<November 2003> doc.: IEEE 802.15-3/486r0 <November 2003> Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [TRDA 802.15.4SGa Call for Application Response] Date Submitted: [11 November, 2003] Source: [Scott Davis] Company [TRDA, Inc.] Address [10180 Telesis Court, Suite 120, San Diego, 92121, CA, USA] Voice:[858-554-0755], FAX: [858-455-7578], E-Mail:[scott.davis@ieee.org] Re: [This submission is in response to the committee’s request to identify applications enabled by an alternate 802.15.4 PHY.] Abstract: [Communication and navigation for robotic applications] Purpose: [For discussion by IEEE 802.15.SG4a.] Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. 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 P802.15. <Scott Davis>, <TRDA, Inc.> <Scott Davis>, <TRDA, Inc.>

Communication and Navigation for robotic applications <November 2003> IEEE 802.15.4a Communication and Navigation for robotic applications <Scott Davis>, <TRDA, Inc.>

Application (relative location awareness) <November 2003> doc.: IEEE 802.15-3/486r0 <November 2003> Application (relative location awareness) Relative location to other robots within a group Communication of landmarks discovered by nodes, to entire group (or interested nodes) Distributed computation of decisions involving tactical manuevers <Scott Davis>, <TRDA, Inc.> <Scott Davis>, <TRDA, Inc.>

Required Characteristics <November 2003> Required Characteristics Low power (sensors, actuators demand the majority of power) Long battery life 3cm to 1m location awareness (dependant of application) Data rate not particularly an issue Small and cheap Able to configure and re-configure communication mesh in ad-hoc fashion <Scott Davis>, <TRDA, Inc.>

Example mesh network of robots <November 2003> Example mesh network of robots Swarm intelligence Size of robot dependant on application Existing methods have no location awareness, but good communication <Scott Davis>, <TRDA, Inc.>