1. February 19
July 2008
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: TG4e Closing Report for Denver July 2008
Date Submitted: July 2008
Source: Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC
Contact: Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC
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Re: TG4e Closing Report for July 2008 Session
Abstract: Closing Report for the TG4e Session in Denver, CO
Purpose: Amendments to IEEE MAC
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
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2. Purpose of Proposed Standard
February 19
July 2008
Purpose of Proposed Standard
This functionality facilitates Industrial applications (such as addressed by HART 7 and the ISA100 proposed standards), and those enhancements defined by the proposed Chinese WPAN standard that aren't included in TG4c. This amendment addresses coexistence with wireless protocols such as , , , and
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3. TG4e Efforts/Quality February 19 July 2008
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4. Meeting Goals Complete term definition effort Review key definitions
February 19
July 2008
Meeting Goals
Complete term definition effort
Review key definitions
approve all definitions
Hear e preliminary proposal presentations
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5. CFP CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Due September 1, 2008
July 2008
CFP
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Due September 1, 2008
Proposals are solicited for an amendment to the Standard IEEE , compliant with the PAR ( and 5 Criteria ( sg4e-5c) for TG4e. Proposers are required to provide their proposal(s) by September , and to present the proposal(s) at the September 2008 meeting to the membership of TG4e.
These proposals should refer to IEEE for proposal content guidance and the IEEE patent policy at As it is the intent of TG4e to use these proposals to determine the baseline for the MAC amendment, the more complete the proposal, the greater the chances that it will be adopted by the task group. As per the TG4e schedule, the task group will start drafting the amendment following this session.
Please submit your proposals to the IEEE document server and send notification to the TG4e Chair, Pat Kinney , TG4e Vice Chairs, Seong-Soon Joo and Phil Beecher , and TG4e reflector by 1 September 2008, which is prior to the September 2008 IEEE Session, in order to be heard at that Session.
The IEEE September Session will be held during the week of September 7-12, 2008, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Kona, HI, USA 
No proposals will be accepted after September , 23:59 UTC.
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6. Proceeding from Proposals to the Draft
July 2008
Proceeding from Proposals to the Draft
Review final proposals based upon Application space
Define MAC aspects that proposals will enhance
Define MAC areas that must be enhanced
TG approval of MAC areas to be changed and overview of change
Draft changes
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7. Scheduled Conference Calls
July 2008
Scheduled Conference Calls
Schedule
Every other Tuesday, starting 29 July
6:30 PDT, 8:30 CDT, 22:30 Tokyo, 15:30 CEST
Conference Call Information
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8. Proposed TG4e Baseline Schedule
February 19
July 2008
Proposed TG4e Baseline Schedule
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