1. December 18
Mar 2008
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: TG4e Closing Report for Orlando Mar 2008
Date Submitted: March 2008
Source: Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC
Contact: Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC
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Re: TG4e Closing Report for March 2008 Session
Abstract: Closing Report for the TG4e Session in Orlando, FL.
Purpose: Amendments to IEEE MAC
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2. TG4e PAR Scope of Proposed Standard
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TG4e PAR Scope of Proposed Standard
The intention of this amendment is to enhance and add functionality to the MAC to a) better support the industrial markets and b) permit compatibility with modifications being proposed within the Chinese WPAN.
Specifically, the MAC enhancements are limited to:
TDMA: to provide a) determinism, b) enhanced utilization of bandwidth
Channel Hopping: to provide additional robustness in high interfering environments and enhance coexistence with other wireless networks
GTS: to increase its flexibility such as a) supporting peer to peer, b) the length of the slot, and c) number of slots
CSMA: to improve throughput and reduce energy consumption
Security: to add support for additional options such as asymmetrical keys
Low latency: to reduce end to end delivery time such as needed for control applications
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3. Purpose of Proposed Standard
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Purpose of Proposed Standard
This functionality facilitates Industrial applications (such as addressed by HART 7 and the ISA100 proposed standards), and those enhancements defined by the proposed Chinese WPAN standard that aren't included in TG4c. This amendment addresses coexistence with wireless protocols such as , , , and
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4. Meeting Goals/Accomplishments
December 18
Mar 2008
Meeting Goals/Accomplishments
Review PAR, CFA; final call for officers
Review e application presentations
Define various efforts necessary to fulfill goal of PAR
Officer Election
Chair: Pat Kinney
Vice Chairs: Seong-Soon Joo, Phil Beecher
Editors: Zafer Sahinoglu, Ludwig Winkel, Liang Li
Update program schedule
Discussion on backward compatibility, expected behavior in old/new networks, optional behavior
Agreed upon date and time for first conference call:
8 April 2008 at 8:00 PDT
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5. TG4e Efforts/Quality December 18 Mar 2008
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6. Proposed TG4e Baseline Schedule
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Mar 2008
Proposed TG4e Baseline Schedule
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7. Goals for Next Session Concisely define proposed efforts
Mar 2008
Goals for Next Session
Concisely define proposed efforts
Map applications to the above efforts
Cull out efforts that are not needed by Applications, add efforts that are needed by applications
Discuss any changes to PAR that are necessary
Receive additional applications
Send out CFP
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