1. Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: f Task Group Closing Report for Los Angeles, California
Date Submitted: March 17, 2011
Source: Tim Harrington, Zebra Enterprise Solutions
Contact: Tim Harrington, ZES
Voice:
Re: f Active RFID Closing Report for the March 2011 Session
Abstract: Closing Report for the March 2011 Active RFID Session in Singapore.
Purpose: This amendment defines a Physical Layer (PHY), and those Medium Access Control Layer (MAC) modifications required to support it, for Active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and tags. It allows for efficient communications with active RFID tags and sensor applications in an autonomous manner in a promiscuous network, using very low energy consumption (low duty cycle), and low PHY transmitter power. The PHY parameters are flexible and configurable to provide optimized use in a variety of active RFID tag operations including simplex and duplex transmission (reader-to-tag and tag-to-readers), multicast (reader to a select group of tags), uni-cast as in reader to a single tag, tag-to-tag communication, and multi-hop capability.
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
Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

2. 14th Meeting as a Task Group
IEEE f Active RFID
Closing Report
14th Meeting as a Task Group
Singapore
March 17, 2011
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3. f PAR Purpose
Paragraph from f Project Authorization Request (PAR) document.
5.4 Purpose of Proposed Standard:
To provide a standard for low cost, ultra low energy consumption, flexible and highly reliable communication means and air interface protocol for Active RFID and sensor applications. The air interface should be able to support a wide range of needs for which active RFID systems can be useful and enable improved performance and flexibility for future mass deployments of active RFID systems around the world.
Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

4. IEEE 802.15.4f Active RFID Meeting Overview
Chair: Mike McInnis
Vice-Chair: Tim Harrington
Secretary: Russ Chandler
Technical Editor: Tim Harrington
Ten each TG4f meeting time slots during this week.
3. Administrative meeting Documents during this session:
Agenda-Singapore-March-2011
Opening-Introduction-March-2011
Active-RFID-Minutes-Singapore-March-2011
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5. TG4f Meeting Sessions This Week
Mtg
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
AM1
Opening/Agenda / Objectives/Approve January 2011 Minutes/ Timeline / PAR/ LB68 comment resolution .
Write
Comment resolution discussion and apply resolutions to draft document.
AM2
Comment resolution discussion
PM1
PM2
Prepare for May meeting.
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Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

6. Working documents during this meeting session:
Presentations
TG4-fm-deviation-tolerance
Workgroup Documents
letter-ballot-68-comments-on-d2p f-draft-standard-1st-recirc-ballot
post-LB68-remaining-voter-comments-on-d1p f-draft-standard-initial-ballot
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7. Letter Ballot 63 and 68 Results
LB63 Vote (draft 1) LB68 Aggregate Vote Tally (draft 2)
Voters = Voters= 208
Voted = Voted= 181
Voted ‘YES’ = Voted ‘YES’= 160
Abstained = Abstained = 12
Voted ‘No’ = Voted ‘NO’= 9
% Voters that voted = 82.21% % Voters that voted= 87.02%
% Voters that voted ‘YES’ = 85.16% % Voters that voted ‘YES’ = 94.67%
% Voters that abstained= 9.36% % Voters that abstained = 6.63%
Total Comments = Total Comments = 219
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8. Comments Resolved 149 Accept 36 Accept In Principle 34 Reject
219 Total Comments Resolved
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9. TG4f Meeting Goals and Agenda
2nd draft standard document Letter Ballot 68 Comment Resolutions.
Resolved 219 Comments
Technical = 100
Editorial = 117
General = 2
Apply LB68 Comment Resolutions to 2nd draft document and rev document to 3rd draft.
Will be complete on or by April 18, 2011.
Release 3rd draft of document for 2nd recirculation LB.
Release on or by April 20, 2011.
Mike McInnis, The Boeing Company

10. 802. 15 Project Meeting Dates and Locations http://grouper. ieee
Meeting Number
Meeting Date
Type
Location 1
Jan-09
Interim
Los Angeles 2
Mar-09
Plenary
Vancouver 3
May-09
Montreal 4
Jul-09
San Francisco 5
Sep-09
Kona, Hawaii 6
Nov-09
Atlanta, GA 7
Jan-10 8
Mar-10
Orlando, FLA 9
May-10
Beijing, China 10
Jul-10
San Diego 11
Sep-10 12
Nov-10
Dallas 13
Jan-11 14
Mar-14
Singapore 15
May-11
Palm Springs
July-11
Goal - Resolve Recirculation LB comments and release draft for another recirculation LB
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11. Draft 802.15.4f Timeline March Goal - release 2nd recirculation LB.
May Goal - release 3rd recirculation LB.
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12. Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC)
Members
Mike McInnis – Chair
Tim Harrington – Vice Chair and Tech Editor
Adrian Jennings
Andy Ward
Dalibor Pokrajac
Billy Verso
Michael McLaughlin
Russ Chandler
Motion to TG4f: Approve the above as the ballot resolution committee for f.
Moved: Russ Chandler
Seconded: Dalibor Pokrajac
Passed with unanimous consent
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13. -Approved by unanimous consent
Motion to TG4f: The approval of comment resolution document and the BRC to make and review changes to draft P f-D02 as indicated in the comment resolution document to create draft P f-D03.
Draft D03 to be ready for recirculation release on or by April 18, 2011.
Moved: Russ Chandler
Seconded: Andy Ward
-Approved by unanimous consent
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14. TG4f BRC Meeting Schedule
TG4f BRC Meetings Scheduled for Thursdays, 8am PST
Meeting notice with teleconference number to be ed.
Meeting Dates;
March 24, 2011
March 31, 2011
April 7, 2011
April 14, 2011
April 18, 2011 (document done – Tim send to Rick Alfvin)
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15. Seconded: Dalibor Pokrajac
Motion to the WG: The WG approve the start of a recirculation ballot to forward the P f-D03 draft standard document with the changes indicated in to Letter Ballot #3.
Moved: Tim Harrington
Seconded: Dalibor Pokrajac
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16. Sign up for 802.15.4f Active RFID e-mail reflector
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reflector address is:
Next Meeting
May , 2011 in Palm Springs, California
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