Submission Title: TG6 Closing Report for the Session in March 2010 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: TG6 Closing Report for the Session in March 2010 Date Submitted: March 18, 2009 Source: Arthur Astrin Contact: Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio) Voice: +1 650 704-2517, E-Mail: astrin@ieee.org Re: TG6 Closing Report for March 2010 Session Abstract: Closing Report for the TG6 Session in March 2010. Purpose: To summarize activities during the meeting 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 maybe made publicly available by P802.15. Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

14th Meeting as a Task Group 6 March 2010 IEEE 802.15 TG6 Body Area Network Closing Report 14th Meeting as a Task Group 6 Orlando, FL March 18, 2009 Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

Pre–meeting merger status March 2010 Pre–meeting merger status Proposal Normative Text in Doc # HBC NB UWB MAC WiBAN Samsung-ETRI-CUNY-KETI-KORPA-Inha-CNU-CSEM -IMEC-Zarlink 10-0049-02 09-0340-01 10-0062-00, 09-0721-00, 09-0331-00 09-0337-01, 09-0344-03, 09-0332-00, 09-0342-01 SMA NICT-YNU-Meiji-TI-Philips-GE-Toumaz-Fujitsu-CEA-FT-Thales-Tensorcom-Olympus-NICTA   09-0329-00, 10-0010-01 10-0045-01 09-0327-01, 09-0814-02 AA TG6 Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

doc.: IEEE 802.15-10-0xxx-0x-0006 May 2009 March 2010 Merger Announcement WiBAN-SMA are happy to announce that an agreement has been reached to move forward in TG6 The two groups will be supporting the following documents to be included in the TG6 Draft: 10-0195-02 – Narrowband PHY 10-0196-02 – MAC and Security 10-0198-01 – UWB PHY 10-0201-01 – HBC (EFC) Both teams are committed to achieving a letter ballot by May or July 2010 meeting Huan-Bang Li, NICT and E. T. Won, Samsung Huan-Bang Li, NICT and E. T. Won, Samsung

March 2010 Agreement on HBC/EFC Commitment to improve HBC/EFC including harmonization of preambles, packet structure between HBC/EFC and other narrowband PHY’s, etc. Commitment: To resolve transmit power concerns To ensure that the maximum level shall be chosen to mitigate against interference to other 15.6 devices and electrophysiological and other medical devices Commitment to comply with safety and spectrum regulations and guidelines for HBC/EFC Commitment to update TG6 regulatory document applicable to HBC/EFC and include in the regulatory document Huan-Bang Li, NICT and E. T. Won, Samsung

doc.: IEEE 802.15-10-0xxx-0x-0006 May 2009 March 2010 Motion Instruct the technical editor to combine documents: 10-0195-02, 10-0196-02, 10-0198-01, 10-0201-01 into a single TG6 baseline draft Moved: E.T. Won Second: Huan-Bang Li Vote: Yes: 56, No: 1, Abstain: 0 Huan-Bang Li, NICT and E. T. Won, Samsung Huan-Bang Li, NICT and E. T. Won, Samsung

Meeting Result March 2010 Normative Text Present to TG6 0201 0195 0198 HBC NB UWB MAC Normative Text Present to TG6 0201 0195 0198 0196 Release to TG6 TG6 Candidate TG6 Vote TG6 Baseline Arthur Astrin

Teleconferences Will hold several teleconferences when needed March 2010 Teleconferences Will hold several teleconferences when needed and face to face meetings Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

Timeline 2010 March 2010 Merge Proposals   2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Merge Proposals > Agree content for Baseline Draft Draft Work Technical Comments Resolution Draft Ready for 1st letter ballot 40days 1st letter ballot complete Resolution of comments, 1st recirculation 1st re-circulation complete approval Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

Plans for May 2010 meeting Continue refining the baseline draft March 2010 Plans for May 2010 meeting Continue refining the baseline draft Resolve any remaining controversies, which may delay the completion of the standard Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

Thank You ! Any Questions ? March 2010 Thank You ! Any Questions ? Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

Purpose of Proposed Standard (PAR 07-0575) March 2010 Purpose of Proposed Standard (PAR 07-0575) The purpose of the proposed standard it to provide an international standard for a short range (ie about human body range), low power and highly reliable wireless communication for use in close proximity to, or inside, a human body. Data rates, typically up to 10Mbps, will be offered to satisfy an evolutionary set of entertainment and healthcare services. Current PANs do not meet the medical (proximity to human tissue) and relevant communication regulations for some application environments. They also do not support the combination of reliability (QoS), low power, data rate and noninterference required to broadly address the breadth of body area network applications. Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

Need for the Project (PAR 07-0575) March 2010 Need for the Project (PAR 07-0575) There is a need for a standard optimized for ultra low power devices and operation on, in or around the human body to serve a variety of applications including medical and personal entertainment. Examples of the applications served by the proposed standard are: EEG, ECG, EMG, vital signals monitoring (temperature (wearable thermometer), respiratory, wearable heart rate monitor, wearable pulse oximeter, wearable blood pressure monitor, oxygen, pH value , wearable glucose sensor, implanted glucose sensor, cardiac arrhythmia), wireless capsule endoscope (gastrointestinal), wireless capsule for drug delivery, deep brain stimulator, cortical stimulator (visual neuro-stimulator, audio neuro stimulator, Parkinson’s disease, etc…), remote control of medical devices such as pacemaker, actuators, insulin pump, hearing aid (wearable and implanted), retina implants, disability assistance, such as muscle tension sensing and stimulation, wearable weighing scale, fall detection, aiding sport training. This will include body-centric solutions for future wearable computers. In a similar vein, the same technology can provide effective solutions for personal entertainment as well.The existence of a body area network standard will provide opportunities to expand these product features, better healthcare and well being for the users. It will therefore result in economic opportunity for technology component suppliers and equipment manufacturers. Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)