Welcome to IEEE 802 Newcomer Orientation

David Law, Pat Thaler

6 March 2006

www.ieee802.org

Contents

• Introduction to IEEE 802

• Introduction to IEEE standards process

• Getting more information

Introduction to IEEE 802

Who we are

• IEEE Project 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (aka IEEE 802 or LMSC)– Develop LAN and MAN

standards– Mainly for link and physical

layers of the network stack– In operation since March 1980

OSI Reference Model

Application

Presentation

Session

Transport

Network

Data Link

Physcial

Medium

IEEE802

IEEE Standards

Organization

IEEE 802 is here:a standards committee formed by the Computer Society

aka NesCom aka RevCom

Some terms

• PAR – project authorization request – the document that authorizes work on a project.

• WG - Working group – responsible for developing standards in an area

• TAG – Technical Advisory Group – experts on a topic area that crosses working groups – may develop a recommended practice.

• Task group or task force – a part of a working group which focuses on a particular project.

All those dots….decoder ring

802.1 Bridging and Architecture – generally the top of the link layer

802.3 CSMA/CD – Carrier sense multiple access/collision detect – wired Ethernet

802.11 WLAN – wireless LAN

802.15 WPAN – wireless personal area network

802.16 BWA – broadband wireless access

802.17 ResPackRing – resilient packet ring

802.18 Radio Regulatory TAG

802.19 Coexistance TAG

802.20 MBWA – mobile broadband wireless access

802.21 Media Independent Handoff

802.22 WRAN - wireless regional area networks

IEEE 802 Organization

802.3CSMA/CDBob Grow

802.16BWA

Roger Marks

802.11WLAN

Stuart J. Kerry

802.1BRIDGING/ARCH

Tony Jeffree

WORKING GROUP/TAG CHAIRS

1st VICE CHAIRMat Sherman

RECORDING SECYBob O’Hara

TREASURERJohn

Hawkins

EXECUTIVE SECYBuzz Rigsbee

APPOINTED OFFICERS

CHAIRPaul Nikolich

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EC)

802.15WPAN

Bob Heile

802.18 TAGRadio Regulatory

Mike Lynch

802.17ResPackRing

Mike Takefman

802.19 TAGCoexistanceShellhammer

802.20MBWA

Jerry Upton

2nd VICE CHAIRPat Thaler

802.21Handoff

AJ Rajkumar

802.22WRAN

Stevenson

HIBERNATION802.2 LLC (Dave Carlson)802.5 Token Ring (Bob Love)802.12 Demand Priority (Pat Thaler)

DISBANDED802.4 Token Bus 802.6 DQDB 802.7 Broadband TAG 802.8 Fiber Optic TAG802.9 ISLAN 802.10 Security 802.14 CATV

MEMBEREMERITUS

GeoffThompson

General structure of the week

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu FriAM

Some task forces meet

Arch

Wireless newcomer

Opening EC

Newcomer

Opening plenary

Task force meetings Task force WG plenary

PM

WG opening plenaries

WG plenary or task force

Closing EC

E

V

e

tutorials tutorials social WG plenary

Check WG agendas for details – there is some variation between groups – particularly on closing WG plenary

Introduction to IEEE standards process

Principles of the process

• Due process – procedures are publicly available and followed consistently

• Consensus – requiring agreement of a majority or supermajority – for technical decisions here = 75%

• Openness – ensuring materially interested and affected parties can participate

• Balance – representation from all interested parties without overwhelming influence from any one party

• Right of appeal – process to ensure due process

More terms

• PAR – Project Authorization Request – the charter for a standards project

• CFI – Call for interest – a brief meeting to outline a topic and determine if there is interest in investigating possible project

• Study Group – a group formed to investigate a project and produce a PAR

• Five Criteria – In IEEE 802 the basis for determining whether to forward a PAR.

IEEE 802 standards development life cycle – part 1

Call for Interest (CFI)

Study GroupInvestigates forming

a projectProduce PAR and

5 Criteria

Adequate interest?

Working Group and EC review

NesCom &Standards Board

review

EC approvesForward PAR to NesCom

Form a Working Group or task force

and start work

Standards Boardapproval

IEEE 802 Five Criteria

• Broad Market Potential

• Compatibility

• Distinct Identity

• Technical Feasibility

• Economic Feasibility

IEEE 802 standards development life cycle – part 2

Review proposals

Create and refine draft

Draft complete?

Working Group ballot

Review ballotcomments, modify draft

as needed

Recirculate changesand disapprove

comments

Material selected?

Changes or new disapproves?

No changes and no newdisapproves, 75% approve andWorking Group approves forwarding to sponsor ballot?

IEEE 802 standards development life cycle – part 3

Request EC approve forwardto sponsor ballot

Sponsor ballot

Review ballotcomments, modify

draft as needed

Request EC approve forward to RevCom

RevCom approval

Published standard

Changes or new disapproves?

No changes and no newdisapproves, 75% approve

Standards Board approval

Prepare for publication

EC approval?

Standards life cycle – part 4

• And then there is maintaining the standard– Respond to request for interpretation– Keep the standard current by producing

amendments and corrigenda (corrections)– Renew the life of the standard with

reaffirmation or revision– When the standard is out of date, withdraw it.

Voting and membership

• Voters have responsibility to vote on letter ballots

• Three levels of voting occur in IEEE 802 standards development:– Sponsor ballot

• Open to all interested parties– Via IEEE SA-membership or paying a per ballot fee

• Participation requires an IEEE Web Account– Working group

• Requirements on next page– Task force

• Requirements vary – consult Working group.

Acquiring Working Group voting membership

• Participating at a meeting = at least 75% presence.

• For a new Working Group, persons participating in the initial meeting become members.

• For an existing Working Group, after attending 2 of last 4 plenary sessions or 1 plenary and 1 interim, membership starts at the next plenary attended. – May require submitting a letter of intent.

Retaining Working Group voting membership

• Participate in 2 of the last 4 plenary sessions. – An interim may substitute for one of the 2

plenary sessions.

• Return working Group letter ballots– Membership may be lost for failing to respond

or responding abstain for reason other than “lack of technical expertise” to 2 of the last 3 ballots.

Ground rules

• Respect … give it, get it

• NO product pitches

• NO corporate pitches

• NO prices

• NO restrictive notices – presentations must be openly available

• Silence your cell phone ringers

IEEE Patent policy

Instructions for the WG Chair At Each Meeting, the Working Group Chair shall: Show slides #1 and #2 of this presentation 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.

(Not necessary to be shown) Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003 (Revised February 2006)

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. The patent holder or applicant should provide this assurance as soon as reasonably feasible in the standards development process. This assurance shall be provided no later than the approval of the standard (or reaffirmation when a patent or patent application becomes known after initial approval of the standard). This assurance shall be 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 is irrevocable once submitted and accepted and shall apply, at a minimum, from the date of the standard’s approval to the date of the standard’s withdrawal.

IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws on Patents in Standards

Slide #1 Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003 (Revised February 2006)

Inappropriate Topics for IEEE WG Meetings

Don’t discuss the validity/essentiality of patents/patent claims Don’t discuss the cost of specific patent use

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 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

Approved by IEEE-SA Standards Board – March 2003 (Revised February 2006)

Getting more information

Resources

• IEEE 802 home page: – http://ieee802.org/index.html

• Links to IEEE and IEEE 802 procedural documents:– http://ieee802.org/devdocs.html

• Links to IEEE 802 WG and TAG pages:– http://ieee802.org/dots.html

• On-line training: IEEE process course for IEEE 802 to be released in the next week.