1. November 2016
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [IG LPWA November 2016 Closing Report]
Date Submitted: [10 November, 2016]
Source: [Joerg ROBERT] Company [Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuernberg]
Address [Am Wolfsmantel 33, Erlangen, Germany]
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Purpose: [Closing report to WG 15]
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Joerg ROBERT, FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg

2. IG LPWA November 2016 Closing Report
Joerg Robert, FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg

3. Meeting Goals Finalization of IG Objectives Discussion on Use Cases
November 2016
Meeting Goals
Finalization of IG Objectives
Discussion on Use Cases
Discussion on Regulatory Issues
Initial Discussion on IG Report
Joerg Robert, FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg

4. Meetings / Contributions
November 2016
Meetings / Contributions
2 sessions (Monday PM1, Wednesday AM1)
Approx. 25 participants
2 contributions
Joerg Robert (University Erlangen-Nuernberg), “Use-Cases and Technical Requirements for LPWA Networks” ( lpwa)
Brian Kelley (University of Texas at San Antonio), “Future Directions of 5G IoT and Coexistence with LPWA” (will be uploaded on mentor)
Joerg Robert, FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg

5. Meeting Achievements Agreed on IG objectives (15-16-0729-00-lpwa)
November 2016
Meeting Achievements
Agreed on IG objectives ( lpwa)
Started discussion on use-cases
Started discussion on regulatory achievements
SC IETF moved effort concerning LPWA to IG LPWA
Joerg Robert, FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg

6. Future Meeting Schedule
November 2016
Future Meeting Schedule
January 2017 Interim (Atlanta)
Fixed usage scenarios and channel models
Presentation of contributions with focus on evaluation criteria
March 2017 Plenary (Vancouver)
Fixed evaluation criteria
Presentation of contributions with focus technology options for LPWA
May 2017 Interim (Daejeon)
July 2017 Plenary (Berlin)
Final discussion on IG report
Joerg Robert, FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg

7. Next Steps Collect further use-cases Agreed use-case document
November 2016
Next Steps
Collect further use-cases
Agreed use-case document
Initial document on regulatory issues
Telco for further discussion on use-cases and Regulatory Issues
Proposed date: 14 December, 07:00AM PST
Details will be circulated via the LPWA reflector
Joerg Robert, FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg

8. Thank You! Questions? November 2016
Joerg Robert, FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg