1. Submission Title: Opening Report for the TG6 Session in January 2010
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: Opening Report for the TG6 Session in January 2010
Date Submitted: January 16, 2009
Source: Arthur Astrin
Contact: Arthur Astrin, Astrin Radio
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Re: TG6 Opening Report for January 2010 Session
Abstract: Opening report for the TG6 Session.
Purpose: To focus activities during the meeting
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.
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Arthur Astrin

2. 13th Meeting as a Task Group 6
January 2010
IEEE TG6
Body Area Network
Opening Report
13th Meeting as a Task Group 6
Los Angeles, CA
January 18, 2009
Arthur Astrin

3. Merger Status January 2010 Samsung-ETRI-CUNY-KETI-KORPA-Inha-CNU-CSEM
NICT-YNU-Meiji-TI-Philips-GE-Toumaz-Fujitsu-CEA-FT-Thales-Tensorcom-Olympus-(LG)(Mitsubishi)(NIST) 3
IMEC OR GD 4
Zarlink
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

4. Plans for January 2010 meeting
Received normative text of proposals in Word .doc format
Combine the normative texts and
remove redundancies.
resolve conflicts.
Begin editing into a baseline draft in March
Arthur Astrin

5. Private Merge Discussions
January 2010
Private Merge Discussions
Numerous off-line merge discussions are carried among different parties for both PHY and MAC.
Arthur Astrin

6. Timeline 2010 January 2010 Merge Proposals >
2009
2010 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Merge Proposals
>
Agree content for Baseline Draft
Draft Work
Technical Comments Resolution
Draft Ready for 1st letter ballot
1st letter ballot complete
Resolution of comments, 1st recirculation
1st re-circulation complete
Resolve comments, 2nd recirculation, apprv
2nd re-circulation complete
Resolve comments, 3rd recirculation apprv.
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

7. Thank You ! Any Questions ?
January 2010
Thank You !
Any Questions ?
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

8. Purpose of Proposed Standard (PAR 07-0575)
January 2010
Purpose of Proposed Standard (PAR )
The purpose of the proposed standard it to provide an international standard for a short range (ie 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.
Arthur Astrin

9. Need for the Project (PAR 07-0575)
January 2010
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.
Arthur Astrin