November 2018 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [WNG Profiles for IEEE 802.15.4] Date Submitted: [13 Nov, 2018] Source: [Don Sturek] Company [Itron] Address [230 W. Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134] Voice:[+1 669 770 4790], FAX: [+1 866 776 0015], E-Mail:[don.sturek@itron.com] Re: [Profiles for IEEE 802.15.4] Abstract: [Profiles for IEEE 802.15.4] Purpose: [Profiles for IEEE 802.15.4] 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. Don Sturek, Itron

November 2018 802.15.4 WNG Presentation on the use of profiles within IEEE 802.15.4 November 2018 Plenary Don Sturek Itron Don Sturek, Itron

November 2018 Motivation IEEE 802.15.4 has several adopting Alliances using the standard in very different ways Each Alliance creates their own vertical profile (PHY, MAC, security, mesh routing, transport) but it is never clear within IEEE 802.15 exactly which features of IEEE 802.15.4 are used and where Don Sturek, Itron

November 2018 Motivation IEEE 802.1 solved a similar problem by creating profiles to describe different usages of their standard 802.1DF - Standard: Time-Sensitive Networking Profile for Service Provider Networks, PAR and CSD 802.1DG - Standard: Time-Sensitive Networking Profile for Automotive In-Vehicle Ethernet Communications, PAR and CSD Don Sturek, Itron

November 2018 Proposal Kick off an IG/SG/TG to capture usage of IEEE 802.15.4 within various industry alliances Volunteer to be the first: Wi-SUN FAN PAR will be a bit different since the best practice/standard must only document what is used and what is projected for use (all comments along the lines of ”why don’t you use xxx” would be rejected) Don Sturek, Itron

Proposal See if we can get other Alliances to do the same November 2018 Proposal See if we can get other Alliances to do the same Benefit is that for roll ups, we will know who is using what features even if they don’t participate Allow for remote creation of the documents (virtual SG/IG to create these documents) Don Sturek, Itron