1. doc.: IEEE 802.15-13-0716-01-0008 Submission November 2013 Dotlic, Li, Hernandez, Miura (NICT), Verso, McLaughlin (Decawave) Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [Merged DecaWave and NICT IR-UWB PHY proposal to IEEE 802.15.8] Date Submitted: [Nov 2013] Source: [Igor Dotlic, Huan-Bang Li, Marco Hernandez, Ryu Miura] Company: [NICT] Address: [3-4 Hikarino-oka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan] Voice:[+81-468475066 ], FAX: [:[+81 468475431], E-Mail:[dotlic@nict.go.jp] Source: [Billy Verso, Michael McLaughlin], Company: [DecaWave]] Address: [Adelaide Chambers, Peter Street, Dublin 8, Ireland] Voice[[] Fax: [] E-Mail:[billy.verso “at” decawave.com, michael.mclaughlin “at” decawave.com ] Re: [TG8 Call for Proposals (CFP) (DCN:13-0069-05-0008)] Abstract:[The document presents a merged DecaWave and NICT IR-UWB PHY proposal to IEEE 802.15.8] Purpose:[To inform 15.8 group about the benefits of IR-UWB PHY] 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. doc.: IEEE 802.15-13-0716-01-0008 Submission November 2013 Dotlic, Li, Hernandez, Miura (NICT), Verso, McLaughlin (Decawave) Slide 2 Merged DecaWave and NICT IR-UWB PHY proposal to IEEE 802.15.8 Igor Dotlic Huan-Bang Li Marco Hernandez Ryu Miura NICT, Japan Billy Verso Michael McLaughlin Decawave, Ireland

3. doc.: IEEE 802.15-13-0716-01-0008 Submission November 2013 Dotlic, Li, Hernandez, Miura (NICT), Verso, McLaughlin (Decawave) Overall Merged proposal includes: DecaWave IEEE 802.15.4a based proposal NICT OOK proposal Commonality among proposals: The same concatenated coding scheme. In order to lower the impact of interference among two radios: Two different preamble sequences sets. Two different pulse repetition frequencies.

4. doc.: IEEE 802.15-13-0716-01-0008 Submission November 2013 Dotlic, Li, Hernandez, Miura (NICT), Verso, McLaughlin (Decawave) Slide 4 Band Plan Channel index Lower band edge (MHz) Upper band edge (MHz) RegionComment Available mandatory frequencies 142004800ChinaLow band in Chinaa 231004800Europe, Korea Low band in Europe and Korea a,b,c 334004800JapanLow band in Japana,b,c 431005700USALow band in USAa,b,c 560009000Europe, China High band in Europe and China d,e,f,g 6725010250JapanHigh band in Japane,f,g,h 7720010200KoreaHigh band in Koreae,f,g,h 8600010600USAHigh band in USAd,e,f,g,h 959257200USAWideband in USAd Mandatory frequency* allocation IndexMandatory frequency (MHz)IndexMandatory frequency (MHz) a3500e7500 b4000f8000 c4500g8500 d6500h9000 * Mandatory frequency is frequency at which PSD level is less than 6 dB below maximum.