1. December 18
January 2009
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: TG4g Closing Report for Los Angeles, January 2009
Date Submitted: January 2009
Source: Phil Beecher, Beecher Consulting
Contact: Phil Beecher, Beecher Consulting
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Re: TG4g-SUN Closing Report for January 2009 Session
Abstract: Closing Report for the SUN Session in Los Angeles, CA
Purpose: Smart Utility Networks
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2. TG4g-SUN PAR Scope January 2009
December 18
January 2009
TG4g-SUN PAR Scope
This Standard defines an amendment to IEEE It addresses principally outdoor Low Data Rate Wireless Smart Metering Utility Network requirements. It defines an alternate PHY and only those MAC modifications needed to support its implementation.
Specifically, the amendment supports all of the following:
Operation in any of the regionally available license exempt frequency bands, such as 700MHz to 1GHz, and the 2.4 GHz band.
Data rate of at least 40 kbits per second but not more than 1000 kbits per second
Achieve the optimal energy efficient link margin given the environmental conditions encountered in Smart Metering deployments.
Principally outdoor communications
PHY frame sizes up to a minimum of 1500 octets
Simultaneous operation for at least 3 co-located orthogonal networks
Connectivity to at least one thousand direct neighbors characteristic of dense urban deployment
Provides mechanisms that enable coexistence with other systems in the same band(s) including IEEE , and systems
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3. Objectives and Achievements for this session
January 2009
Objectives and Achievements for this session
To reissue SG-NAN Call for Applications 
To hear Presentations 
To review Timeline 
To prepare provisional Technical Guidance Document 
To prepare Call for Proposals 
Discuss Next Steps 
Define Coexistence Criteria 
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4. January 2009
Presentations
g-w-sun-applications-characteristics-summary.ppt
g-sun-coexistence-considerations.ppt
g-sun-technology-requirements.ppt
g-urban-wireless-sensor-network.ppt
g-phy-characteristics-proposed-approach.ppt
g-tutorial-summary-jan-2009.ppt
g-phy-parameters-for-15-4g.doc
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5. January 2009 Talk to the MESH characteristics, multi-hop, etc.
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6. January 2009
Between Now and March 2009
Teleconference calls: to be held fortnightly (every 2 weeks) on Wednesdays at 10pm GMT, starting Feb 4, 2009
Refine Technical Guidance Document
Define Coexistence Scenarios
Liaise with Industry Consortia and Utilities globally
Improve TG4g Web Page
Preparatory work for March meeting
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7. Plans for March 2009 meeting
January 2009
Plans for March 2009 meeting
Hear responses to re-issued Call for Applications
Hear Preliminary Proposals
Review Coexistence Scenarios
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8. Thank You ! Any Questions ?
January 2009
Thank You !
Any Questions ?
Phil Beecher