Submission Title: ULP TG Opening Athens Greece September 2014 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: ULP TG Opening Athens Greece Date Submitted: September 2014 Source: SS SShahriar Emami, Samsung 75 W Plumeria Drive, San Jose, CA, USA Abstract: Opening report for the ULP TG Session Purpose: Overview of activities during the meeting 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. Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Athens, Greece September 2014 ULP TG Opening Report Athens, Greece September 2014 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Record your attendance https://imat.ieee.org September 2014 Attendance Record your attendance https://imat.ieee.org Shahriar Emami, Samsung

September 2014 Meeting Protocol Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform September 2014 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants: “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 Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2 Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search Shahriar Emami, Samsung

September 2014 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 http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/materials.html If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/index.html This slide set is available at https://development.standards.ieee.org/myproject/Public/mytools/mob/slideset.ppt Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Call for Potentially Essential Patents September 2014 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 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings September 2014 Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. Technical considerations remain primary focus Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object. --------------------------------------------------------------- See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 5.3.10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Approval of July Meeting Minutes September 2014 Approval of July Meeting Minutes 15-14-0475-00-004q-meetingminutes- sandiego2014.docx Shahriar Emami, Samsung

September 2014 Scope of ULP TG This amendment defines an ultra low power (ULP) physical layer operating in sub 1 GHz and 2.4GHz license exempt bands supporting typical data rates up to 1 Mbps. This amendment also defines the necessary MAC changes required for supporting the new ULP physical layer. The desired peak power consumption for the PHY should be typically less than 15 mW. The full PAR document can be found at https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/12/15-12-0386-06-004q-ulp-par.pdf. Shahriar Emami, Samsung

ULP History SG formed in March 2012 September 2014 ULP History SG formed in March 2012 Operated as SG4q in May, July, Sept and November of 2012 Became a TG in December 2012 Athens is our 12th meeting as a TG Shahriar Emami, Samsung

September 2014 Session Total of 5 time slots - PM2 on Monday - AM1 on Tuesday - AM1 on Wednesday - AM1 and AM2 on Thursday Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Session Activities Move to approve letter ballot Hear presentations September 2014 Session Activities Move to approve letter ballot Hear presentations Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Monday PM2 PM2 Open Meeting objectives Approval of July minutes September 2014 Monday PM2 PM2 Open Meeting objectives Approval of July minutes Approval of agenda Proposal updates Presentations, if any Recess Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Tuesday AM1 AM1 Open Presentations, if any Recess September 2014 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Wednesday AM1 PM2 Open Work on the draft Recess September 2014 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Thursday AM1 September 2014 AM1 Open Work on the draft Recess AM2 Next step Adjourn Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Timeline (1) September 2014 Preliminary work - Call for applications Dec 2012 - Applications presentations Jan 2013 - TGD outline March 2013 - TGD, applications and channel modeling contribution call March 2013 - Review TGD contributions May 2013 - TGD Ongoing & review application contributions July 2013 Proposal effort - Call for intent July 2013 - TGD completed Sep 2013 - Call for proposals Sep 2013 - Proposal presentations Nov 2013 Drafting - First draft May 2014 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

Timeline (2) Ballotable draft July 2014 Balloting September 2014 Timeline (2) Ballotable draft July 2014 Balloting - WG letter ballot July 2014 - First recirculation Sep 2014 - Conditional approval of sponsored ballot Nov 2014 - Sponsor ballot Jan 2015 - First recirculation March 2015 - Conditional approval to submit to Revcom March 2015 Shahriar Emami, Samsung