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OmniRAN EC SG August 7th, 2013Conference Call

2013-08-06Max Riegel

(OmniRAN SG Chair)

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Meeting

• Wednesday, August 7th, 2013, 10:00-11:00 AM ET

Conference Call:• Call-in number: 1-(972) 445 9673 (US)• Global numbers:

https://www2.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/nvc• Conference Code: 433 819 2102 #

WebEX• Meeting Number: 702 473 409• Meeting Password: omniran• https://nsn.webex.com/nsn/j.php?J=702473409&PW=NNmZ

iYTEyNjVi

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Guidelines for IEEE-SA 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.

--------------------------------------------------------------- If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at

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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.

This slide set is available at https://development.standards.ieee.org/myproject/Public/mytools/mob/slideset.ppt

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Resources – URLs

• Link to IEEE Dis clos ur e of Affilia tion – http://standards.ieee.org/ faqs/affil iati onFAQ.html

• Link s to IEEE Antitrust Guidelines– http://standards.ieee.org/ resources/antitrust -guidelines.pdf

• Link to IEEE Code of Ethics– http://www.i eee.org/web/membershi p/ethics/code_ethi cs.html

• Link to IEEE Patent Pol icy– http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-sl ideset .ppt

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Meeting Etiquette

• IEEE 802 is a world-wide professional technical organization • Meetings are to be conducted in an orderly and professional manner in accordance with the policies and procedures governed by the organization.• Individuals are to address the “technical” content of the subject under consideration and refrain from making “personal” comments to or about the presenter.

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LMSC Operations Manual

4.3 Study groups4.3.1 Study group operation

Progress of each Study Group shall be presented at the closing Sponsor meeting of each IEEE 802 LMSC plenary session by the appropriate WG, TAG, or ECSG Chair. Study Groups may elect officers other than the Chair, if necessary, and will follow the general operating procedures for WGs specified in the IEEE 802 LMSC WG P&P. Because of the limited time duration of a Study Group, no letter ballots are permitted.

4.3.2 Voting at study group meetingsAny person attending a Study Group meeting may vote on all motions (including recommending approval of a PAR). A vote is carried by 75% of those present and voting “Approve” or “Disapprove.”

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AgendaWednesday, August 7th, 10:00–11:00am ET• Reports

– Result of EC closing meeting– Ongoing discussions with 802.1– Preparation for York F2F

• Documentation of OmniRAN EC SG results so far• External communications• Extension of EC SG plan until Nov ‘13• Meetings and conference calls

– York F2F on September 2-6– Nanjing wireless interim on September 16-20– Scheduling of conference calls until November 11th

• Agenda for York F2F• PAR and 5C template• AOB

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Business#1• Call Meeting to Order

– Meeting called to order by chair at 10:02am ET• Appointment of recording secretary:

– Juan Carlos will take notes of the call• Roll Call

Name Affiliation Name AffiliationMax Riegel NSN

Juan Carlos Zuniga Interdigital

Antonio de la Oliva UC3M

Paul Congdom TALLAC Networks

Roger Marks Consensii

Walter Pienciak IEEE SA

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Business #2

• Approval of agenda– approved without objections

• Reports • Geneva meeting minutes completed until end of this week.

– Result of EC closing meeting• slides 10-12 were presented by chair explaining outcome of Geneva meeting

– Ongoing discussions with 802.1• initial email discussion took place on service selection on 802.3• further discussion will be invited on 802.1 mailing list to prepare for the

discussions in the York F2F– Preparation for York F2F

• One meeting on Wednesday, Sept 4th, for PAR &5C discussions• Additionally at least 2 discussions with 802.1 on gaps (‘ptp links over bridged

infrastructure’ and ‘service discovery and selection’)

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Gap Analysis• Defining a simplistic network reference model,

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a couple of use cases were investigated:– 3GPP Trusted WLAN Access to EPC

