1. Submission Title: ULP TG Opening Beijing, China
March 2014
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: ULP TG Opening Beijing, China
Date Submitted: March 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 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.
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2. ULP TG Opening Report Beijing, China March 2014 March 2014
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3. Record your attendance https://imat.ieee.org
March 2014
Attendance
Record your attendance
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4. March 2014
Meeting Protocol
Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot
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5. Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform
March 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
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6. March 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
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
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7. Call for Potentially Essential Patents
March 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
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8. Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings
March 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 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.
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9. Approval of January Meeting Minutes
March 2014
Approval of January Meeting Minutes
meeting q-minutes-of- january-2014-meeting-la.docx
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10. March 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
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11. ULP History SG formed in March 2012
Operated as SG4q in May, July, Sept and November of 2012
Became a TG in December 2012
Beijing is our eight meeting as a TG
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12. March 2014 Session Total of 5 time slots - AM1, PM1and PM2 on Tuesday
PM2 on Wednesday
- AM1 on Thursday
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13. Session Activities Hear proposal updates
March 2014
Session Activities
Hear proposal updates
Work our way towards a baseline
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14. Tuesday AM1 AM1 Open Meeting objectives Approval of January minutes
March 2014
Tuesday AM1
AM1
Open
Meeting objectives
Approval of January minutes
Approval of agenda
Proposal updates
Presentations, if any
Recess
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15. Tuesday PM1 and PM2 PM1 Open Presentations, if any Recess PM2
March 2014
Tuesday PM1 and PM2
PM1
Open
Presentations, if any
Recess
PM2
Presentation, if any
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16. Wednesday PM2 PM2 Open Presentation, if any Recess March 2014
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17. Thursday AM1 March 2014 AM1 Open Discussions if needed Next step
Adjourn
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18. Timeline (1) March 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
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19. Timeline (2) Ballotable draft July 2014 Balloting
March 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
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