1. November 2010 Mesh Meeting Agenda
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November 2010
November 2010 Mesh Meeting Agenda
Date:
Authors:
Name
Address
Affiliation
Phone
Dee Denteneer
HTC 37; 5656 AE Eindhoven; The Netherlands
Philips
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2. IEEE 802.11s: Mesh Networking Task Group
November 2010
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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.
Dallas, Texas
November 8-12, 2010
Chair: Dee Denteneer (Philips)
Vice Chair: Guido Hiertz (Philips)
Technical Editor: Kazuyuki Sakoda (Sony)
Secretary: Guenael Strutt (Powerwave Technologies)
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

3. General Flow of the TGs Meeting
November 2010
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
November 2010
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. November 2010
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
November 2010
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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
November 2010
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
November 2010
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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
November 2010
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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. November 2010
Presentation queue
Stephen McCann; ESR bit sponsor ballot comment resolution, r0 (Wednesday)
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12. Monday, 8 November 2010 16:00-18:00 Secretary selection
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Monday, 8 November :00-18:00
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
Approval of Minutes:
Waikaloa meeting minutes: 11-10/1148r0
Teleconference minutes:
November 4: 11-10/1249r0:
October 14: 11-10/1213r0
September 30: 11-10/1188r0
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

13. Monday, 8 November 2010 16:00-18:00 Get on 1 page
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Get on 1 page
Status update: Sponsor Ballot
Status update: professional editing process
Status update rebasing on REVmb 6.0
Ad hoc munich
Mesh overview presentation-discussion
Comment resolution guidelines (11-08/513r0)
Comments assignments
Resolution of Comments
Recess until Tuesday 8:00
Dee Denteneer; Philips
Dee Denteneer, Philips

14. General comment assignments
November 2010
G-Base
Unification with base standard. 3
G-Def
Terminology 14
Kaz
G-Discovery 1
G-Editor
Editorial fixes (wording, typo fixing, etc) 61
G-Frame
General Frame Format 16
G-General 4
G-Emergency
Emergency services 6
Stephen
G-PH
Placeholder 29
G-MIB
G-PICS
134
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15. MAC comments assignments
November 2010
M-BS
Beaconing and Synchronization 5
Kaz
M-CC
Congestion Control 4
Michael
M-CS
Channel Selection 3
Ashish->Dee
M-General 1
M-MCCA
MCCA 35
Dee, Michael
M-PM
Power Management 6
Jarkko-> Dee
M-QoS
QoS related issues
M-11n
11n compatibility 60
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16. RFI comments assignments
November 2010
R-LM
Link Metric 4
Guenael
R-FWD
Forwarding 32
Guenael/Michael
R-General
R-HWMP 10
R-MeshGate 22
R-Proxy 7
Michael 75
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17. Security comments assignments
November 2010
S-General 6
S-Edit
Editorial 1
S-GroupKey
S-MPM
Mesh Peering Management 11
Guenael
S-SAE
SAE 20
Dan 38
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18. Tuesday, 9 November 2010 8:00-10:00 Call Meeting to Order
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Tuesday, 9 November :00-10:00
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Resolution of Comments
Recess until Tuesday 10:30
Dee Denteneer; Philips
Dee Denteneer, Philips

19. Tuesday, 9 November 2010 10:30-12:30 Call Meeting to Order
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Tuesday, 9 November :30-12:30
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Resolution of Comments
Recess until Wednesday, 8:00
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

20. Wednesday, 10 November 2010 8:00-10:00
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Wednesday, 10 November :00-10:00
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Presentation by Stephen McCann
Resolution of Comments
Recess until Wednesday 16:00
Dee Denteneer; Philips
Dee Denteneer, Philips

21. Wednesday, 10 November 2010 16:00-18:00
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Wednesday, 10 November :00-18:00
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Resolution of Comments
Recess until Thursday 8:00
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

22. Thursday, 11 November 2010 8:00-10:00 (TBD)
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Thursday, 11 November :00-10:00 (TBD)
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
Resolution of Comments
Recess until 16:00
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

23. Thursday, 11 November 2010 16:00-18:00 Call Meeting to Order
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Thursday, 11 November :00-18:00
Call Meeting to Order
IPR and Attendance Recording Reminder
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Dee Denteneer, Philips

24. Thursday, 11 November 2010 16:00-18:00 Telcons: thursdays,
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Thursday, 11 November :00-18:00
Telcons: thursdays,
Motion, moved to schedule TGs teleconferences on … at 10:00 ET for a maximum duration of 90 minutes.
Mover:, Seconder:
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25. Thursday, 11 November 2010 Adjourn sine die
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Thursday, 11 November 2010
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.
Dee Denteneer; Philips
Dee Denteneer, Philips

26. [Reference Information]
November 2010
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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

27. [Reference Information]
November 2010
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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

28. [Earlier Meeting Minutes]
November 2010
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[Earlier Meeting Minutes]
Task Group “s” Meeting Minutes
January 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
March 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia, 11-09/312r0
January 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