doc.: IEEE /0655r1 Submission March 2007 Jay Bain, Fearn ConsultingSlide 1 Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: Applications matrix overview Date Submitted: 14 March, 2007 Source: Jay Bain Company: Fearn Consulting Address: 3710 Fearn Street, Huntsville, AL Voice: , FAX: , Abstract: several of the characteristics of Body Area Network applications are provided as an overview to 07/638 application requirement analysis spreadsheet. Purpose: As an aid in understanding the content and problems as seen in development of 07/638 application requirement analysis spreadsheet Notice:This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P 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

doc.: IEEE /0655r1 Submission March 2007 Jay Bain, Fearn ConsultingSlide 2 Overview of presentation Why have an application requirement analysis - matrix Starting point for this work Problems encountered in populating the spreadsheet Application documents reviewed “header” titles for columns Next steps

doc.: IEEE /0655r1 Submission March 2007 Jay Bain, Fearn ConsultingSlide 3 Why have an application requirement analysis Places the content of several application presentations into a single context Helpful for expansion of application documents to address spreadsheet fields not available from original submission Aids development of PAR/5C Input towards requirements documents for proposal phase

doc.: IEEE /0655r1 Submission March 2007 Jay Bain, Fearn ConsultingSlide 4 Starting point for this work WG15 03/489r3 is the template – TG4a Column titles from TG4a retained for initial BAN adaptation Additional columns regarding specifics for medical BAN have been added

doc.: IEEE /0655r1 Submission March 2007 Jay Bain, Fearn ConsultingSlide 5 Problems encountered in populating the spreadsheet Several application documents are rich in description of critical issues such as SAR while not expanding greatly on other characteristics of the application. Deciding how far to expand application categories was a question and the spreadsheet reflects this.

doc.: IEEE /0655r1 Submission March 2007 Jay Bain, Fearn ConsultingSlide 6 Application documents reviewed wng0-medical-sensor-networks-using-ban.pdfNICTKenichi Takizawa, Ryuji Kohno ban-ban-usage-scenarios-and-applications.pptIMEC-NLOlivier Rousseaux ban-ban-ig-call-applications-response-qc.pptQualcommManuel Jaime ban-response-to-ig-bans-call-applications.pdfNICTHuan-Bang Li, Kenichi Takizawa, Bin Zhen, Kamya Yekeh Yazdandoost, Shinsuke Hara, Ryuji Kohno ban-applications-in-ldr-panban-optimised-pn.pptCSEM, SwitzerlandJohn Farserotu ban-medical-implant-communication-system.pdfNICTKamya Yekeh Yazdandoost, Ryuji Kohno ban-implanted-applications-ig-ban.pptNICTBin Zhen, Huan-Bang Li, Ryuji Kohno ban-useful-applications-ban.pptLG ElectronicsYoung Hyeog Jeon, Eunkyo Kim, Donghee Shim ban-possible-use-case-multimedia-applications.pptFrance Telecom R&DJean Schwoerer ban-non-medical-applications-wban.pptOki Electric Industry CoShigeru Fukunaga ban-usecases-apps-reqs.pptPhilipsCarlos Cordeiro wng0-body-area-networks-update-and-criteria-study- group.ppt PhilipsStefan Drude ban-tutorial-body-area-networks.pptPhilipsStefan Drude

doc.: IEEE /0655r1 Submission March 2007 Jay Bain, Fearn ConsultingSlide 7 “header” titles for columns Organization Application types Influence to body Regulatory – radio Regulatory – safety for human body Topology Data throughput (aggregated per cell) Data rate (per link) Duty cycle Range Coexistence resistance, multipath Channel model Power consumption Quality of service Setup time Form factor Antennas Cost Location awareness Mobility Market size/region/year … Privacy Classification of application

doc.: IEEE /0655r1 Submission March 2007 Jay Bain, Fearn ConsultingSlide 8 Next steps Work with presenters to interpret or add content Evaluate and change column headings Prepare summary for SG – to aid in PAR and 5C completion