1. Submission Title: ULP TG Opening Report Geneva Switzerland
July 2013
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: ULP TG Opening Report Geneva Switzerland
Date Submitted: July 2013
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 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
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

2. Geneva Switzerland July 2013
ULP TG Opening Report
Geneva Switzerland
July 2013
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

3. Record your attendance https://imat.ieee.org
July 2013
Attendance
Record your attendance
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

4. July 2013
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

5. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
July 2013
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

6. Patent Related Links July 2013
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
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

7. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
July 2013
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

8. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
July 2013
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 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

9. Approval of May Meeting Minutes
July 2013
Approval of May Meeting Minutes
Document q-May meeting-minutes.docx
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

10. July 2013
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
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

11. ULP History SG formed in March 2012
July 2013
ULP History
SG formed in March 2012
Operated as SG4q in May, July, Sept and November of 2012
Became a TG in December 2012
Geneva is our fourth meeting as a TG
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

12. July 2013 Session Total of 4 time slots AM1 and AM2 on Tuesday
AM1 and AM2 on Thursday
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

13. July 2013
Session Activities
Hear presentations on applications, channel modeling or TGD
Work on TGD
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

14. Call for Contributions
July 2013
Call for Contributions
Issued May 2013
IEEE q TG issued a call for contributions to applications, technical guidance and the channel modeling documents in March The call is extended and the contributions will be heard in the upcoming July session. The IEEE July Session will be held during the week of July 2013 at the ITU in Geneva, Switzerland. The scope of proposals is strictly limited to those described in the Project Authorization Request (PAR) document q-ulp-par.pdf ( If you are planning to contribute, you are asked to submit a notification of intent to TG 4q chair, Dr. Shahriar Emami and TG4q reflector
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

15. July 2013
Presentation(s)
System Considerations for ULP Communications by Jinesh Nair
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

16. Tuesday AM1 and AM2 Open Meeting objectives Approval of May minutes
July 2013
Tuesday AM1 and AM2
Open
Meeting objectives
Approval of May minutes
Approval of agenda
Presentations (if any)
Work on TGD
Recess
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

17. Thursday AM1 and AM2 Open Potential proposal presentations
July 2013
Thursday AM1 and AM2
Open
Potential proposal presentations
Work on TGD document
Call for Intent
Review schedule
Adjourn
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

18. Timeline (1) July 2013 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
- Technical baseline Jan 2014
Drafting
- Preliminary draft March 2014
Shahriar Emami, Samsung

19. Timeline (2) First draft March 2014 Balloting
July 2013
Timeline (2)
First draft March 2014
Balloting
- WG letter ballot May 2014
- First recirculation July 2014
- Second recirculation Sep 2014
- Sponsor ballot Oct 2014
- Submit to Revcom March 2015
Shahriar Emami, Samsung