Submission Title: Opening Report for the TG6 Session in May 2011 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: Opening Report for the TG6 Session in May 2011 Date Submitted: May 8, 2011 Source: Arthur Astrin Contact: Arthur Astrin, Astrin Radio Voice: +1 (650) 704-2517, e-mail: astrin@ieee.org Re: TG6 Opening Report for May 2011 Session Abstract: Opening report for the TG6 Session. Purpose: To focus 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. Arthur Astrin

21st Meeting as a Task Group 6 May 2011 IEEE 802.15 TG6 Body Area Network Opening Report 21st Meeting as a Task Group 6 Palm Springs, CA May 9, 2011 Arthur Astrin

Since March meeting May 2011 Updated draft d02 to d03 by April 11, 2011 Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) certified d03 on April 18 Started recirculation ballot on April 21 Completed recirculation ballot on May 5, 17:00 GMT New comments resolution spreadsheet doc. #0363-01 Started meetings of HBC team with implant industry, suggested by IEEE legal Arthur Astrin

Letter Ballot #71 May 2011 LB55 Vote LB66 Recirc Aggregate Tally #1 VOTERS 199 VOTED 173 73 177 37 YES 122 61 138 35 143 ABSTAIN 14 1 NO 11 25 20 % VOTERS 86.93% 36.68% 88.94% 18.59% % YES 76.73% 84.72% 84.66% 97.22% 87.73% % ABSTAIN 8.09% 1.37% 7.91% 2.70% Arthur Astrin

May 2011 Plans for this meeting Comments resolutions (doc# 15-11-0363-01) of the draft d03, with 235 unresolved comments today. Continue working on Coexistence Document Set up ad hoc after this meeting for MAC team, then drive to conditional recirc before July meeting. Start preparing for Sponsor Ballot, do we want to have an opportunity to go for conditional or unconditional (better) approval to go to Sponsor Ballot in July? Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

May 2011 Timeline 2011   2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1st re-circulation complete Letter Ballot 66 of draft d02 > Comment resolution, 2nd recirculation 3rd re-circulation complete Submit for MEC (Manadatory Edit Cordination) review Comment resolution, 3nd recirculation 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 Arthur Astrin

The light at the end of the tunnel… May 2011 The light at the end of the tunnel… IEEE P802.15.6™/D04 Draft Standard for Body Area Network Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

Thank You ! Any Questions ? May 2011 Thank You ! Any Questions ? Arthur Astrin

Purpose of Proposed Standard (PAR 07-0575) May 2011 Purpose of Proposed Standard (PAR 07-0575) The purpose of the proposed standard it to provide an international standard for a short range (ie about human body range), low power and highly reliable wireless communication for use in close proximity to, or inside, a human body. Data rates, typically up to 10Mbps, will be offered to satisfy an evolutionary set of entertainment and healthcare services. Current PANs do not meet the medical (proximity to human tissue) and relevant communication regulations for some application environments. They also do not support the combination of reliability (QoS), low power, data rate and noninterference required to broadly address the breadth of body area network applications. Arthur Astrin

Need for the Project (PAR 07-0575) May 2011 Need for the Project (PAR 07-0575) There is a need for a standard optimized for ultra low power devices and operation on, in or around the human body to serve a variety of applications including medical and personal entertainment. Examples of the applications served by the proposed standard are: EEG, ECG, EMG, vital signals monitoring (temperature (wearable thermometer), respiratory, wearable heart rate monitor, wearable pulse oximeter, wearable blood pressure monitor, oxygen, pH value , wearable glucose sensor, implanted glucose sensor, cardiac arrhythmia), wireless capsule endoscope (gastrointestinal), wireless capsule for drug delivery, deep brain stimulator, cortical stimulator (visual neuro-stimulator, audio neuro stimulator, Parkinson’s disease, etc…), remote control of medical devices such as pacemaker, actuators, insulin pump, hearing aid (wearable and implanted), retina implants, disability assistance, such as muscle tension sensing and stimulation, wearable weighing scale, fall detection, aiding sport training. This will include body-centric solutions for future wearable computers. In a similar vein, the same technology can provide effective solutions for personal entertainment as well.The existence of a body area network standard will provide opportunities to expand these product features, better healthcare and well being for the users. It will therefore result in economic opportunity for technology component suppliers and equipment manufacturers. Arthur Astrin