21-06-0551-00-0000-WGsession13_opening_notes.ppt Submission March 2006 Ajay Rajkumar, Chair, 802.21Slide 1 IEEE 802.21 Session #13 Opening Plenary Ajay

March 2006

Ajay Rajkumar, Chair, 802.21Slide 1

21-06-0551-00-0000-WGsession13_opening_notes.ppt

Submission

IEEE 802.21Session #13

Opening Plenary

Ajay Rajkumar

[email protected]

March 2006



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• Chair Ajay [email protected]

• Vice Chair Michael Williams [email protected]

• Secretary Xiaoyu [email protected]

• Editor Vivek G. Gupta [email protected]

WG Officers

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IEEE 802.21Meeting Server Details

Handover Server IP address: 172.16.1.21Host Name : handover

External website: http://www.ieee802.org/21Meeting website: http://172.16.1.21 Alternate website name: http://handover/

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Attendance• Total number of sessions: 14 • 11 sessions for 75% attendance and 75%

within a session to be counted towards voting membership

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Voting Membership• 802.21 Voting Membership described in

– DCN#: 21-06-0075-02-0000

• Maintenance of Voting Membership– Two Plenary sessions out of four consecutive Plenary

sessions on a moving window basis– One out of the two Plenary session requirement could be

substituted by an Interim session

• Attendance credit policy with other 802 WG– 802.16 - only during Joint LMSC Plenary sessions– 802.20 - both during Interim and Joint LMSC Plenary

sessions– To get credit for attendance in the above WG meetings

send email to the Vice-Chair with a copy to Chair

March 2006



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WG Letter Ballot

• IEEE 802 Rules specify:– Working Group Membership shall be lost if

two consecutive, or two of any three consecutive, Working Group letter ballots are not returned or are returned with an abstention other than for 'lack of technical expertise

March 2006



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5.1.4 Operation of the Working Group• The operation of the Working Group has to be

balanced between democratic procedures that reflect the desires of the Working Group members and the Working Group Chair’s responsibility to produce a standard, recommended practice, or guideline, in a reasonable amount of time.

• Robert’s Rules of Order shall be used in combination with these operating rules to achieve this balance.

IEEE 802 Rules

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• In the debate each member has the right to speak twice on the same question on the same day (except on an appeal), but cannot make a second speech on the same question as long as any member who has not spoken on that question desires the floor.

Robert's Rules

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Miscellaneous Meeting Logistics

• Lunch Time Break– For Hyatt Regency, Denver CC meeting

802.21 WG would break at 12.00 noon until 1.00 pm

• Wednesday Evening Social– Start time 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm– Check for transport times at

http://ieee802.face2face-events.com/wireless/attendee.html

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Registration and Media Recording

• Each Attendee must provide contact information and pay conference fee

• Conference fee has to be paid through the registration desk at the hotel or sponsor

• Failure to pay conference fee results in loss of credit for voting rights

• Photography not permitted unless approved by WG Chair

• Audio taping of IEEE 802.21 meetings is NOT allowed

• Media – Press and Analyst briefings– Only the 802.21 WG Chair and WG Vice-Chair are allowed

to give verbal statements/interviews to the media on behalf of the IEEE 802.21 working group

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Membership & Anti-Trust

• Individual membership– In all IEEE standards meetings, membership is

by individual, hence you do not represent a company or organization.

• Anti-Trust laws– The Anti-Trust laws forbid the discussion of

prices within our meetings.

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• Advise the WG membership that: – The IEEE’s patent policy is consistent with the ANSI patent policy and is

described in Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws;– Early disclosure of patents which may be essential for the use of standards

under development is encouraged; – Disclosures made of such patents may not be exhaustive of all patents that

may be essential for the use of standards under development, and that neither the IEEE, the WG, nor the WG Chairman ensure the accuracy or completeness of any disclosure or whether any disclosure is of a patent that, in fact, may be essential for the use of standards under development.

