doc.: IEEE r0 Submission March Vertical Applications TAG March 2016 Meeting Closing Report Macau Tim Godfrey, EPRISlide 1

doc.: IEEE r0 Submission March Overview Officers –TAG Chair:Tim Godfrey –Secretary & TAG Vice Chair:Ben Rolfe Task Groups – Smart Grid TGTim Godfrey – IoT TGChris DiMinico 38 Voting Members Agenda: Meetings for the Week –Monday PM2 –Tuesday PM2 –Wednesday PM2 Manual attendance tracking for & members Slide 2

doc.: IEEE r0 Submission March 2016 Officer Elections Announced Candidates were re-elected –Tim Godfrey (Chair) –Ben Rolfe (Vice Chair) Tim Godfrey, EPRISlide 3

doc.: IEEE r0 Submission March Smart Grid TG Topics considered for new white papers –FAN / NAN applications / terminology Discussed, but no interest in developing a white paper – LLC (ULI) and implications on overall network integration of 802 for grid applications There is interest in this area, but it may be premature –Time Sensitive Networking and Deterministic Networks in utility applications Good discussion and interest. Will collaborate further with and to define utility requirements –Considerations of commercial LTE vs 802 networks in utility applications Sub GHz White Paper Update –Sub-1GHz white paper draft update to r r5 –Nearing completion Tim Godfrey, EPRISlide 4

doc.: IEEE r0 Submission March IoT TAG New Liaisons –The Thread Group –OPC Foundation “ The Interoperability Standard for Industrial Automation ” Tim Godfrey, EPRISlide 5

doc.: IEEE r0 Submission March 2016 IEEE 802 Student Paper Contest There was a total of one submission –Paper review process will proceed as planned. Tim Godfrey, EPRISlide 6

doc.: IEEE r0 Submission March 2016 Next Meeting IEEE 802 Interim Session May 15-20, 2016 Hilton Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA Tim Godfrey, EPRISlide 7