doc.: IEEE Submission March, 2006 Chunhui Zhu, Michael Sim, Sebastian MaxSlide 1 Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [WPAN Mesh Networking Merged Proposal] Date Submitted: [9 March, 2006] Source: [Huai-Rong Shao, Yong Liu, Jianliang Zheng, Chunhui Zhu, Michael Sim, Guido R. Hiertz, Yunpeng Zang, Sebastian Max, Hans-Jürgen Reumerman, James Allen] Company [Samsung-CUNY Lab, Panasonic Singapore Laboratories, Philips Research Laboratories Aachen, ComNets, RWTH Aachen University, ASTER Wireless] Address [75 W Plumeria Dr, San Jose, CA,USA] Voice:[ (408) ], FAX: [(408) ], Re: [IEEE P WPAN MESH Networking Call For Proposals IEEE /0071, January 2005] Abstract:[The document is a summary of the merged Mesh WPAN MAC proposal] Purpose:[To provide a summary of the merged Mesh WPAN MAC proposal for consideration before the confirmation vote] Notice:This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release:The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P

doc.: IEEE Submission March, 2006 Chunhui Zhu, Michael Sim, Sebastian MaxSlide 2 Merged Proposal for WPAN Mesh Chunhui Zhu, Michael Sim, Sebastian Max 9 March, 2006

doc.: IEEE Submission March, 2006 Chunhui Zhu, Michael Sim, Sebastian MaxSlide 3 Mesh links Inter-piconet Communications WPAN Mesh Topologies A C B Master (PNC/FFD)Slave (DEV/RFD) Control & Data path Mesh Control & Data path Data path Mesh Data path A C B D F E IEEE  High Speed WPAN MeshIEEE  Low Speed WPAN Mesh

doc.: IEEE Submission March, 2006 Chunhui Zhu, Michael Sim, Sebastian MaxSlide 4 IEEE Scope Mesh Network Routing Mechanisms above MAC –Routing –Range Extension –Route Redundancy Support for Mesh Networking in MAC –Mesh Topology (point to multi-point) –Support for SOP Handle multiple Master devices Handle multiple superframes coexistence Fair sharing of channel time –Backward Compatibility Adaptive Robust Tree (ART) Issues being addressed in merged proposal

doc.: IEEE Submission March, 2006 Chunhui Zhu, Michael Sim, Sebastian MaxSlide 5 High-Rate Mesh Architecture Agreements 1.Every mesh-capable device has to beacon 2.Distributed channel time sharing between mesh devices 3.Mutual coordination of neighbor’s channel time allocation

doc.: IEEE Submission March, 2006 Chunhui Zhu, Michael Sim, Sebastian MaxSlide 6 Thank you for your attention!