
IEEE 802.1 OmniRAN TG Conference - June 27th, 2017 Call Details
Stay informed about the IEEE 802.1 OmniRAN TG Conference call on June 27th, 2017, chaired by Max Riegel from Nokia Bell Labs. Participants have obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy, including informing about Essential Patent Claims. Learn about patent-related links and the call for Potentially Essential Patents. Join the conference call for discussions on standards development and patent policies.
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omniran-17-0050-01-00TG IEEE 802.1 OmniRAN TG June 27th, 2017 Conference Call 2017-06-27 Max Riegel, Nokia Bell Labs (TG Chair) 1
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG Conference Call Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 at 09:30-11:00am ET Join by WebEX https://nokiameetings.webex.com/nokiameetings/j.php?MTID=m19ddac1f aa5cc2afd90a41d58f33ccac Meeting number: 953 039 259 Meeting password: t6D3wBp9 Join by phone Access code: 953 039 259 Dial-in: +19724459814 US Dallas, +442036087616 UK London Global call-in numbers https://nokiameetings.webex.com/nokiameetings/globalcallin.php?service Type=MC&ED=517067692&tollFree=0 2
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]: 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 Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed) of the identity of any other holders of 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 Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search 3
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG 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/develop/policies/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/materials.html If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/index.html This slide set is available at https://development.standards.ieee.org/myproject/Public/mytools/mob/slideset.ppt 4
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG 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 5
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG Participation in IEEE 802 Meetings All participation in IEEE 802 Working Group meetings is on an individual basis Participants in the IEEE standards development individual process shall act based on their qualifications and experience. (https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf section 5.2.1) IEEE 802 Working Group membership is by individual; Working Group members shall participate in the consensus process in a manner consistent with their professional expert opinion as individuals, and not as organizational representatives . (http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 4.2.1) You have an obligation to act and vote as an individual and not under the direction of any other individual or group. Your obligation to act and vote as an individual applies in all cases, regardless of any external commitments, agreements, contracts, or orders. You shall not direct the actions or votes of any other member of an IEEE 802 Working Group or retaliate against any other member for their actions or votes within IEEE 802 Working Group meetings, see https://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sb_bylaws.pdf section 5.2.1.3 and http://ieee802.org/PNP/approved/IEEE_802_WG_PandP_v19.pdf section 3.4.1, list item x By participating in IEEE 802 meetings, you accept these requirements. If you do not agree to these policies then you shall not participate. 6
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG 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. 7
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG Resources URLs Link to IEEE Disclosure of Affiliation http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/affiliationFAQ.html Links to IEEE Antitrust Guidelines http://standards.ieee.org/resources/antitrust-guidelines.pdf Link to IEEE Code of Ethics http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/ethics/code_ethics.html Link to IEEE Patent Policy http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt 8
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG Agenda proposal Review of minutes May 15-17 Stuttgart interim minutes Reports Comment resolution of P802.1CF D0.5 New contributions to 802.1CF Plans for Berlin F2F AoB 9
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG Business#1 Call Meeting to Order Meeting called to order by chair at 09:31AM ET Minutes taker: Hao is taking notes Roll Call Name Affiliation Name Affiliation Max Riegel Nokia Walter Pienciak IEEE SA Wang Hao Fujitsu Yonggang Fang ZTE TX 10
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG 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 Nothing brought up. 11
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG Agenda Review of minutes May 15-17 Stuttgart interim minutes https://mentor.ieee.org/omniran/dcn/17/omniran-17-0047-00-00TG-may-2017-f2f- meeting-minutes.docx Reports ? Comment resolution of P802.1CF D0.5 https://mentor.ieee.org/omniran/dcn/17/omniran-17-0049-00-CF00-802- 1cf-d0-5-collected-comments.xls New contributions to 802.1CF none Plans for Berlin F2F Last two slides of this document AoB ? No further requests for agenda. 12
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG Business #2 Review of minutes May 15-17 Stuttgart interim minutes https://mentor.ieee.org/omniran/dcn/17/omniran-17- 0047-00-00TG-may-2017-f2f-meeting-minutes.docx No comments brought up. Reports Request to share 802.1CF with IETF coming from IEEE/IETF coordination meeting. Preparation of IC kick-off Announcement distributed by IEEE Hao asked about exploder used for distribution. 13
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG Business #3 Comment resolution of P802.1CF D0.5 16 responses, 2 Disapprove w/ comments Collected comments https://mentor.ieee.org/omniran/dcn/17/omniran-17- 0049-00-CF00-802-1cf-d0-5-collected-comments.xls Comments 1..14 addressed, rest left for Berlin F2F, updated comments spreadsheet uploaded https://mentor.ieee.org/omniran/dcn/17/omniran-17- 0049-01-CF00-802-1cf-d0-5-collected-comments.xls 14
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG Business #4 New contributions to 802.1CF none Plans for Berlin F2F Plenary meeting on July 10-14, 2017 in Berlin, Germany Agenda proposal and timeline on next two slides Both agenda graphics and proposed agenda accepted. No dedicated slot for IC contributions; will be arranged according to submissions and availability of the contributors AoB none Adjourned by chair at 11:01 AM ET 15
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG July 2017 Agenda Graphics Mon 7/10 802 EC Opening Tue 7/11 802.11 WNG Wed 7/12 802.11 ARC Thu 7/13 Fri 7/14 802.11 Closing 08:00 10:00 10:30 802.1 Opening Plenary 802.11/802.15 Mid-week Plenaries OmniRAN closing 12:30 802 EC Closing 13:30 802.1 Closing Plenary 15:30 16:00 OmniRAN opening 18:00 Tutorials Joint 802.1/802.15 ICA Kick off 16
omniran-17-0050-01-00TG Agenda proposal for July 2017 F2F Review of minutes Reports Comment resolution on P802.1CF-D0.5 New content for P802.1CF 7.9 Data model Amendments to existing chapters Plan for going WG ballot w/ 802.1CF-D0.6 draft Potential input to 802.1 Industry Connections Conference calls until Sept F2F Motions to 802.1 closing plenary Status report to IEEE 802 WGs AOB 17