802.15 Liaison Report Date: 11-11-11 Authors: November 2011 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 November 2011 802.15 Liaison Report Date: 11-11-11 Authors: Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics

Abstract Liaison report on 802.15 as presented to 802.11 November 2011 September 2008 January 2009September 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 November 2011 Abstract Liaison report on 802.15 as presented to 802.11 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics

September 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 May 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 November 2011 802.15.4 Slide 3 Slide 3 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 3 Page 3 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 802.15.4e MAC amendments 2nd Sponsor ballot on D7.0 closed October 24, 2011. Results were 155/3/8. 98.10% Affirmative 68 comments received: 47 technical, 17 editorial, 4 general Resolved all comments 3rd Sponsor ballot on D7.0 closed November 7, 2011. Results were 158/2/8. 98.75% Affirmative 4 comments received: 1 technical, 1 editorial, 2 general All comments resolved; no changes to draft Asked the ExCom Friday for unconditional approval to go for publication and received approval Slide 4 Slide 4 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 4 Page 4 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 802.15.4f RFID 2nd Sponsor ballot on D6.0 closed October 7, 2011. Results were 113/3/9. 97.41% Affirmative 18 comments received: 8 technical, 17 editorial, 4 general Resolved all comments 3rd Sponsor ballot on D7.0 closed October 24, 2011. Results were 118/0/9. 100.00% Affirmative 1 comments received: 0 technical, 0 editorial, 1 general Comment resolved; no text changes Asked the ExCom Friday for unconditional approval to go for publication and received approval Slide 5 Slide 5 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 5 Page 5 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

802.15.4g Smart Utility Networks September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 802.15.4g Smart Utility Networks 2nd Sponsor ballot on D6.0 closed October 30, 2011. Results were 187/16/7. 96.89% Affirmative 36 comments received: 11 technical, 21 editorial, 4 general Resolved all Expecting to go out for recirculation end of November Asked the ExCom Friday for conditional approval to go for publication and received approval Slide 6 Slide 6 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 6 Page 6 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 802.15.4j MBAN Reviewed detailed technical specification information from proposers Discussed creation of baseline draft 2 Proposer groups reached agreement to merge proposals Work towards merged text for January meeting Slide 7 Slide 7 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 7 Page 7 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

802.15.4k Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring (LECIM) September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 802.15.4k Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring (LECIM) Heard presentations Mergers Proposal Changes General interest Had a Panel Discussion on proposals Held a Baseline discussion Adopted Baseline Discussed path forward Draft format Subclause assignments Slide 8 Slide 8 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 8 Page 8 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 802.15.4m TV White Space Heard 3 presentations for TVWS regulation and functional requirements, and discussed the Technical Guidance Document(TGD) Functional Requirement Document, Chin-Sean Sum (NICT), Doc #787r0 Definitions and updates to Regulatory Requirements, Kunal Shah (Silver Spring Networks), Doc #794r0 TV White Space Related Regulations and Activities for WPAN, Soo-Young Chang (CSUS), Doc #796r0 Heard 2 presentations for TVWS technical issues, scanning and spectrum mask Scanning issue for TG4m, Suhwook Kim (LG Electronics) , Doc #816r0 Impact of out-of-band emission limit in TVWS, Shigenobu Sasaki (Niigata University), DoC #820r0 Discussed the Technical Guidance Document, and provided the draft TGD The draft TGD Will be posted on the Mentor soon, and final comments are solicited by January meeting Slide 9 Slide 9 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 9 Page 9 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

802.15.6 Wireless Body Area Networks September 2008 November 2007 November 2011January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-07/2752r1 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/1003r0 November 2011 802.15.6 Wireless Body Area Networks 2nd Sponsor ballot on D5.0 closed November 3, 2011. Results were 118/8/11. 93.65% Affirmative 85 comments received: 33 technical, 44 Editorial, 8 General Resolved all comments Expecting to go out for recirculation before end of November PAR revision to change title to “IEEE Standard for Wireless Body Area Networks” approved by 802 Executive Committee Asked the ExCom Friday for conditional approval to go for publication and received approval Slide 10 Slide 10 Page 10 Page 10 Alex Ashley, NDS Ltd Peter Ecclesine, Cisco Systems

