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Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: TG4g-SUN Closing Report for Palm Springs, May 2011
Date Submitted: March 2011
Source: Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd, Elster, Itron, Landis & Gyr, Sensus, Silver Springs Networks
Contact: Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd
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Re: TG4g Closing Report for May 2011 Session
Abstract: Closing Report for the SUN Session in Singapore
Purpose: Smart Utility Networks
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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TG4g-SUN PAR Scope
This Standard defines an amendment to IEEE It addresses principally outdoor Low Data Rate Wireless Smart Metering Utility Network requirements. It defines an alternate PHY and only those MAC modifications needed to support its implementation.
Specifically, the amendment supports all of the following:
Operation in any of the regionally available license exempt frequency bands, such as 700MHz to 1GHz, and the 2.4 GHz band.
Data rate of at least 40 kbits per second but not more than 1000 kbits per second
Achieve the optimal energy efficient link margin given the environmental conditions encountered in Smart Metering deployments.
Principally outdoor communications
PHY frame sizes up to a minimum of 1500 octets
Simultaneous operation for at least 3 co-located orthogonal networks
Connectivity to at least one thousand direct neighbors characteristic of dense urban deployment
Provides mechanisms that enable coexistence with other systems in the same band(s) including IEEE , and systems
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TG4g-SUN PAR Purpose
To provide a global standard that facilitates very large scale process control applications such as the utility smart-grid network. This amendment supports large, geographically diverse networks with minimal infrastructure. Smart Metering Utility Networks can potentially contain millions of fixed endpoints. The communication range, robustness, and coexistence characteristics required for this class of application have not been met with existing 802 standards (See explanatory notes in Section 8.1 Doc# ).
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4. TG4g Timeslots Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thurday AM1 Comment Resolution
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TG4g Timeslots
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thurday
AM1
Comment Resolution
AM2
Midweek Plenary / WNG
PM1
TG4g Open and Status
Next Steps
PM2
unused
PM3
Closing Plenary
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5. Meeting Goals and Achievements
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Meeting Goals and Achievements
Goals
Comment resolution
Letter Ballot 70 passed with 226 comments
T&G: 110, E: 116
Status following this meeting:
Closed all comments!
Comment Spreadsheet – g
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6. doc.: IEEE 802.15-<doc#>
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TG Motion
Motion to approve comment resolution Move that the g Task Group ask the Working Group to accept the comment resolutions in document g as the resolution for comments received in letter ballot #70 and authorize the TG chair to begin the recirculation once those edits have been applied. Moved:  Ed Callaway Second:  Hartman van Wyk Motion : Passed with unanimous consent
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TG Motion
Motion to authorize 2 recirculations: Move that the g Task Group ask the Working Group to authorize Phil Beecher, Monique Brown, and Kuor-Hsin Chang as the g Ballot Resolution Committee and Comment Resolution Oversight Committee chaired by Phil Beecher; said committees to expire at the beginning of the July Plenary meeting. These Committees are authorized to approve the resolutions and approve start of the next recirculation of the D4P g draft on behalf of the Working Group. Comment resolution on Recirculations 1(current) and 2 (next) will be conducted via TG4g reflector and via teleconferences announced to the TG4g reflector at least 7 days in advance. Moved:  Tim Schmidl Second:  Khurram Waheed Motion : Passed with unanimous consent
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8. WG Motion
Motion to approve comment resolution Move that the Working Group accept the comment resolutions in document g as the resolution for comments received in letter ballot #70 and authorize the Task Group chair to begin the recirculation once those edits have been applied. Moved:  Ed Callaway Second:  James Gilb Motion:

9. WG Motion
Motion to authorize 2 recirculations: Move to authorize Phil Beecher, Monique Brown, and Kuor-Hsin Chang as the g Ballot Resolution Committee and Comment Resolution Oversight Committee, chaired by Phil Beecher; said committees to expire at the beginning of the July Plenary meeting. These Committees are authorized to approve the resolutions and approve start of the next recirculation of the D4P g draft on behalf of the Working Group. Comment resolution on Recirculations 1(current) and 2 (next) will be conducted via TG4g reflector and via teleconferences announced to the TG4g reflector at least 7 days in advance. Moved:  Ed Callaway Second:  James Gilb Motion Passes:

10. Moving forward Editors apply changes Start recirculation
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Moving forward
Editors apply changes
Start recirculation
Comment resolution by BRC in June 2011
Recirculation ballot (if necessary)
Seek Sponsor Ballot Approval from EC July 2011
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Questions?
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