February 19 July 2008 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: TG4e Closing Report for Denver July 2008 Date Submitted: July 2008 Source: Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC Contact: Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC Voice: +1 847 960-3715, E-Mail: pat.kinney@ieee.org Re: TG4e Closing Report for July 2008 Session Abstract: Closing Report for the TG4e Session in Denver, CO Purpose: Amendments to IEEE 802.15.4 MAC 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. Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC

Purpose of Proposed Standard February 19 July 2008 Purpose of Proposed Standard This functionality facilitates Industrial applications (such as addressed by HART 7 and the ISA100 proposed standards), and those enhancements defined by the proposed Chinese WPAN standard that aren't included in TG4c. This amendment addresses coexistence with wireless protocols such as 802.11, 802.15.1, 802.15.3, and 802.15.4. Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC

TG4e Efforts/Quality February 19 July 2008 Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC

Meeting Goals Complete term definition effort Review key definitions February 19 July 2008 Meeting Goals Complete term definition effort Review key definitions approve all definitions Hear 802.15.4e preliminary proposal presentations Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC

CFP CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Due September 1, 2008 July 2008 CFP CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Due September 1, 2008 Proposals are solicited for an amendment to the Standard IEEE 802.15.4-2006, compliant with the PAR (https://development.standards.ieee.org/get-file/P802.15.4e.pdf?t=18351600024) and 5 Criteria (15-07-0861-00-0000-sg4e-5c) for TG4e. Proposers are required to provide their proposal(s) by September 1 2008, and to present the proposal(s) at the September 2008 meeting to the membership of TG4e. These proposals should refer to IEEE 802.15-08-0374 for proposal content guidance and the IEEE patent policy at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html. As it is the intent of TG4e to use these proposals to determine the baseline for the MAC amendment, the more complete the proposal, the greater the chances that it will be adopted by the task group. As per the TG4e schedule, the task group will start drafting the amendment following this session. Please submit your proposals to the IEEE 802.15 document server and send notification to the TG4e Chair, Pat Kinney (pat.kinney@ieee.org) , TG4e Vice Chairs, Seong-Soon Joo (ssjoo@etri.re.kr) and Phil Beecher (pbeecher@integration.com) , and TG4e email reflector (stds-802-15-4e@listserv.ieee.org) by 1 September 2008, which is prior to the September 2008 IEEE 802.15 Session, in order to be heard at that Session. The IEEE 802.15 September Session will be held during the week of September 7-12, 2008, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Kona, HI, USA  No proposals will be accepted after September 1 2008, 23:59 UTC. Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC

Proceeding from Proposals to the Draft July 2008 Proceeding from Proposals to the Draft Review final proposals based upon Application space Define MAC aspects that proposals will enhance Define MAC areas that must be enhanced TG approval of MAC areas to be changed and overview of change Draft changes Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC

Scheduled Conference Calls July 2008 Scheduled Conference Calls Schedule Every other Tuesday, starting 29 July 6:30 PDT, 8:30 CDT, 22:30 Tokyo, 15:30 CEST Conference Call Information +1.218.936.1600 access code: 802154 Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC

Proposed TG4e Baseline Schedule February 19 July 2008 Proposed TG4e Baseline Schedule Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC