1. 802.15 EC Agenda Items July 16, 2010 Study Group extensions:
MBAN  1st extension
Personal Space Communications (PSC)  1st extension
Drafts to RevCom
reaffirmation
PAR to NesCom:
15.4 Revision PAR
Information Item:
15.7 gameplan for approval to start Sponsor Ballot
New Study Group:
Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring (LECIM)
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

2. July 2010
EC Consent Agenda Items Friday, July 16, Study Group Extensions MBAN-1st Extension Personal Space Communications-1st Extension
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

3. July 2010
Status of Study Groups
MBAN awaiting NPRM from FCC and meanwhile is working draft PAR and 5C- expect completion in Nov 2010
WG motion to extend passed 45/0/4
PSC is cataloging use cases and requirements to better define kind of standards activity needed-expect completion in Nov 2010
WG motion to extend passed 39/0/5
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

4. Executive Committee Motions(if needed)-
July 2010
Executive Committee Motions(if needed)-
MBAN and PSC Study Group Extensions
Move to  extend the MBAN Study Group through the November 2010 Plenary
Moved: Bob Heile
Second: James Gilb
Vote: passed
Move to  extend the PSC Study Group through the November 2010 Plenary
Vote: passed
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

5. July 2010
EC Agenda Item Friday, July 16, Reaffirmation to RevCom
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

6. Overview IEEE Std 802.15.1-2005 was up for reaffirmation in 2010
November 2001
July 2010
doc.: IEEE
doc.: IEEE /468r0
July 2010
Overview
IEEE Std was up for reaffirmation in 2010
John Barr was assigned the task of handling the reaffirmation sponsor ballot
The sponsor balloting is now completed and the results are ready for submission to RevCom
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance
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Robert F. Heile
John R. Barr, JRBarr, Ltd.

7. Sponsor Ballot Schedule
July 2010
Sponsor Ballot Schedule
Initial Ballot: 25-Feb-2010 to 25-Mar-2010
74 affirm, 2 negative, 5 abstention - 97% approve
First Recirculation: 28-Apr-2010 to 8-May-2010
78 affirm, 3 negative, 5 abstention – 96% approve
Final Recirculation: 11-May-2010 to 21-May-2010
79 affirm, 3 negative, 6 abstention – 96% approve
Sponsor Ballot Process Completed
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

8. Final Ballot Results RESPONSE RATE APPROVAL RATE
July 2010
Final Ballot Results
RESPONSE RATE
This ballot has met the 75% returned ballot requirement.
99 eligible people in this ballot group.
79 affirmative votes
3 negative votes with comments
0 negative votes without comments
6 abstention votes
88 votes received = 88% returned 6% abstention
APPROVAL RATE
The 75% affirmation requirement is being met.
79 affirmative votes, 3 negative votes with comments
82votes = 96% affirmative
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

9. Comment Resolution Three negative votes with comments
July 2010
Comment Resolution
Three negative votes with comments
All negative comments and their resolution were recirculated to the sponsor ballot group
None of the negative voters changed their votes
No new NO votes, voters or comments were received
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

10. July 2010
Comment: James Gilb
The standard is out of date as the Bluetooth SIG has released 3 or 4 major updates to the specification. Few, if any devices adhere only to the 1.2 version of the Bluetooth Specification (the one used for this standard). In addition, this standard only has a small portion of the Bluetooth Specification and hence, a user would ultimately need to refer to the actual Bluetooth Specification in order to build a compliant implementation. At the very least, we should have a public statement from the Bluetooth SIG that it is acceptable to certify and get a logo today for devices that are compliant only to version 1.2 of the Specification. In addition, the Bluetooth Specification may be downloaded for free, so there is no need for the standard.
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

11. Response to James Gilb Disagree
July 2010
Response to James Gilb
Disagree
There are billions of devices in operation that utilize the core specifications defined by this standard. The Bluetooth SIG has released specifications incorporating the standard, and all of those releases are backwards compatible with The Bluetooth SIG specifications include higher layers of the communications stack than are specified in The Bluetooth SIG qualification program still includes the 1.2 version of the Bluetooth Specification. The Bluetooth Specification may only be downloaded by members of the Bluetooth SIG. While the lowest level of Bluetooth SIG membership requires no monetary fee, it does require those members to grant a royalty free license to any necessary claims required to implement a compliant portion of the Bluetooth specification. International regulatory bodies and academic researchers typically reference IEEE as the specification of a frequency hopping WPAN technology.
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

12. Comment: Michael McGillan
July 2010
Comment: Michael McGillan
The standard should be revised to support higher data rates using additional PHYs such as PSK or QPSK. Other existing POS WPAN standards support up to 3 Mbps using these technologies.
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

13. Response: Michael McGillan
July 2010
Response: Michael McGillan
Out of Scope
The purpose of the reaffirmation ballot is to continue to use the existing document "as is". This comment does not point out any significant erroneous or obsolete information in the current standard. Also, in a reaffirmation, no changes can be made in the draft of the standard. We thank you for your comments. They will be recorded and may be forwarded to the WG responsible for consideration during a possible future revision.
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

14. Comment: Emmanuel Monnerie
July 2010
Comment: Emmanuel Monnerie
For short range applications, it would be better to target higher frequency bands (cf Wireless USB or Wireless HDMI) and leave the 2.4GHz for /Wifi. Low data rate, robust and energy efficient PHY options are proposed in TG4g.
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

15. Response: Emmanuel Monnerie
July 2010
Response: Emmanuel Monnerie
Out of Scope
This comment does not reference one of the existing disapprove comments from the first ballot and the draft has not been changed. In addition, there are billions of devices using GPSK at 1Mbit/s and each year a billion more are used in mobile phones, headsets, automobiles, and peripheral devices that depend on the energy efficient capabilities specified in this standard. The additional claim that is obsolete is not substantiated.
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

16. Motion in the Working Group
July 2010
Motion in the Working Group
Move that the WG request the EC to forward IEEE Std reaffirmation to RevCom.
Passed 43/4/4 y/n/a
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

17. Executive Committee Action- 802.15.1-2005 Reaffirmation
July 2010
Executive Committee Action Reaffirmation
Move to forward IEEE Std reaffirmation results to RevCom.
Moved: Bob Heile
Second: James Gilb
Vote: passed
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Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

18. EC Agenda Item Friday, July 16, 2010 802.15.4 Revision PAR to NesCom
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

19. Overview of PAR Review
July 2010
As contained in the NEED: There are three completed amendments necessitating a revision. However, since there are currently three active amendment projects in process affecting both MAC and PHY functionality, time is of the essence to complete this revision ahead of the in process amendments and not alter any functionality as a result of this revision. As a consequence the intention is to limit the revision to maintenance changes (editorial and technical corrections) to and incorporating the approved amendments, a-2007, c-2009 and d-2009.
Comments were received from James Gilb, Jon Rosdahl, Bob Grow and Michael Kipness
Scope and Purpose should match original PAR and amendments
Need section is the proper place to highlight critical dependencies
Project number should be
All comments were accepted and PAR further modified (WG approval 40/0/0) to reflect that over what was distributed Weds in doc IEEE P
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

20. Executive Committee Action-
July 2010
Executive Committee Action-
Revision PAR to NesCom
Move to forward the draft revision PAR for as defined in IEEE P with mods as contained in 387-R3 to NesCom
Moved: Bob Heile
Second: James Gilb
Vote: passed
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

21. July 2010
EC Agenda Item Friday, July 16, 2010 Information Item Game plan for approval to start Sponsor ballot
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

22. 802.15.7 Gameplan for Sponsor Ballot
July 2010
Start Sponsor Ballot pool formation-done
Inform EC of desire for ballot to go to sponsor ballot, ballot to start Sept 17 and close Oct 2 -in process
Complete comment resolution and get WG approval to start recirc-done
Determine needed time for mandatory editorial review
Thoroughly scrub the draft with target to complete by Aug 14 –Get draft a clean as possible.
Start recirc Aug 20- close recirc Sept 4
Complete comment resolution and draft edits in Hawaii.
Start EC ballot for approval to start Sponsor Ballot Sept 17, close Oct 2
Start second recirc on Sept 19, close Oct 4
Assuming no new NO votes or voters start Sponsor Ballot Oct 6
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

23. July 2010
EC Agenda Item Friday, July 16, Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring Study Group
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

24. Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring
July 2010
Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring
The group presented a Tutorial on Monday evening. The documents are available on mentor. ( , 528, 529, 533 )
Roughly 25 companies and 60 people have been involved so far and expressed interest.
Working Group approved forming an SG by a vote of 79/0/2 (Y/N/A)
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance

25. Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring
November 2001
doc.: IEEE /468r0
July 2010
Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring
The goal is to produce a PAR and 5C supporting the special communications requirements needed to support the monitoring and management of critical infrastructure like bridges, pipelines and transmission and distribution systems
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance
Robert F. Heile

26. Executive Committee Action-
July 2010
Executive Committee Action-
Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring
Move to approve the formation a Study Group in to draft a PAR and 5C addressing Low Energy Critical Infrastructure Monitoring
Moved: Bob Heile
Second: James Gilb
Vote: passed
Robert F. Heile, ZigBee Alliance