IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee Plenary Meeting
March 2003 Tutorials and Call For Interest
Tutorial
Date: Monday March 10, 2003
Time: 12:00 noon – 12:45 pm
Location: Enterprise Ballroom 3-8
Title: IEEE Standards Association Overview
Sponsored by: Paul Nikolich, IEEE 802 Chair
Presenters:
Judy Gorman, Managing Director, IEEE Standards Association
Karen Rupp, Associate Managing Director, IEEE Standards Association
With the aim of giving the IEEE 802 Plenary a useful and comprehensive view of the full range
of activities and responsibilities of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), the tutorial will:
 Set the context for IEEE 802 within the IEEE and the IEEE-SA organizations
 Review the volunteer and staff organization of the IEEE-SA
 Articulate and explain the IEEE-SA mission and key strategies
 Describe scope of programs: membership, technical, governance, etc.
 Explain the fundamentals of our resource allocations
 Present current and future goals
 Encourage Q&A
Tutorial #1a
Date: Monday March 10, 2003
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Location: Enterprise Ballroom 1/2
Title: 802.1 Link Security – Re: Bridging
Sponsored by: Tony Jeffree, IEEE 802.1 WG Chair
Presenters:
Norm Finn, Cisco Systems Inc.
Bill McIntosh, Fortress Technologies
Jonathan Thatcher, World Wide Packets
This tutorial session is intended as a vehicle to get participants in the Link Security activity “up to
speed” on relevant aspects of 802 technology that they may be unfamiliar with. There will be 3 1hour sessions, covering Bridging, EPONs, and 802.10 security.
Tutorial #1b
Date: Monday March 10, 2003
Time: 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Location: : Enterprise Ballroom 1/2
Title: 802.1 Link Security – Re: EPONs
Sponsored by: Tony Jeffree, IEEE 802.1 WG Chair
Presenters: See above.
Tutorial #1c
Date: Monday March 10, 2003
Time: 8:30 – 9:30 pm
Location: : Enterprise Ballroom 1/2
Title: 802.1 Link Security – Re: 802.10
Sponsored by: Tony Jeffree, IEEE 802.1 WG Chair
Presenters: See above.
Call For Interest
Date: Tuesday March 11, 2003
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Location: Enterprise Ballroom 1-4
Title: 802 Handoff Mechanism
Sponsored by: Roger Marks, IEEE 802.16 WG Chair
Presenters:
Convener: Roger Marks, along with several speakers participating.
This meeting seeks to establish interest within IEEE 802 in establishing a Study Group to
investigate the development of a standard handoff mechanism that could apply to all, or at least
many, standards within 802. It is a follow up to two activities at the November 2002 Plenary:
(1) Tutorial: Handoff Mechanisms and their Role in IEEE 802 Wireless Standards
11 November 2002, 6:30-9:30 pm; approximately 250 attendees
See http:// ieee802.org/16/tutorial/T80216-02_04.zip
(2) Informal Call for Interest: 802 Handoff
12 November 2002, 6:30-7:45 pm; approximately 50 attendees
Tutorial #2
Date: Tuesday March 11, 2003
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Location: : Enterprise Ballroom 1-4
Title: Basic Principles of UWB for Low Power & Location Awareness
Sponsored by: Bob Heile, IEEE 802.15 WG Chair
Presenters:
Jason Ellis, General Atomics
Uri Kareey, Puisicom
Kai Siwiak, Time Domain
Larry Taylor, ACM
Tutorial on the suitability of UWB for very low cost, very low power, low data rate applications
such as those addressed by 802.15.4 including how location awareness may be addressed.
Tutorial #3
Date: Tuesday March 11, 2003
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 pm
Location: : Enterprise Ballroom 1-4
Title: Basic Principles of Mesh Networking for Location Awareness and Self- Management
Sponsored by: Stuart J. Kerry, IEEE 802.11 WG Chair and Bob Heile, IEEE 802.15 WG Chair
Presenters:
Dennis Baker, NRL
Mika Kasslin, Nokia Research
Peter Stanforth, Mesh Networks
Tutorial on the suitability of mesh topology networks for mobile ad hoc and for access, including
how location awareness may be part of Quality of Service.