
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September 2008
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.
Waikoloa, Hawai‘i
8-11 September, 2008
Chair: Donald E. Eastlake 3rd. (Motorola)
Technical Editor: Anthony Maida (3eTI)
Secretary: Stephen Rayment (BelAir Networks)
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

3. doc.: IEEE P802.11-08/935r2 Hilton Waikoloa
September 2008
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September 2008
Venue
Hilton Waikoloa
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

4. General Flow of the TGs Meeting
September 2008
General Flow of the TGs Meeting
Monday
Administrivia and Status
TGs Process Presentation
Resolution of Comments and Improvement of the Draft
Tuesday
Wednesday
Security Presentations
Thursday
TGs Process Discussion
Teleconferences/Ad-Hoc Meetings Discussion and Votes
Other Technical Presentations
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

5. Monday, 8 September 2008 10:30 – 12:30, Queen’s 4 Room
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September 2008
Monday, 8 September :30 – 12:30, Queen’s 4 Room
Call meeting to Order
Miscellaneous Announcements
Review of IEEE 802 and Policies and Procedures on Intellectual Property, Inappropriate Topics, Etc.
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes
Denver meeting minutes: 11-08/835r0
Teleconference minutes:
July 23, Aug 6, Aug 20, 11-08/936r0, 11-08/960r0, 11-08/989r0
Kaua‘i ad hoc minutes: 11-08/1038r0
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

6. Miscellaneous Announcements
September 2008
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 groups
The Book
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7. September 2008
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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8. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
September 2008
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September 2008
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
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

9. Patent Related Links
September 2008
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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10. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
September 2008
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
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

11. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
September 2008
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September 2008
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.
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

12. Automated Attendance Recording
September 2008
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September 2008
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!
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

13. Monday, 8 September 2008 10:30 – 12:30, Queen’s 4 Room
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September 2008
Monday, 8 September :30 – 12:30, Queen’s 4 Room
Status of TGs Draft and Comment Resolutions
Draft D2.01+
“Resolution of comments from Letter Ballot 126”, 11-08/493r18
The substance of comments 374, 763, and 1065 are not to be discussed
Presentation and Discussion on Process
“TGs Process, September”, Donald Eastlake 3rd, 11-08/1049r0
Resolution of comments and improvement of the Draft
Recess until 16:00
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

14. Pending Presentations
September 2008
Pending Presentations
MP -> Mesh Station, Guido R. Hiertz
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15. Monday, 8 September 2008 16:00 – 18:00, Queen’s 4 Room
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September 2008
Monday, 8 September :00 – 18:00, Queen’s 4 Room
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Resolution of comments and improvement of the Draft
Recess until 19:30
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

16. Monday, 8 September 2008 19:30 – 21:30, Queen’s 4 Room
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September 2008
Monday, 8 September :30 – 21:30, Queen’s 4 Room
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Resolution of comments and improvement of the Draft
Recess until 10:30 Tuesday
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

17. Tuesday, 9 September2008 10:30 – 13:30, Queen’s 4 Room
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September 2008
Tuesday, 9 September :30 – 13:30, Queen’s 4 Room
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Moved, To adopt the comment resolution in 11-08/1033r2 (Kauai ad hoc resolutions) with Resolution Status (Column P) = “Open”, Topic Category (Column H) = “General”, and Resolution Code = “Accept”, “Counter”, or “Reject”; and direct the Editor to incorporate the accepts and counters into the Draft.
Mover: Seconder:
Yes: No: Abstain:
Resolution of comments and improvement of the Draft
Recess until 13:30
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

18. Tuesday, 9 September2008 13:30 – 21:30, Queen’s 4 Room
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September 2008
Tuesday, 9 September :30 – 21:30, Queen’s 4 Room
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Resolution of comments and improvement of the Draft
Recess until 19:30
Recess until 08:00 Wednesday
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

19. Wednesday, 10 September 2008 08:00 – 10:00, Queen’s 4 Room
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September 2008
Wednesday, 10 September :00 – 10:00, Queen’s 4 Room
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Security Presentations
Resolution of comments and improvement of the Draft
Recess until 13:30
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

20. Wednesday, 10 September 2008 13:30 – 18:00, Queen’s 3 Room
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September 2008
Wednesday, 10 September :30 – 18:00, Queen’s 3 Room
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Resolution of comments and improvement of the Draft
Recess until 16:00
Recess until 08:00 Thursday
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

21. Thursday, 11 September 2008 08:00 – 10:00, Queen’s 4 room
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September 2008
Thursday, 11 September :00 – 10:00, Queen’s 4 room
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance recording reminder
Resolution of comments and improvement of the Draft
Recess until 13:30
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

22. Thursday, 11 September 2008 13:30 – 15:30, Queen’s 4 room
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September 2008
Thursday, 11 September :30 – 15:30, Queen’s 4 room
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance recording reminder
Moved, 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.
Discussion and Votes re Process / ad hocs / teleconferences
“TGs Process, September”, Donald Eastlake 3rd, 11-08/1049r1
Other Technical Presentations
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
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

23. [Reference Information]
September 2008
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September 2008
[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 Spreadsheets:
11-08/493r18: Resolution of Letter Ballot #126 Comments (D2.01)
TGs Technical Editors:
Anthony Maida (3eTI), Drafts
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)
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola

24. [Earlier Meeting Minutes]
September 2008
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September 2008
[Earlier Meeting Minutes]
Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes
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
September 2007, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i, 11-07/2495r0
September 2007, ad hoc Meeting, Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, 11-07/2413r0
July 2007, San Francisco, California, 11-07/2277r0
June 2007, ad hoc Meeting, Hillsboro, Oregon, 11-07/2009r0
May 2007, Montreal, Quebec, 11-07/746r0
April 2007 ad hoc Meeting, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 11-07/559r1
Recent Teleconference Minutes
May 28, June 25, July 9: 11-08/704r0, 11-08/749r0, 11-08/793r0
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola
Donald Eastlake 3rd, Motorola