IEEE P1076.1 Working Group Telco Meeting Minutes - February 18, 2015, 8am PST (16:00 UTC)

Status: approved by WG on April 8, 2015

Attendees

• Ernst Christen, Mentor Graphics (WG chair)
• Zhichao Deng, Synopsys (Vice Chair)
• Alain Vachoux, EPFL (LRM editor)
• Joachim Haase (note taker)

This was a web meeting. The main discussion topics of the meeting are covered by the meeting slides. The minutes complement the meeting slides.

Agenda

• Approval of agenda
• Administrative issues
  • Minutes of January 14, 2014 meeting
  • IEEE patent policy
  • Miscellaneous
• Review of project plans for PAR extension
• Next meeting
• AOB
• Adjourn

Call to order

Ernst started the meeting at 8:05 am PST.

Approval of agenda

Agenda was approved with no objections by Alain moves seconded by Joachim.

Administrative issues

Approval of January 14, 2015 minutes
The January 14, 2015 minutes were approved after correction of a typo, with a motion by Alain seconded by Zhichao.

Patent policy
Ernst offered to show the patent policy, but presentation was unnecessary since the attendees are all regulars.

1076.1 bank account
Diane Mistretta, IEEE Finance Manager, has taken ownership of the request to transfer the funds to DASC. The current status is unknown. At the end, David Smith will be discharged from his duties as treasurer.

Elections
Joachim was reelected as secretary for a two year term starting January 1, 2015.

P&P
The P&Ps update will be done in future to remove the position of treasurer.

Review of project plans for PAR extension

LRM - Baseline P1076.1-201x LRM
The tasks are summarized in the meeting slides. It is expected that the work can be finished at the end of March 2015.

LRM - Complete Draft P1076.1-201x LRM
LCSs and P1076.1.1-2010 packages have to be integrated. Work regarding LCSs on the simulation cycle and the P1076.1.1-2010 package shall be finished end of April 2015. Remainder (new packages, frequency-domain modelling support and others) will depend on availibility of material.

Mandatory LRM Changes
Champion for this task is Ernst. LRM work is coordinated with Alain. Reviews on candidates for enhancements are needed.

Table-Driven Modelling
Open issues concern file handling. Coordination with P1076 WG is open.

Frequency-Domain Modelling
Existing white paper needs approval by the WG.

Vector/Matrix Operations
Timeline can be found on the meeting slides. P1076 WG must also ballot on the package. Conflicts in the balloting process with the P1076 WG should not occur. Coordination must be done before.

Administrative Overhead
Ernst pointed out to copyright requirements regarding the Std revision. There are two possibilities for new packages:

• Permission letters are needed if truly copyrighted material will be used in the revision.
• Packages will be provided as open source and not be part of the standard. This would give more flexibility regarding updates and bug fixes for instance. Legal apspects have to be fixed in this case. Material that was developped by the WG usually cannot be provided as open source.

PAR extension is needed. One year to finish the work on the Std revision is necessary. Another year to complete the balloting is needed. The WG will ask for a two year extension of the PAR.

Try to resolve until the next meeting

• IBIS/CSV file handling
• Status of vector/matrix operations
• Handling copyright of material

Next meeting

Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 8.00am PST (16:00 UTC).

AOB

No other business.

Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 9:18 am PST.

-- JoachimHaase - 2015-03-02