doc.: IEEE n Submission Jan 2015 Slide 1 Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: Opening Report for the TG 4N Session in Nov Date Submitted: Jan 12, 2014 Source: Kenichi Mori Contact: Kenichi More, Panasonic Voice: Re: Abstract: Opening report for the TG 4N Session. Purpose:To focus activities during the meeting 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 n SubmissionSlide 2 IEEE N Task Group 17 th Meeting of the China Medical Band (CMB) Task Group Atlanta Georgia, USA Jan. 12, 2014

doc.: IEEE n Submission Jan 2015 Kenichi MoriSlide 3 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. –Participants [Note: Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2]: “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents –“Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents) –The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group –Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged –No duty to perform a patent search

doc.: IEEE n Submission Jan 2015 Kenichi MoriSlide 4 Patent Related Links All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development. Patent Policy is stated in these sources: IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual Material about the patent policy is available at If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at or visit This slide set is available at

doc.: IEEE n Submission Jan 2015 Kenichi MoriSlide 5 Call for Potentially Essential Patents If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: –Either speak up now or –Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or –Cause an LOA to be submitted

doc.: IEEE n Submission Jan 2015 Kenichi MoriSlide 6 Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings l All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. l Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. l Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. l Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. l Technical considerations remain primary focus l Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. l Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. l Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.

doc.: IEEE n Submission Jan 2015 Kenichi MoriSlide 7 LB 99 Results LB99 (Third letter ballot for TG4n) result Number of voters134 Voted 23Yes 23, Abstain 0, No 0 Aggregate TallyYes 100 No 0 Abstain 8 There is no new no vote. Ballot pool for SB was organized Preparation to start SB is under way

doc.: IEEE n Submission Jan 2015 Kenichi MoriSlide 8 Plans for this meeting Just one session for this week Tuesday, PM2 (this one) Objective of this meeting -To form BRC for SB -To review TG4n timeline -To schedule teleconference calls for TG4n

doc.: IEEE n Submission Motion for TG Move that WG approve the formation of a Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) for the Sponsor balloting of the n draft standard with the following membership: Arthur Astrin, Kenichi Mori, Shinsuke Hara, WeiXia Zou and Liang Li. The n BRC is authorized to approve comment resolutions and to approve the start of recirculation ballots of the n draft on behalf of the WG. Comment resolution on recirculation ballots between sessions will be conducted via reflector and via teleconferences announced to the reflector at least 30 days in advance. Moved by: Shinsuke Hara Seconded by: Bob Heile Approved by unanimous consent Slide 9

doc.: IEEE n Submission Jan 2015 Kenichi MoriSlide 10 Timeline Merge Proposals >>> Agree on content for Baseline Draft >>> Draft Work d0 >>>>>>>>> Complete Letter Ballot of draft d0 >> Technical Comments Resolution > > > 1st re-circulation complete Letter Ballot of draft d01 > Comment resolution, 2nd recirculation >>>>> 2nd re-circulation complete Letter Ballot of draft d02 >>> Submit for MEC (Manadatory Edit Cordination) review >>> 3rd re-circulation complete Letter Ballot of draft d03 >>> Sponsor ballot invite (30 days) > Prepare for sponsor ballot / Seek EC Approval for sponsor ballot > Start sponsor ballot >> Comment resolution >>> 1st re-circulation Sponsor >>> 2nd re-circulation Sponsor >>> Seek EC approval for RevCom > Current timeline Not necessary to change this current timeline

doc.: IEEE n Submission Jan 2015 Kenichi MoriSlide 11 Teleconferences Every Thursday, at 9:00 PM PST. Approved by unanimous consent

doc.: IEEE n Submission Thank You ! Any Questions ? Jan Slide 12

doc.: IEEE n Submission Scope of CMB Task Group Draft an amendment of for MBAN ( Amendment to: , 4e, 4f, 4g, 4j, 4m, 4k and 4p) This amendment defines a physical layer for IEEE Std utilizing the approved MHz, MHz and MHz medical bands in China. This amendment defines modifications to the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer needed to support this new physical layer. Slide 13 Jan. 2015

doc.: IEEE n SubmissionSlide 14 CMB Background Wireless connectivity is already used for healthcare applications both within hospitals and in residential situations. This provides flexibility to clinicians and healthcare providers and mobility and convenience for the patients. Low Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPAN) are already widely being used for this. Applications include electrocardiography and the monitoring of pulse oximetry, blood pressure and glucose levels as well as other patient vital signs like respiration, heart rate and temperature. In China as in the US, LR-WPAN is part of the growing Internet of Things Industries; it has been applied in hospital areas for medical and related info communications. IEEE Std Chinese medical devices will make use of the existing high volume applications in the Chinese medical bands. Jan. 2015