802.15 EC Agenda Items July 16, 2010 Study Group extensions: MBAN  1st extension Personal Space Communications (PSC)  1st extension Drafts to RevCom 802.15.1 reaffirmation PAR to NesCom: 15.4 Revision PAR Information Item: 15.7 gameplan for approval to start Sponsor Ballot New Study Group: Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring (LECIM) Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

July 2010 EC Consent Agenda Items Friday, July 16, 2010 Study Group Extensions MBAN-1st Extension Personal Space Communications-1st Extension Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

July 2010 Status of Study Groups MBAN awaiting NPRM from FCC and meanwhile is working draft PAR and 5C- expect completion in Nov 2010 WG motion to extend passed 45/0/4 PSC is cataloging use cases and requirements to better define kind of standards activity needed-expect completion in Nov 2010 WG motion to extend passed 39/0/5 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Executive Committee Motions(if needed)- July 2010 Executive Committee Motions(if needed)- MBAN and PSC Study Group Extensions Move to  extend the MBAN Study Group through the November 2010 Plenary Moved: Bob Heile Second: James Gilb Vote: passed Move to  extend the PSC Study Group through the November 2010 Plenary Vote: passed Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

July 2010 EC Agenda Item Friday, July 16, 2010 802.15.1-2005 Reaffirmation to RevCom Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Overview IEEE Std 802.15.1-2005 was up for reaffirmation in 2010 November 2001 July 2010 doc.: IEEE 802.15-15-10-0584-00-0000 doc.: IEEE 802.15-01/468r0 July 2010 Overview IEEE Std 802.15.1-2005 was up for reaffirmation in 2010 John Barr was assigned the task of handling the reaffirmation sponsor ballot The sponsor balloting is now completed and the results are ready for submission to RevCom Slide 6 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance Page 6 Robert F. Heile John R. Barr, JRBarr, Ltd.

Sponsor Ballot Schedule July 2010 Sponsor Ballot Schedule Initial Ballot: 25-Feb-2010 to 25-Mar-2010 74 affirm, 2 negative, 5 abstention - 97% approve First Recirculation: 28-Apr-2010 to 8-May-2010 78 affirm, 3 negative, 5 abstention – 96% approve Final Recirculation: 11-May-2010 to 21-May-2010 79 affirm, 3 negative, 6 abstention – 96% approve Sponsor Ballot Process Completed Slide 7 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Final Ballot Results RESPONSE RATE APPROVAL RATE July 2010 Final Ballot Results RESPONSE RATE This ballot has met the 75% returned ballot requirement. 99 eligible people in this ballot group. 79 affirmative votes 3 negative votes with comments 0 negative votes without comments 6 abstention votes 88 votes received = 88% returned 6% abstention APPROVAL RATE The 75% affirmation requirement is being met. 79 affirmative votes, 3 negative votes with comments 82votes = 96% affirmative Slide 8 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Comment Resolution Three negative votes with comments July 2010 Comment Resolution Three negative votes with comments All negative comments and their resolution were recirculated to the sponsor ballot group None of the negative voters changed their votes No new NO votes, voters or comments were received Slide 9 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

