TG4e doc.: IEEE e September 2008 W.-C. Jeong Slide 1 Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [Cyclicframe structure to enhance IEEE MAC] Date Submitted: [September, 2008] Source: [Wun-Cheol Jeong, Anseok Lee, Chang-Sub Shin, Seong-Soon Joo ] Company [ETRI] Address [161 Gajeong-Dong, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea ] E−Mail Re: [ e group] Abstract:[This document presents concepts providing reliable but fast channel access for dynamic heterogeneous traffic.] Purpose:[Discussion in e Study Group] 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 P

TG4e doc.: IEEE e September 2008 W.-C. Jeong Slide 2 Cyclicframe structure to enhance IEEE MAC Wun-Cheol Jeong, Anseok Lee, Chang-Sub Shin, Seong-Soon Joo ETRI This work has been supported by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) of the Republic of Korea under Grants 2008-F-052.

TG4e doc.: IEEE e September 2008 W.-C. Jeong Slide 3 Motivation Current superframe structure is not flexible to accommodate dynamic traffic. Channel hopping provides high reliable link-level connections. However, when nodes are densely populated, the available channels may not be sufficient to establish requested channel connections. QoS provision may require more robust control of bandwidth requests instead of competing with data frame in CAP. Flexible but robust out-of-band control frame may provide efficient channel access. Many services including industrial applications, require reliable and fast channel access for communications.

TG4e doc.: IEEE e September 2008 W.-C. Jeong Slide 4 Limitations on current GTS management In current superframe structure, –GTS requests should compete with data frames in the CAP. -> This would increase collision probability, which reduces reliability. acknowledged in the next beacon period -> Latency is introduced. –maximum number of GTS is limited to 7. -> inefficient in overloaded network –QoS provision is difficult -> CAP vs. CFP

TG4e doc.: IEEE e W.-C. Jeong Slide 5 Proposed Cyclicframe Structure Cyclicframe consists of –Beacon period (BP) Broadcast beacon frames (TDMA/slotted hopping) The length of BP and beacon interval value are variable –Mesh contention access period (MCAP) Transmit channel request/ACK for peer-to-peer (mesh) connection using CSMA/CA September 2008 Beacon Interval

TG4e doc.: IEEE e W.-C. Jeong Slide 6 Proposed Cyclicframe Structure Cyclicframe consists of –Slotted Period(SP) Transmit/Receive data frames using TDMA/slotted hopping. Support star connections. –The number of MCAP/SP repetition in a cyclic frame is specified in BP September 2008

TG4e doc.: IEEE e W.-C. Jeong Slide 7 Proposed Cyclicframe Structure Beacon Period –Beacon frames are transmitted in a predefined channel-time slot period. –A Beacon frame contains cyclicframe structure information such as beacon interval value, beacon period duration, star topology support flag, etc time synchronization information channel hopping information such as channel hopping sequence, offset value September 2008 D … C BF AE Timeslot Channel

TG4e doc.: IEEE e W.-C. Jeong Slide 8 Proposed Cyclicframe Structure Beacon Period September 2008 D … C BF AE Timeslot Channel B A C D F E

TG4e doc.: IEEE e W.-C. Jeong Slide 9 Proposed Cyclicframe Structure September 2008 Mesh Contention Access Period (MCAP) –Channel request/ACK frames are transmitted using CSMA/CA –Node B who has packets to send transmit channel request message frame (CRM) to node A –Based on the CRM and its own schedule, node A sends ACK frame to node B with Tx schedule. CRM includes: Source Address (SA) Destination Address (DA) Traffic Length Indicator (TLI) Optional information (e.g., transmission data size, transmission period, traffic priority, sensor type, alarm type, etc.) B A C D F CRM ACK

TG4e doc.: IEEE e W.-C. Jeong Slide 10 Proposed Cyclicframe Structure September 2008 Slotted Period(SP) ─For each node, the number of multiple time-slots during a single cyclicframe duration will be based on the TLI and optional information (e.g., transmission data size, transmission period, traffic priority, sensor type, alarm type, etc.) submitted by the CRM ─The node assigned time slots tunes its channel to recipient node’s channel sequence for transmission. B A C D F E C->AA->E A->FD->A B->AD->AF->D C->A Channel 7 8

TG4e doc.: IEEE e W.-C. Jeong Slide 11 Proposed Cyclicframe Structure September 2008 Slotted Period(SP) ─When the number of node increases, the available channel offset values are depleted. ─Star connection is employed to use the finite channel offset values. C->AA->E A->FD->A B->AD->AF->D C->A B A C D F E Channel G ? H ? 7 8

TG4e doc.: IEEE e W.-C. Jeong Slide 12 Proposed Cyclicframe Structure September 2008 Slotted Period(SP) ─The first two slots of channel hopping pattern are used for star connection. (Optional) B A C D F E G H C->AA->E A->FD->A SSAB->AD->AF->D All->F C->A Channel 7 8

TG4e doc.: IEEE e W.-C. Jeong Slide 13 Proposed Cyclicframe Structure September 2008 Slotted Period(SP) ─Star connection ─If star topology support flag is true, the first time slot is used for channel request. ─A node which has data to send transmits a CRM ─Based on the CRMs, the star-connection schedule assignment (SSA) is announced. B A C D F E G H C->AA->E A->FD->A G->F SSAB->AD->AF->D All->F C->A Channel 7 8

TG4e doc.: IEEE e W.-C. JeongSlide 14 Summary Dynamic frame structure: –Proposed cyclic frame structure supports mesh-star connections for high reliable low power connection. CRM/SSA: –Proposed channel request/grant mechanism (CRM/SSA) reduces channel access latency and collision probability. TLI: –Timeslots are reserved based on transmission data size and transmission period information, which allows efficient time- slot management. –Urgent message can be reliably delivered by exploiting data type. September 2008

TG4e doc.: IEEE e W.-C. Jeong Slide 15 Thanks ;) September 2008