1. ARC-agenda-november-2013
July 2009
doc.: IEEE /0840r0
ARC-agenda-november-2013
Date:
Authors:
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

2. Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1455r0
Abstract
Agendas for: ARC SC Ad Hoc, Nov 11, Dallas, Texas ARC SC, November, 2013, Dallas, Texas
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

3. IEEE 802.11 Architecture Standing Committee
Agenda
Ad Hoc session
November 11, 2013
Dallas, Texas

4. Attendance, etc. Reminders to attendees: Please sign attendance sheet
Noises off
No recordings

5. 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

6. April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
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
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

7. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
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
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

8. Other Documents and WebPages to Review
April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
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:
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

9. 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.

10. ARC Agenda – Ad Hoc November 11, 2013
Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1455r0
ARC Agenda – Ad Hoc November 11, 2013
Administration
Approve Agenda, Attendance, Policies
802 O&A D1.7 sponsor ballot, comment collection
Draft is here:
Comments collected from members:
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

11. IEEE 802.11 Architecture Standing Committee
Agenda
November 2013 session

12. Wednesday, November 13th, AM1

13. Attendance, etc. Reminders to attendees:
Sign in for .11 attendance credit
Noises off
No recordings

14. 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

15. April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
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
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

16. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
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
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

17. Other Documents and WebPages to Review
April 2009
doc.: IEEE /xxxxr0
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:
Rich Kennedy, Research In Motion

18. 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.

19. ARC Agenda – November 2013 Wednesday, AM1
Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1455r0
ARC Agenda – November 2013 Wednesday, AM1
Administration
Approve Agenda, Attendance, Policies, Minutes
Election of Vice Chair
Call for nominations
Introductions
Vote
IETF/802 coordination
RFC 4441, CAPWAP, PAWS update
802 O&A sponsor ballot, comment resolution
TGak/802.1Qbz on “ bridging” update
IEEE 1588 mapping to IEEE
AP/DS/Portal architecture and 802 concepts
802.1AC revision
Future sessions / SC activities
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

20. Jan 2009
doc.: IEEE /1455r0
ARC Minutes
September Minutes:
David Bagby, Calypso Ventures, Inc.

21. Vice Chair Election Close call for nominations. Nominees are:
Joseph Levy (InterDigital)
Introductions
Election

22. IETF/802 coordination Dorothy Stanley present topics of interest:
RFC 4441 revision update, if needed
CAPWAP update
PAWS update

23. 802 Organization & Architecture revision
Draft 1.7 is in the members area (
Reviewed members comments received, during Ad Hoc session on Monday (
Update (if needed)

24. General Links
Donald Eastlake present topics of interest from TGak and 802.1’s parallel work (802.1Qbz)
General update
Any comments from ARC SC on the architectural directions/implications of direction?

25. IEEE 1588 mapping to IEEE
Update (Mark Hamilton), if needed

26. AP/DS/Portal architecture and 802 concepts
Presentations on AP/DS/Portal architectural description, and Figure 5-1

27. 802.1AC revision
Revision includes update to clause 12, in particular (newly numbered) subclause 12.2 “IEEE Std (Wireless LAN) convergence functions”
See
What material should be in 802.1AC, and what should be in ?
How is this written today (without 11ak being done)? How is it maintained/updated to reflect 11ak?
Comments from review of proposed text?

28. ARC Future Activities & sessions
ARC SC meets when a specific focused task is requested of the SC for which the is sufficient volunteer interest.
Continue work on AP/DS/Portal architectural model
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
Monitor/report on IEEE 1588 activities, as needed
If you have ANY other topic that you would like ARC SC to consider, contact the SC chair.

29. Planning for January 2014
Plan for one meeting slot for general activities, plus one slot joint with TGak for coordination
Individuals interested in ARC work are encouraged to also attend TGak sessions
ARC SC will schedule teleconferences with 10 days notice
To discuss any specific requests that arise