1. doc.: IEEE 802.15-09-0149-02-0006 Submission March 2009 Arthur AstrinSlide 1 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: Opening Report for the TG6 Session in March 2009 Date Submitted: March 9, 2009 Source: Arthur Astrin Contact: Arthur Astrin, Astrin Radio Voice: +1 (650) 704 2517, E-Mail: astrin@ieee.orgastrin@ieee.org Re: TG6 Opening Report for March 2009 Session Abstract: Opening report for the TG6 Session. Purpose:To focus activities during the meeting 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 maybe made publicly available by P802.15.

2. doc.: IEEE 802.15-09-0149-02-0006 Submission IEEE 802.15 TG6 Body Area Network Opening Report 8 th Meeting as a Task Group 6 Vancouver, BC March 19, 2009 March 2009 Arthur AstrinSlide 2

3. doc.: IEEE 802.15-09-0149-02-0006 Submission March 2009 Arthur AstrinSlide 3 Plans for March 2009 meeting Presentations of proposals Encourage mergers and partnerships Prepare to hear merged proposals in May

4. doc.: IEEE 802.15-09-0149-02-0006 Submission March Presenters March 2009 Arthur AstrinSlide 4 NameAffiliationMarch 1Huan-Bang LiNICT 2Omeni OkunduTomaz 3Dino MinuttiNICTA 4Tatsuo NakagawaHitachi 5Olivier RousseauxIMEC NL ***** 6Maulin PatelPhilips 7John FarserotuCSEM 8Jaehwan KimETRI ***** 9Jung-hwan HwangETRI 10Sung Weon KangETRI 11Hyung-il ParkETRI 12Frederick MartinMotorola ***** 13Alireza SeyediUniversity of Rochester 14Ida IchiroFujitsu 15Jean SchwoererFrance Telecom ***** 16Kyung Sup Kwak Inha University, Korea 17Seok Ho Kim Inha University, Korea ***** 18Youjin KimETRI 19Li HuangIMEC NL 20Dong Kyoo KimETRI 21Seung-Moon RyuCasuh Corp ***** 22Bin ZhenNICT ***** 23Jerome RousselotCSEM 24Kiran BynamSamsung Electronics ***** 25Feng ShuIMEC NL 26Shinsuke HaraNICT ***** 27Giriraj GoyalSamsung Electronics 28Seung-Hoon ParkSamsung Electronics 29Eun Tae WonSamsung Electronics 30Chihong ChoSamsung Electronics 31Wan-Cheol YangSamsung Electro-Mechanics 32Seung Hyong RheeKwangwoon University 33Sang-Yub LeeSamsung Electro-Mechanics 34Noh-Gyoung KangSamsung Electronics 35Marco HernandezNICT ***** 36Igor DotlicNICT ***** 37Anuj BatraTexas Instruments 38June Seung YoonCity University of New York 39Kamran SayrafianNIST 40Tetsushi IkegamiMeiji University ***** 41Ranjeet Kumar PatroSamsung Electronics 42Sungrae ChoChung-Ang University 43Kenichi TakizawaNICT 44Changle LiNICT ***** 45Michael Mc LaughlinDecaWave Ltd. 46Didier SaganZarlink 47Arnaud TonnerreTHALES Communications 48Amal EkbalQualcomm 49James SpotoKairos Microsystems 50Christopher HansenBroadcom Corporation 51Jason TrachewskyBroadcom Corporation 52Ryuji KohnoYokohama National University ***** 53Ismail LakkisTensorcom 54Hind Munzer-ChebboFujitsu Laboratories of Europe LTD ***** 55Jin-Meng HoTexas Instruments 56Huai-Rong ShaoSamsung Electronics 57Laurent OuvryCEA-Leti 58Abbie MathewNewLANS 59Raymond Yu ZhanPanasonic Singapore Lab 60BeomJin (Paul) JeonLG Electronics 61Guido DolmansIMEC NL ***** 62Yan ZhangIMEC NL 63YangMoon YoonKORPA 64SungHyup LeeKORPA 65SooHwan ChoeKORPA 16

5. doc.: IEEE 802.15-09-0149-02-0006 Submission March 2009 Arthur AstrinSlide 5 Objectives for next few sessions Presentations of proposals Form partnerships, merge proposals Select proposals that accommodate the requirements closest. Drive towards comprehensive Baseline Draft Document (>5/09) Appoint Technical Editors (5/09)

6. doc.: IEEE 802.15-09-0149-02-0006 Submission Timeline 09 March 2009 Arthur AstrinSlide 6 2009 123456789101112 Issue CFP (Call for Proposals) Close CFP (Call for Proposals) v Hear Proposals >>^ Base line > ^ Technical editorial team in place ^ Technical Comments Resolution >>>>> Draft ready for Letter Ballot > Letter Ballot (#1) > Recirculation >> Letter Ballot (#2) Draft ready for Sponsor Ballot Sponsor Ballot Sponsor Ballot Recirculation WG/SEC approval REVCOM approval

7. doc.: IEEE 802.15-09-0149-02-0006 Submission March 2009 Arthur AstrinSlide 7 Thank You ! Any Questions ?

8. doc.: IEEE 802.15-09-0149-02-0006 Submission Purpose of Proposed Standard (PAR 07-0575) The purpose of the proposed standard it to provide an international standard for a short range (ie about human body range), low power and highly reliable wireless communication for use in close proximity to, or inside, a human body. Data rates, typically up to 10Mbps, will be offered to satisfy an evolutionary set of entertainment and healthcare services. Current PANs do not meet the medical (proximity to human tissue) and relevant communication regulations for some application environments. They also do not support the combination of reliability (QoS), low power, data rate and noninterference required to broadly address the breadth of body area network applications. November 2008 Arthur AstrinSlide 8

9. doc.: IEEE 802.15-09-0149-02-0006 Submission Need for the Project (PAR 07-0575) There is a need for a standard optimized for ultra low power devices and operation on, in or around the human body to serve a variety of applications including medical and personal entertainment. Examples of the applications served by the proposed standard are: EEG, ECG, EMG, vital signals monitoring (temperature (wearable thermometer), respiratory, wearable heart rate monitor, wearable pulse oximeter, wearable blood pressure monitor, oxygen, pH value, wearable glucose sensor, implanted glucose sensor, cardiac arrhythmia), wireless capsule endoscope (gastrointestinal), wireless capsule for drug delivery, deep brain stimulator, cortical stimulator (visual neuro-stimulator, audio neuro stimulator, Parkinson’s disease, etc…), remote control of medical devices such as pacemaker, actuators, insulin pump, hearing aid (wearable and implanted), retina implants, disability assistance, such as muscle tension sensing and stimulation, wearable weighing scale, fall detection, aiding sport training. This will include body-centric solutions for future wearable computers. In a similar vein, the same technology can provide effective solutions for personal entertainment as well.The existence of a body area network standard will provide opportunities to expand these product features, better healthcare and well being for the users. It will therefore result in economic opportunity for technology component suppliers and equipment manufacturers. November 2008 Arthur AstrinSlide 9