1. <May 2010>
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: TG4e Closing Report for Beijing May2010
Date Submitted: 20 May 2010
Source: Pat Kinney Company: Kinney Consulting LLC
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Re: TG4e Closing Report for May 2010Session
Abstract: Closing Report for the TG4e Session
Purpose: Amendments to IEEE MAC
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2. TG4e PAR Scope of Proposed Standard
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<May 2010>
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
<May 2010>
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 Review results from Letter Ballot 53
<May 2010>
Meeting Goals
Review results from Letter Ballot 53
Review comments from Letter Ballot 53
Form ballot resolution teams
Categorize comments as per ballot resolution team
Start comment resolution effort
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5. TG4e Meetings This Week Mtg Monday Tuesday Wed Thursday AM1 canceled
<May 2010>
TG4e Meetings This Week
Mtg
Monday
Tuesday
Wed
Thursday
AM1
canceled
Opening Logistics, LB53 result review, Comment review
Comment categorization
AM2
Comment resolution
PM1
PM2
Joint meeting
Comment resolution, closing logistics
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6. LB53 Results Voters 224 Voted 178 (79.5%) Yes 120 (73.6%) No 43
<May 2010>
LB53 Results
Voters     224
Voted      178 (79.5%)
Yes         120 (73.6%)
No            43
Abstain    15 (8.4%)
Comments         1643
Editorial      491
Technical 1152
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7. LB 53 Comments marked Technical
<May 2010>
LB 53 Comments marked Technical
DSME 331 Myung Lee
TSCH 226 Jonathan Simon
ESOR 186 Will San Filippo/R Cragie
General 144 Pat Kinney
4G Wun-Cheol/Greg Gillooly
LL Michael Bahr
LE Wei Hong
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8. <May 2010>
TG4e Schedule
Resolve comments 15 July 2010 Reballot 30 Jul 2010 Resolve comments 17 Sep 2010 Reballot 30 Sep 2010 Sponsor Ballot Dec 2010 Comment resolution & reballot Feb 2010 IEEE RevCom approval Mar 2011
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9. Ad Hoc TG4e approved having an ad hoc along with TG4g
<May 2010>
Ad Hoc
TG4e approved having an ad hoc along with TG4g
Date: 7 – 9 July (Week before San Diego Plenary)
Place: San Diego area
Objective: continue comment resolution allowing for completion before end of San Diego Plenary
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10. Conference Calls Task Group Calls are scheduled
<May 2010>
Conference Calls
Task Group Calls are scheduled
Tuesday 1 June at 6:30 PDT, 9:30 EDT, 15:30 CDT, 22:30 Tokyo
Call details are: , participant access code:
SubGroup calls will also occur
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