doc.: IEEE Submission, Slide 1 Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [IEEE MAC Enhancements for the Industrial Market] Date Submitted: [18 July, 2007] Source: [Pat Kinney] Company [Kinney Consulting LLC] Address [251 Clair View Ct, Lake Zurich, IL 60047] Voice:[ ], Re: [Case for the creation of a Study Group to determine the case for a creation of a Task Group to define the changes needed to the MAC to address the needs for the industrial market] Abstract:[Case for the creation of a Study Group to determine the case for a creation of a Task Group to define the changes needed to the MAC to address the needs for the industrial market] Purpose:[Create an e Study Group.] 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. Release:The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P

doc.: IEEE Submission, Slide 2 Industrial Market Enhancements for the IEEE MAC Enhanced Reliability and Determinism

doc.: IEEE Submission, Slide 3 IEEE MAC Proven in applications such as: Residential Home Automation Commercial Building Automation

doc.: IEEE Submission, Slide 4 Industrial Wireless Requirements  Performance: 5, 10, 20 year battery life  Predictability: guaranteed access to media with bounded latencies  Reliability: channel hopping with “black” listing  Consistency: channel hopped direct sequence  Scalability: able to service up to 30,000+ nodes  Maintainability: well defined MIBs  Coexistence: able to perform in a congested wireless environment  Standards Based: such as IEEE

doc.: IEEE Submission, Slide 5 Anticipated changes to MAC TDMA: –Slot assignments to range from few to 10,000’s nodes –Slot assignments to remain for extended durations –Time synchronization mechanisms that do not require beacons Channel Hopping –Quick Hopping (on the order of a single frame) –Slow Hopping (on the order of a super frame) –Black list (ability to avoid select channels in the channel hopping sequence)

doc.: IEEE Submission, Slide 6 Action Required Motion: That the WNG requests the WG form a study group to determine the appropriate means to provide enhancements to the IEEE MAC to address critical applications in emerging markets such as industrial. Moved by Art Astrin Seconded by Phil Orlik Vote: unanimous