Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: 802.15.4f Task Group Mid-Week Report for Atlanta, Georgia Date Submitted: November 9, 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 Mid-Week Report for the November 2011 session in Atlanta Abstract: Mid-Week Report for the November 2011 Active RFID Session in Atlanta. 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

18th Meeting as a Task Group IEEE 802.15.4f Active RFID Mid-Week Report 18th Meeting as a Task Group Atlanta November 9, 2011 Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

802.15.4f PAR Purpose Paragraph from 802.15.4f Project Authorization Request (PAR) document. 5.4 Purpose of Proposed Standard: To provide a standard for low cost, ultra low energy consumption, flexible and highly reliable communication means and air interface protocol for Active RFID and sensor applications. The air interface should be able to support a wide range of needs for which active RFID systems can be useful and enable improved performance and flexibility for future mass deployments of active RFID systems around the world. 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 slots reduced from 8 to 5 so far this week. Administrative meeting documents during this session: 15-11-0732-Agenda-Atlanta-November-2011 15-11-0776-Opening-Introduction-November-2011 15-11-0781-Active-RFID-Minutes-Atlanta-November-2011 Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

TG4f Meeting Sessions This Week Mtg Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday AM1 0800-1000 TG4f BRC Meeting Cancelled AM2 1030-1230 802.15 Working Group – Opening Meeting 802.15 Working Group –Mid-Week Meeting PM1 1330-1530 TG4f Meeting Opening/Agenda/Objective/Approve Sept. 2011 Minutes/Timeline/PAR and goal for this meeting. Preparation for mid-week 802.15 plenary meeting. PM2 1600-1800 TG4f Meeting Preparation for mid-week 802.15 plenary meeting. TG4f Meeting: IF NEEDED. Task Group closing report preparation and next steps. Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

November 2011 TG4f Meeting Goal To seek unconditional approval from the IEEE 802.15 Working Group and IEEE 802 Executive Committee to forward the IEEE 802.15.4f Active RFID System draft # 7 standard document to IEEE-SA Review Committee (RevCom) for approval and publication.  Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

802.15.4f Timeline TG4f target for this meeting Next target: IEEE-SA Review Committee (RevCom) approval during next meeting scheduled for March 27-29, 2011. Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

802.15.4f Ballot History Initial Sponsor Ballot closed 28 August 2011 November 2010 802.15.4f Ballot History Initial Sponsor Ballot closed 28 August 2011 Vote Results (pool of 138 voters) 124 Responses (89%) 112 Yes, 3 no (97% approval ratio) 9 Abstain (7%) Ballot passes 97 comments from 15 commenters 22 Must Be Satisfied (2 accepted, 16 rejected, 4 revised) 75 Other Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance 802.15.4f Ballot History Recirc-1 closed 7 October 2011 Vote Results (pool of 138 voters) 125 Responses (90%) 113 Yes, 3 no (97% approval ratio) 9 Abstain (7%) Ballot passes 18 comments from 3 commenters 2 Must Be Satisfied (2 rejected) 16 Other Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance November 2010

Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance 802.15.4f Ballot History Recirc-2 closed 24 October 2011 Final cumulative vote results (pool of 138 voters) 127 Responses (92% response ratio) 118 Yes, 0 no (100% approval ratio) 9 Abstain (7% abstain ratio) Ballot passes 1 comment from 1 (IEEE-SA EC) commenter 1 Must Be Satisfied (1 accepted) 0 Other Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance November 2010

TG4f Sponsor Ballot Tally Result Summary

Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance EC motion for 15.4f 802.15 requests unconditional approval from the EC to submit the P802.15.4f –D07 draft amendment to RevCom. WG vote ( ) EC vote Moved Heile, seconded Gilb Yes: , No:, Abstain: Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance November 2010

Motion to 802.15 WG: Motion: 802.15 WG requests unconditional approval from the EC to submit P802.15.4f-D07 draft amendment to RevCom. Moved by: Mike McInnis Seconded by: 802.15 WG Vote: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TG4f vote: Yes-7, No-0, Abstain-0 Unanimous approval.

Next TG4f Meeting Wednesday November 9, 2011 PM2 Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company