1. Submission Title: TG6 Closing Report for the Session in July 2009
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: TG6 Closing Report for the Session in July 2009
Date Submitted: July 16, 2009
Source: Arthur Astrin
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Re: TG6 Closing Report for July 2009 Session
Abstract: Closing Report for the TG6 Session in July 2009.
Purpose: To summarize activities during the meeting
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2. 10th Meeting as a Task Group 6
July 2009
IEEE TG6
Body Area Network
Closing Report
10th Meeting as a Task Group 6
San Francisco, CA
July 16, 2009
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3. Session Merger Results
July 2009
Session Merger Results
CEA, FT, Thales
GE, TI, Philips, Toumaz -> MedWin
Three new merged proposal presentations
NICT, Meiji, YNU PHY UWB only
KETI, Tensorcom, KORPA, (LG Electronics, Mitsubishi)
ETRI, Samsung HBC
Others in progress
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4. One Tutorial Presentation: 15-09-0511
July 2009
One Tutorial Presentation:
Dr. Darrell M Wilson, MD
Professor and Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Stanford University and the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Body Area Network and Diabetes – a template for medical device communication
Internationally known clinical researcher, concentrating in the area of pediatric diabetes and has published over 200 peer reviewed articles and chapters. His initial degree was in electrical engineering, a BS from UC Davis in He has been an IEEE member since the early 1970’s. In his talk he reviewed diabetes disease, discussed current conventional treatment and discuss cutting edge approaches, which include closed loop systems and their problems. He then went over what he envisions as  Body Area Network upsides for diabetes and what they envision as important features/functional aspects to such a network.
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5. MAC July 2009 Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio) CSEM 277-07 WiseMAC IMEC OR
388-00
dual duty cycling, flexible & power efficient, enhanced slotted Aloha with QoS
IMEC GD
341-01
wakeup receiver, priority-guaranteed
MedWin
325-02,
star topology, time partitioning, beacon, channel migration, security
Samsung
314-01,
piconet co-existence, network management and security, poll based access and Single MAC concept
Inha
366-01
Wakeup by Traffic Patterns and Radio, Security, Multiple PHYs, Bridging Function
NICT
346-01
superframe, TDMA based, non-beacon mode, MICS or wakeup
YNU
353-01
SAR sensitive, positioning, hybrid ARQ, and FEC
CUNY ETRI
336-02
Mod to IEEE , CAP, Contention period DTP: TDMA period, QoS, Fast reservation, Emergency data transmit slot, reliability Priority
ETRI CNU
347-01
Mac for HBC
318-02
Fujitsu
287-01
Signalling covering Emergency, reliability, congestion and stability and wake up concept
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6. PHY UWB July 2009 CSEM 277-07 FM-UWB Meiji 355-01 Impulse Response UWB
Meiji
355-01
Impulse Response UWB
IMEC OR
330-01
CEA-FT-Thales
324-02 TI
335-02
ETRI-Samsung
322-01
NICT
320-00
YNU
353-01
Pulsed Chirp UWB
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7. PHY Narrowband July 2009 ETRI 179-02 270-310 Fujitsu 287-01
No specific proposal
IMEC GD
339-01
Tensorcom
343-00
Zarlink
352-01
0-999
KETI KORPA
317-03
Inha
367-01
MedWin
328-01
NICT
313-02
Motorola
138-02
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8. Narrowband PHY Interests
July 2009
Narrowband PHY Interests
NICT
MedWiN
INHA
IMEC
Zarlink
LG/KETI
Fujitsu
Tensorcom
TOTAL
MICS / MedRadio 1 D 6
WMTS
(USA 600/1400,
Japan 400) 4
ISM 868/900/950
ISM 2.4 GHz 5
New MBANS GHz
1 = preference D = don’t care X = opposed to inclusion in standard (NONE!)
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9. PHY HBC July 2009 Samsung 318-02 ETRI 348-01
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10. Three Merged Proposal Presentations
July 2009
Three Merged Proposal Presentations
ETRI-Samsung HBC PHY and MAC
YNU-NICT-Meiji (UWB) Merged proposal
KETI, Tensorcom, KORPA, (LG Electronics, Mitsubishi)
Narrowband PHY and MAC
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11. Eight Contribution Presentations
July 2009
Eight Contribution Presentations
Update on the FCC process and key questions and issues raised by the NPRM
Suggested TG6’s MAC baseline (for proposal merging discussion)
Technical contribution on Human Body Communications
Block based PHY and Packet Transmission for Low Data Rate In-body WBAN
NICTA Network-to-Network Interference Measurements
MICS band rule and multimedia requirement
MAC" Channel Model for WBAN
15-566
Needs of high data rate in-body WBAN
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12. July 2009
Two Motions – To generate IEEE 802 letter supporting FCC NPRM for Medical Body Area Network
NPRM motion 1 (Monday) Yes, 0-No, 6-A
NPRM motion 2 (Wednesday) 20-Yes, 0-No, 6-A
Approved by today Yes, 0-No, 2-A
Thanks: David Davenport, GE Healthcare)
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13. Private Merge Discussions
July 2009
Private Merge Discussions
Numerous off-line merge discussions were carried among different parties for both PHY and MAC.
More merge announcements are expected in September meeting.
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14. July 2009
Timeline
2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Issue CFP (Call for Proposals)
Close CFP (Call for Proposals) v
Hear Proposals
>
Merge Proposals
Technical Comments Resolution
Draft ready for Letter Ballot
Letter Ballot (#1)
Recirculation
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15. Will have teleconferences when needed
July 2009
Teleconferences
Will have teleconferences when needed
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16. Plans for September 2009 meeting
July 2009
Plans for September 2009 meeting
Continue merging. Hear merged proposals and work on resolving conflicts.
Begin drafting straw man baseline
Technical editor team
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17. Thank You ! Any Questions ?
July 2009
Thank You !
Any Questions ?
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18. Purpose of Proposed Standard (PAR 07-0575)
July 2009
Purpose of Proposed Standard (PAR )
The purpose of the proposed standard it to provide an international standard for a short range (i.e. 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.
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19. Need for the Project (PAR 07-0575)
July 2009
Need for the Project (PAR )
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.
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