January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
First Vice Chair Report January 2010
Date: 2010-01-18
Authors:
Name
Affiliations
Address
Phone
email
Jon Rosdahl
CSR
Highland, UT
801-492-4023
jrosdahl@ieee.org
Report
Slide 1
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Abstract
Patent Slides, P&P updates and opening slides.
Report
Slide 2
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Monday: Open plenary
IEEE-SA Patent Policy
Report
Slide 3
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
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
SlideReport
#1
Slide 4
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
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
http://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6
IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual
http://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3
Material about the patent policy is available at
http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html
If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee
Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html
This slide set is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt
Slide #2
Report
Slide 5
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
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
Slide #3
Report
Slide 6
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
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 5.3.10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation:
What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more
details.
Slide #4
Report
Slide 7
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Other Documents and WebPages to Review
• Please review the documents at the following links:
- IEEE Patent Policy - http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/patslideset.ppt
- Patent FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/faq.pdf
- LoA Form - http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/loa.pdf
- Affiliation FAQ http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html
- Anti-Trust FAQ - http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrustguidelines.pdf
- Ethics - http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/about/CoE_poster.pdf
- IEEE 802.11 Working Group P&P https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/public-file/07/11-07-0360-04-0000-80211-policies-and-procedures.doc
• New 802 WG P&P: https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/09/ec-09-0007-0200EC-draft-lmsc-wg-p-p.pdf
• New 802 LMSC P&P:https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/09/ec-090005-02-00EC-draft-revised-lmsc-p-p-for-wg-p-p-ballot.pdf
• New 802 LMSC OM: https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/09/ec-090006-02-00EC-draft-revision-of-the-lmsc-om-for-wg-p-p.pdf
Report
Slide 8
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Mid-week Plenary (Wednesday)
Policy and Procedures Update
Report
Slide 9
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Current Status of 802 WG P&P
• Nov 20, 2009: 802 EC approved new P&P for all WG
• Nov 28, 2009: Edits done per motion from EC approval
• https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/09/ec-09-0007-0200EC-draft-lmsc-wg-p-p.pdf
Report
Slide 10
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Status of 802.11 Operation Manual (OM)
802.11 WG P&P
802 WG P&P
802.11 WG OM
• Starting with the 802.11 WG P&P
• Divided into the 802 WG P&P and 802.11 WG OM
Report
Slide 11
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Value of 802.11 WG Operation Manual
• The 802.11 WG OM is not an exhaustive list of rules.
• The 802.11 WG OM is actually a summary of normal
operating guidelines which the WG group operates.
• The OM describes the Hierarchy of the set of precedent
rules that we are obligated to operate under.
(i.e 802 WG P&P, IEEE-SA rules, Computer Society rules etc.).
• Describes tasks and common logistics
• Describes the voting rights and attendance guidelines
• Describes how groups are formed and operated.
Report
Slide 12
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Mid-week Plenary (Wednesday)
Registration Processes
Report
Slide 13
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Why Register Early?
• Individual Discounts for registering Early
• WG able to control Costs
– Increased cost for last minute changes:
• Meeting space
• F&B
• AV – Power – Projectors - Screens
– Penalties for Missing a room block
• We watch the block very closely.
• Hotels do not allow Early booking without room block commitments.
• Significant penalties for not getting room-nights.
• Leadership works to find savings and pass them on to
the group.
Report
Slide 14
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Why do we have Room-block requirements?
• In order to schedule a Hotel venue more than 90 days
in advance, you must provide a guarantee of how many
people will attend.
• For this venue, without a room-block commitment:
– Room Rental: $400,000
– F&B Minimum: $150,000
• Approx Cost per person if we had 450 attendees = $1200
(does not include additional charges for AV, Internet, Power, etc).
• Meeting our commitment is critical:
– Substantial fees for not meeting commitment (e.g. pay the missing
nights charges plus a penalty)
Report
Slide 15
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
How can I help and reduce my costs?
1. Register Early
2. Stay in the hotel venue
•
•
Register for hotel early
Any problem with getting hotel contact the meeting planners
3. Don’t waste food
•
Enjoy “A” cookie
4. Don’t waste bandwidth
•
Report
Do updates and non-IEEE file transfers at home.
Slide 16
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Extra Early Registration
IEEE 802 Wireless Interim Meeting
16 - 21 May 2010
China World Hotel, Beijing, China
• Register for Beijing and get VISA process going ASAP.
– Most attendees will require a VISA to enter China
– Registration link (See IEEE 802.11website)
https://ei.eventinfotech.com.au/ei/rs.esp?id=914&scriptid=REG
– Invitation letter will be sent after you register
• Remember that Cancellation without any penalty is
permitted until the end of March.
• Expect a time lag between registration and getting the
invite letter.
Report
Slide 17
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Closing Plenary (Friday)
802.11 WG OM Status
Report
Slide 18
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Status of 802.11 Operation Manual (OM)
802.11 WG P&P
802 WG P&P
802 WG OM
• Starting with the 802.11 WG P&P
• Divided into the 802 WG P&P and 802.11 WG OM
Report
Slide 19
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Changes in the 802.11 OM
•
Update to Maintenance process
– 2 Maintenance of Operations Manual
– The Operations Manual is adopted as stated in 802 WG P&P. It
is maintained as directed by the WG Chair.
•
Clarification of Electronic access from the front table
– 3.6.4.2 Meeting Etiquette
Report
Slide 20
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Changes in 802.11 OM (2)
• Clarification of participant status
– 7.0 Voting Rights
– Removal of “Nearly-Voter”
– Removal of Requirement to send Letter to WG Chair for voting
rights.
– Clarify what happens when voting rights are lost and how to regain
• Clarification and update on Document Types
– 3.7 Documentation
– 3.7.1 Types
Report
Slide 21
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Changes in 802.11 OM (3)
• Clarification on process for WG Ballots.
– 3.9 Draft WG Balloting
– Access to members only area for Ballot Pool Members
• Clarification of the “four-hour” rule
– 3.8 Motions Modifying Drafts
Report
Slide 22
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
3.8 Motions Modifying Drafts
• Motions modifying drafts may be made at
appropriate times during meetings.
• However, complex technical changes to a draft
shall be in a submission that has been accepted
by document control according to document
formats specified in section 3.7 and has been
made available electronically for a period of not
less than four active 802.11 WG session hours.
The TG chair determines if a technical change
is sufficiently complex to require a submission.
Report
Slide 23
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
Questions ???
Report
Slide 24
Jon Rosdahl, CSR
January 2010
doc.: IEEE 802.11-10/0076r1
References
• 802.11 WG OM:
–
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/09/11-09-0002-00-0000-802-11-operations-manual.doc
• Treasurer Report January 2010
–
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/10/11-10-0074-00-0000-treasurer-report-january-2010.ppt
• Patent Policy Slides:
– http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt
• 802.11 WG Website:
– http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/
Report
Slide 25
Jon Rosdahl, CSR