• Instruct the WG Secretary to record in the minutes of the relevant WG meeting:

– That the foregoing advice was provided and the two slides were shown; – That an opportunity was provided for WG members to identify or disclose

patents that the WG member believes may be essential for the use of that standard;

– Any responses that were given, specifically the patents and patent applications that were identified (if any) and by whom

• Show to the WG the two slides that follow:

"At Each Meeting, the Working Group Chair shall:"

Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003 (Revised December 2004)

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6. Patents

IEEE standards may include the known use of essential patents and patent applications provided the IEEE receives assurance from the patent holder or applicant with respect to patents whose infringement is, or in the case of patent applications, potential future infringement the applicant asserts will be, unavoidable in a compliant implementation of either mandatory or optional portions of the standard [essential patents]. This assurance shall be provided without coercion and prior to approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent or patent application becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be a letter that is in the form of either:

a) A general disclaimer to the effect that the patentee will not enforce any of its present or future patent(s) whose use would be required to implement either mandatory or optional portions of the proposed IEEE standard against any person or entity complying with the standard; or

b) A statement that a license for such implementation will be made available without compensation or under reasonable rates, with reasonable terms and conditions that are demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination.

This assurance shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard's approval to the date of the standard's withdrawal and is irrevocable during that period.

IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards


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Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings

• Don’t discuss licensing terms or conditions

• Don’t discuss product pricing, territorial restrictions, or market share

• Don’t discuss ongoing litigation or threatened litigation

• Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed… do formally object.

If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at [email protected] or visit http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html

This slide set (last three slides) is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt


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Copyright• Under the current US copyright law — the

author of information is deemed to own the copyright from the moment of creation

• The IEEE Bylaws require copyright of all material to be held by the IEEE– Must consult with IEEE for re-use of copyright

material

• The IEEE Standards accomplishes transfer of copyright ownership through the Project Authorization Request (PAR) process

March 2006



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IEEE Bylaw Changes• IEEE Board of Directors approved November 2003• The rules now state that abstentions no longer count toward the

total number needed to approve or disapprove an action. What is needed is a majority of the votes cast, either approve or disapprove, to determine a decision. This change is given in IEEE Bylaw I-300.4 (1).

• The second change covers votes taken via email. Any email ballot needs to receive approval from a majority of voting members (all official members of the Working Group) to allow an action to be taken. It should be noted that unofficial actions, such as straw polls, do not need to follow this rule. This change is contained in IEEE Bylaw I-300.4 (4).

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Letter of Assurance (LoA)• Would encourage all presenters of Proposals

to submit Letter of Assurance (LoA) to the Chair

• LoA form available at the 802.21 WG website as – DCN#: 21-05-0245-00-0000-IEEE_2005_loa.pdf

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Aims for the Session• WG Officers Election• Review the draft specifications version 5 for Media

Independent Handover Services – P802-21-D00-05.pdf• Comment resolution based on various contributions

– Technical– Editorial

• Discussion on Transport Requirements draft for IS• Interaction with other 802 groups and external SDOs

– 3GPP/3GPP2 next steps discussion– Update on 802 Architecture discussion

• WG Letter Ballot Process

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Tutorial Schedule

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Future Sessions• Plenary: March 5th – 10th, Hyatt Regency

– Denver at CC Center, CO USA. Co-located with all 802 groups

• Interim: May 14th – 19th, Hyatt Regency– Jacksonville, FL, USA. Meeting co-located with

802.11/15/18/19/20/22

• Plenary: July 16th – 21st, Manchester Grand Hyatt– San Diego, CA USA. Co-located with all 802 groups

• Interim: September 17th – 22nd, TBD – Melbourne, Victoria Australia. Meeting co-located with

802.11/15/18/19/20/22

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Future Locations Being Considered

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Ad hoc ScheduleAll times are from 9-11 am EST

Documents

21-06-0551-00-0000-WGsession13_opening_notes.ppt Submission March 2006 Ajay Rajkumar, Chair, 802.21Slide 1 IEEE 802.21 Session #13 Opening Plenary Ajay