1. November 2003 doc.: IEEE 802.15.SG4a-03/0430r0 Submission Slide 1Rick Roberts, Harris Corporation Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [802.15.4SGa Call for Application Response] Date Submitted: [November, 2003] Source: [Rick Roberts, Harris Corporation] Address [P.O. Box 37, Melbourne, Fl. 3290X] Voice:[+1 (321) 729-3018], FAX: [+1 (321) 727-5422], E-Mail:[rrober14@harris.com] Re: [This submission is in response to the committee’s request to identify applications enabled by an alternate 802.15.4 PHY] Abstract:[Low Probability of Detection] Purpose:[For discussion by IEEE 802.15.SG4a] Notice:This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. 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 P802.15.

2. November 2003 doc.: IEEE 802.15.SG4a-03/0430r0 Submission Slide 2Rick Roberts, Harris Corporation LPD (Low Probability of Detection) Requirement Review of Two Applications of Interest Extracted from 03/266r0

3. November 2003 doc.: IEEE 802.15.SG4a-03/0430r0 Submission Slide 3Rick Roberts, Harris Corporation Situational Awareness for Soldiers No Effective Means of Indoor Location Confusion and lack of Communication and Control Sounds are confusing and difficult to localize Seconds count... Localizers provide ID and location Avoid Fratricide Positive IFF Source: Patrick Houghton Aetherwire & Location

4. November 2003 doc.: IEEE 802.15.SG4a-03/0430r0 Submission Slide 4Rick Roberts, Harris Corporation Security Applications Enhancing CCTV coverage –Activity-based video stream selection Daytime intruder detection –Correlate data from active tracking and passive (IR, weight, radar) sensors Visitor management –Enforcing restricted zones and escort policies Asset tracking Automatic ‘man-down’ detection Demand now: Defense contractors, gemstone processing facilities Source: Peter Batty Ubisense Limited

5. November 2003 doc.: IEEE 802.15.SG4a-03/0430r0 Submission Slide 5Rick Roberts, Harris Corporation Both these applications one have element in common … they are covert. 1.A soldier or a police officer in a hostile situation does not want their location revealed … even their approximate location! 2.A security sensor deployment situation may not want to have the location of sensors revealed … or even that there are sensors deployed. 3.Some modulation formats inherently lack LPD properties when subjected to higher order spectral processing techniques … an example is BPSK used in conjunction with a squaring non- linearity.

6. November 2003 doc.: IEEE 802.15.SG4a-03/0430r0 Submission Slide 6Rick Roberts, Harris Corporation data LO dB Hz dB Hz Angle of Arrival Estimation + Range Estimate based on r^2 loss = Estimation of Location TX RX BPSK, a noise like waveform, collapses to an AM modulated carrier when processed through a squaring non-linearity.

7. November 2003 doc.: IEEE 802.15.SG4a-03/0430r0 Submission Slide 7Rick Roberts, Harris Corporation Additional PHY Requirement The alternate PHY must have at least one LPD modulation mode that takes into consideration protection against higher order spectral processing techniques.