• TS 23.402 V11.6.0 (2013-03)– ZigBee SEP2 Smart Grid Use Case

• ZigBee docs-09-5449-33-0zse– SDN-based OmniRAN Use Case

• Initial investigations show missing functionalities in some IEEE 802 specifications regards the investigated use cases.– Sharing of findings in progress with the related working group and investigations will continue

directly together with working groups.• Main issue was, that it was less than obvious how the pieces of IEEE 802 are fitting

together– There is need for better documentation how IEEE 802 protocols work together to create access

networks for particular deployments– There is no consistent way how IEEE 802 handles the IEEE 802 information elements going over IP

protocols

Access Ctrl

InternetR1 R3

Terminal R2

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Topics for Standardization in IEEE 802

• Establishing a common approach of specifying ‘external’ control into IEEE 802 technologies would require:– a specification describing the Network Reference Model and listing the DL

and PHY control functions required for access networks and SDN• To be addressed by a PAR developped by OmniRAN EC SG

– a specification on the usage of IP protocols for the transport of IEEE 802 attributes• Topic for the joint IEEE 802 – IETF coordination group

– specifications of the control attributes for the individual IEEE 802 technologies by their working groups• Should go into annex of related specifications to ensure consistency

• Gaps within IEEE 802 technologies may be discovered but should be addressed by the related IEEE 802 WGs

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OmniRAN EC SG proposes to

• Develop a PAR and 5C for an IEEE 802 Recommended Practice by Nov ‘13– Potential title: ‘Network Reference Model and

Functional Description of IEEE 802 based Access Networks’• Similar to a ‘Stage 2’ specification

• Suggest the best home for the project.

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Business #3• Documentation of OmniRAN EC SG results so far

– correct liaison slides in #53 (no reference to #54)– create conclusion slides based on #48r4 merging in conclusions in the closing EC

plenary on Jul 19th – provide comprehensive presentation to 802.11 in Nanjing

• Chair asking for extension of call by about 30 minutes until 11:30am ET to complete business• No objections to extension of call

• External communication– Group agrees to present OmniRAN results to ONF– Chairs will take care of presentation in electronic meeting– Document#50 approved for presentation to ONF– Roger will introduce OmniRAN EC SG chairs to ONF by email

• Extension of EC SG plan until Nov ‘13• Meetings and conference calls

– York F2F on September 2-6• Roger asking for remote participation in the OmniRAN EC SG session• Chair offered to take care and provide possibility for remote participation.

– Nanjing wireless interim on September 16-20– Scheduling of conference calls until November 11th

• Meetings as listed on slide 15 agreed. Chair will send out announcements and meeting details.

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OmniRANPlan and Timeline

Initial meeting

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

F2F meeting

Conf Call

Draft Use cases document

Call for comments on Use cases document

Use cases contributions

Classification of functional requirements

Gap analysis to existing solutionsSocializing of gap analysis

Refine scope of EC SG (crisp words)

Use cases document finalization

Functional requirements within scope of IEEE 802

Jul’15Mar’21

Potential standardization topics for IEEE 802

Apr’11 May’2 Jun’20

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OmniRAN Meetings until November 2013

• Wed, Aug 7th, 2013, 10-11am ET: Confcall• Wed, Sep 4th, 2013, F2F Meeting York, UK

w/ remote participation• Tue, Sep 17th, 730-930 am ET/1930-2130 Nanjing, F2F

session w/ remote participation• Fri, Sep 27th, 2013, 09-11am ET: Confcall• (Fri, Oct 4th, 2013, 09-11am ET: Confcall) ???• Thu, Oct 10th, 2013, 09-11am ET: Confcall• Fri, Oct 11th, 2013, CoB:

Submission deadline for PAR to EC list• Mon, Nov 11th, 0800-1000am CT:

EC Opening Meeting Dallas F2F

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Business #4• Agenda for York F2F

– Approval of minutes ?– Reports

• discussions with 802.1• communication with IETF• communication with ONF

– Content of ‘Stage 2’ document• legacy guidance• WiMAX NWG Stage 2• initial draft ToC of IEEE 802 ‘Stage 2’

– PAR & 5C texting– AOB

• PAR and 5C template– https://mentor.ieee.org/omniran/dcn/13/omniran-13-0005-00-0000-par-5c-table-of-content.docx– Working group section has to be filled with the information of the working group taking over the

project– Roger recommends to check that PAR form has not been changed the past months.

• AOB– no other issues were brought up

• Adjourn– meeting was adjourned at 11:33am ET