July 2010 Comment: James Gilb The 802.15.1-2005 standard is out of date as the Bluetooth SIG has released 3 or 4 major updates to the specification. Few, if any devices adhere only to the 1.2 version of the Bluetooth Specification (the one used for this standard). In addition, this standard only has a small portion of the Bluetooth Specification and hence, a user would ultimately need to refer to the actual Bluetooth Specification in order to build a compliant implementation. At the very least, we should have a public statement from the Bluetooth SIG that it is acceptable to certify and get a logo today for devices that are compliant only to version 1.2 of the Specification. In addition, the Bluetooth Specification may be downloaded for free, so there is no need for the 802.15.1-2005 standard. Slide 10 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Response to James Gilb Disagree July 2010 Response to James Gilb Disagree There are billions of devices in operation that utilize the core specifications defined by this standard. The Bluetooth SIG has released specifications incorporating the 805.15.1-2005 standard, and all of those releases are backwards compatible with 802.15.1-2005. The Bluetooth SIG specifications include higher layers of the communications stack than are specified in 802.15.1-2005. The Bluetooth SIG qualification program still includes the 1.2 version of the Bluetooth Specification. The Bluetooth Specification may only be downloaded by members of the Bluetooth SIG. While the lowest level of Bluetooth SIG membership requires no monetary fee, it does require those members to grant a royalty free license to any necessary claims required to implement a compliant portion of the Bluetooth specification. International regulatory bodies and academic researchers typically reference IEEE 802.15.1-2005 as the specification of a frequency hopping WPAN technology. Slide 11 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Comment: Michael McGillan July 2010 Comment: Michael McGillan The standard should be revised to support higher data rates using additional PHYs such as PSK or QPSK. Other existing POS WPAN standards support up to 3 Mbps using these technologies. Slide 12 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Response: Michael McGillan July 2010 Response: Michael McGillan Out of Scope The purpose of the reaffirmation ballot is to continue to use the existing document "as is". This comment does not point out any significant erroneous or obsolete information in the current standard. Also, in a reaffirmation, no changes can be made in the draft of the standard. We thank you for your comments. They will be recorded and may be forwarded to the WG responsible for consideration during a possible future revision. Slide 13 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Comment: Emmanuel Monnerie July 2010 Comment: Emmanuel Monnerie For short range applications, it would be better to target higher frequency bands (cf Wireless USB or Wireless HDMI) and leave the 2.4GHz for 802.11/Wifi. Low data rate, robust and energy efficient PHY options are proposed in 802.15.4 - TG4g. Slide 14 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Response: Emmanuel Monnerie July 2010 Response: Emmanuel Monnerie Out of Scope This comment does not reference one of the existing disapprove comments from the first ballot and the draft has not been changed. In addition, there are billions of devices using GPSK at 1Mbit/s and each year a billion more are used in mobile phones, headsets, automobiles, and peripheral devices that depend on the energy efficient capabilities specified in this standard. The additional claim that 802.15.1-2005 is obsolete is not substantiated. Slide 15 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Motion in the Working Group July 2010 Motion in the Working Group Move that the WG request the EC to forward IEEE Std 802.15.1-2005 reaffirmation to RevCom. Passed 43/4/4 y/n/a Slide 16 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Executive Committee Action- 802.15.1-2005 Reaffirmation July 2010 Executive Committee Action- 802.15.1-2005 Reaffirmation Move to forward IEEE Std 802.15.1-2005 reaffirmation results to RevCom. Moved: Bob Heile Second: James Gilb Vote: passed Slide 17 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

EC Agenda Item Friday, July 16, 2010 802.15.4 Revision PAR to NesCom Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Overview of PAR Review July 2010 As contained in the NEED: There are three completed amendments necessitating a revision. However, since there are currently three active amendment projects in process affecting both MAC and PHY functionality, time is of the essence to complete this revision ahead of the in process amendments and not alter any functionality as a result of this revision. As a consequence the intention is to limit the revision to maintenance changes (editorial and technical corrections) to 802.15.4-2006 and incorporating the approved amendments, 802.15.4a-2007, 802.15.4c-2009 and 802.15.4d-2009. Comments were received from James Gilb, Jon Rosdahl, Bob Grow and Michael Kipness Scope and Purpose should match original PAR and amendments Need section is the proper place to highlight critical dependencies Project number should be 802.15.4 All comments were accepted and PAR further modified (WG approval 40/0/0) to reflect that over what was distributed Weds in doc IEEE P802.15-15-10-0387-02-0000 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Executive Committee Action- July 2010 Executive Committee Action- 802.15.4 Revision PAR to NesCom Move to forward the draft revision PAR for 802.15.4 as defined in IEEE P802.15-15-10-0387-02-0000 with mods as contained in 387-R3 to NesCom Moved: Bob Heile Second: James Gilb Vote: passed Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

July 2010 EC Agenda Item Friday, July 16, 2010 Information Item 802.15.7 Game plan for approval to start Sponsor ballot Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

802.15.7 Gameplan for Sponsor Ballot July 2010 Start Sponsor Ballot pool formation-done Inform EC of desire for email ballot to go to sponsor ballot, ballot to start Sept 17 and close Oct 2 -in process Complete comment resolution and get WG approval to start recirc-done Determine needed time for mandatory editorial review Thoroughly scrub the draft with target to complete by Aug 14 –Get draft a clean as possible. Start recirc Aug 20- close recirc Sept 4 Complete comment resolution and draft edits in Hawaii. Start EC ballot for approval to start Sponsor Ballot Sept 17, close Oct 2 Start second recirc on Sept 19, close Oct 4 Assuming no new NO votes or voters start Sponsor Ballot Oct 6 Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

July 2010 EC Agenda Item Friday, July 16, 2010 Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring Study Group Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring July 2010 Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring The group presented a Tutorial on Monday evening. The documents are available on mentor. (15-10- 519, 528, 529, 533 ) Roughly 25 companies and 60 people have been involved so far and expressed interest. Working Group approved forming an SG by a vote of 79/0/2 (Y/N/A) Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring November 2001 doc.: IEEE 802.15-01/468r0 July 2010 Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring The goal is to produce a PAR and 5C supporting the special communications requirements needed to support the monitoring and management of critical infrastructure like bridges, pipelines and transmission and distribution systems Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance Robert F. Heile

Executive Committee Action- July 2010 Executive Committee Action- Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring Move to approve the formation a Study Group in 802.15 to draft a PAR and 5C addressing Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring Moved: Bob Heile Second: James Gilb Vote: passed Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance