1. Project: IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [SG5 Closing Report Mar04]
Date Submitted: [18Mar2004]
Source: [Pat Kinney] Company [Kinney Consulting LLC]
Address [4097 Manor Oaks Ct, Export, PA]
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Abstract: [SG5 Chair Report to WG]
Purpose: [SG5 chair report to WG to update them from the last session on all work items.]
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January 2004
doc.: IEEE /0034r0
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John Barr, Motorola

2. SG5: Mesh Networking Defined WPAN Mesh Networks
It is the ability to intelligently route data from one node to another via intermediate nodes with the capability to use multiple paths
Defined Desirable Characteristics including:
Dynamic routing adaptive to environment
Self healing
Self organization
Continuum of distributed to centralized management
Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC

3. Submissions
04/135 – Dynamic Beacon Alignment for Simultaneously Operating Piconets – Francis daCosta
04/139 – Mesh Control Layer Overlay Approach for X WPAN – Francis daCosta
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