Peer Aware Communications IG (Former PSC SG) September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 Peer Aware Communications IG (Former PSC SG) In response to the call for presentations 7 responded. 5 presentations heard (Doc.#: 740r0, 741r1, 743r1, 744r1, 746r1) Group voted to become a PAC SG Discussed and drafted a very first PAR and 5C (Doc. #: 824r0, 825r0, 833r0) Future plan (submission of final PAR and 5C in January meeting) 802 Executive Committee approved formation of Study Group Slide 11 Slide 11 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 11 Page 11 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

Better Use of Spectrum Resources in WPANs IG September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 Better Use of Spectrum Resources in WPANs IG 2 Technical Presentations. Smart Antenna Opportunities for Spectrum Resource Usage Improvements (15-11-0871r0) Performance simulation of DSA system (15-11-0764r1) Discussed Table of Contents of Technical Document Draft plan of IG SRU 1st version of technical document (15-11-0813r1) 1st version will be submitted at March 2012 Plenary meeting. Others Planning for presentation at WNG meeting at March 2012. Next meeting will held plenary meeting at March 2012. Slide 12 Slide 12 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 12 Page 12 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

Key Management Protocol IG September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 Key Management Protocol IG Reviewed comments to PAR and 5C 4 sets of comments, one from individual voter Developed responses and revised PAR and 5C accordingly Discussed TG process Call for Officers! All positions open We have some KMP experts More welcomed Need MAC experts 802.15.4 and .7 Discussed document structure General technical section IE format and processing state machine MAC specific sections Which frames to use and MLME calls General guidelines KMP specific guidelines If any Par and 5C approved by the 802 Executive Committee; may be 802.15.9 in January. Slide 13 Slide 13 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 13 Page 13 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

Positive Train Control IG September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 Positive Train Control IG 3 Technical Presentations. IEEE_802-15-4-2011_&_TG4e_Overview (484-1) - Pat Kinney Positive Train Control Mandate and Technology (812-0) - Kevin Nichter PTC Spectrum Overview (819-3) - John Notor Discussed PAR and 5C 802 Executive Committee - the discussion got side tracked several times with interesting suggestions and supportive discussion, in the end, nothing got derailed and the Study Group was approved Slide 14 Slide 14 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 14 Page 14 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

THz IG November 2011 Six presentations were made September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 THz IG Six presentations were made Al Gasiewski, University of Boulder (USA), “Remote Sensing Applications of THz bands”; (Document 15-11-0765-00-0thz) Lothar Moeller, Alcatel Lucent (USA), “Data transmission at 2.5 Gb/s with THz and IR Signals through Fog”; (Document 15-11-0777-00-0thz) Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig (Germany), “Scenarios for the Application of THz Communications”; (Document 15-11-0749-00-0thz) Thomas Kürner, TU Braunschweig (Germany), “Call for Applications”; (Document 15-11-0779-00-0thz) Rick Roberts, Intel (USA), “THz IG Technical Expectations Document (TED)”; (Document 15-11-0745-02-0thz) Josep Miquel Jornet Montana, Georgia Tech (USA), “Joint Energy and Communication Analysis of Wireless Nanosensor Networks in the Terahertz Band”; (Document 15-11-0778-00-0thz) Work on the “Technical Expectation Document“ (TED) Several Use cases identified => may yield to different standards Current Version (15-11-0745-04-0thz) on SA documents: Further development of the TED at March 2012 Plenary based on input documents A “Call for Applications“ has been drafted more descriptive text to describe both THz communication, its potential use and the required steps in IEEE 802 standardization for the greater pubic is required. Corresponding paragraphs will be drafted within the next two weeks. Final document content to be agreed on a follow-up Conference Call Slide 15 Slide 15 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 15 Page 15 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

WNG One presentation November 2011 September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 WNG One presentation Challenges on Chinese Wireless Medical Monitoring networking Applications (15-11-766-01) by Liang Li Proposed formation of a study group to investigate Chinese MBAN bands. Study group formation approved by 802 Executive Committee Slide 16 Slide 16 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 16 Page 16 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Clint Chaplin, Samsung

References This document All Documents September 2008 May 2008 November 2011January 2009September 2008 January 2009September 2008 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/xxxxr0 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/0697r0 November 2011 References This document All Documents https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/documents Current draft is in the members-only area http://www.ieee802.org/15  Members_Only_Area 802.11 members log in using 802.11 username and password Slide 17 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics Page 17 Clint Chaplin, Samsung Clint Chaplin, Samsung Electronics