Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: 802.15.4f Task Group Closing Report for San Francisco, California Date Submitted: July 21, 2011 Source: Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company Contact: Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company Voice: E-Mail: michael.d.mcinnis@boeing.com Re: 802.15.4f Active RFID Closing Report for the San Francisco July 2011 Session Abstract: Closing Report for the July 2011 Active RFID Session in San Francisco. Purpose: This amendment defines a Physical Layer (PHY), and those Medium Access Control Layer (MAC) modifications required to support it, for Active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and tags. It allows for efficient communications with active RFID tags and sensor applications in an autonomous manner in a promiscuous network, using very low energy consumption (low duty cycle), and low PHY transmitter power. The PHY parameters are flexible and configurable to provide optimized use in a variety of active RFID tag operations including simplex and duplex transmission (reader-to-tag and tag-to-readers), multicast (reader to a select group of tags), uni-cast as in reader to a single tag, tag-to-tag communication, and multi-hop capability. 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. Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

16th Meeting as a Task Group IEEE 802.15.4f Active RFID Closing Report 16th Meeting as a Task Group San Francisco July 21, 2011 Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

IEEE 802.15.4f Active RFID Meeting Overview Chair: Mike McInnis Vice-Chair: Tim Harrington Secretary: Open Technical Editor: Tim Harrington TG4f meeting time slot number reduced from 8 to 4 for this week. Administrative meeting documents during this session: 15-11-0454-02 -Agenda-San-Francisco-July-2011 15-11-0488-00 -Opening-Introduction-July-2011 15-11-0494-00-Letter-ballot-80-comment-resolution-on-d5P802-15-4f-draft 15-11-0520-00 – Active-RFID-Mid-Week-Report-San-Francisco-July-2011 15-11-0521-00 -Active-RFID-Minutes-San-Francisco-July-2011 Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

TG4f Meeting Sessions This Week Mtg Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday AM1 0800-1000 TG4f Meeting Prepare for Sponsor Ballot AM2 1030-1230 802.15 Working Group Opening Meeting Mid-Week 802.15 Working Group Meeting PM1 1330-1530 TG4f Meeting Opening/Agenda / Objectives/Approve May 2011 Minutes/ Timeline / PAR/ LB80 comment resolution . TG4f Meeting Further prepare for Sponsor Ballot if required. Prepare for Sept. meeting if required. PM2 1600-1800 TG4f Meeting Prepare for Sponsor Ballot Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

TG4f Vote Tally Results

All July 2011 TG4f Meeting Goals Were Achieved Resolved LB #80 comment on TG4f draft standard document #5. LB80 comment resolution document number 0494-00 Resolved comment received from LB #80. Technical = 1 Comment is Out-Of-Scope. Editorial = 0 No New ‘NO’ Votes No New Comments Planned and prepared for release of TG4f draft #5 document to Sponsor Ballot. Created and approved 802.15 TG4f and TG4f-to-802.15 WG motions. Created TG4f slides for 802 Executive Committee Closing Report as requested by 802.15 WG Chair. Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

September 2011 TG4f SB BRC Meeting Goals - Okinawa Resolve comments from initial IEEE-SA 30 day Sponsor Ballot release of TG4f d5 draft standard document. Revise draft TG4f document per accepted comment resolutions and release for 10 day SB. Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

802. 15 Project Meeting Dates and Locations http://grouper. ieee Type Location Jan-09 Interim Los Angeles Mar-09 Plenary Vancouver May-09 Montreal Jul-09 San Francisco Sep-09 Kona, Hawaii Nov-09 Atlanta Jan-10 Mar-10 Orlando May-10 Beijing, China Jul-10 San Diego Sep-10 Nov-10 Dallas (TG4f Formed two years ago) Jan-11 Los Angeles (12th TG4f meeting) Mar-11 Singapore May-11 Palm Springs July-11 Sept-11 Okinawa, Japan Nov-11 Jan-12 Jacksonville, Florida March-12 Big Island, Hawaii Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

Draft 802.15.4f Timeline - Next Meeting Goals Goals for September meeting in Okinawa Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

Next Steps Next Meeting September 19-23, 2011 in Okinawa, Japan Sign up for 802.15.4f Active RFID e-mail reflector http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/pub/Subscribe.html STDS-802-15-4f@listserv.ieee.org Next Meeting September 19-23, 2011 in Okinawa, Japan Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

TG4f Officers Chair: Mike McInnis Vice Chair: Tim Harrington Secretary: Volunteer during meetings Technical Editors: Tim Harrington Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company