1. Submission Title: TG6 Closing Report for the Session in July 2011
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: TG6 Closing Report for the Session in July 2011
Date Submitted: July 21, 2011
Source: Arthur Astrin
Contact: Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)
Voice: ,
Re: TG6 Closing Report for July 2011 Session
Abstract: Closing Report for the TG6 Session in July 2011.
Purpose: To summarize 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.
Release: The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

2. 22st Meeting as a Task Group 6
July 2011
IEEE TG6
Body Area Network
Closing Report
22st Meeting as a Task Group 6
San Francisco, CA
July 12, 2011
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

3. July 2011
Since May meeting
Started recirculation ballot 76 on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, and closed on Thursday, June 15, 2011, at 19:00 ET
Comments resolution spreadsheet doc. # lb76-p comment-register with 53 comments.
Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC) certified d04
Started recirculation ballot 79 on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, and closed on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at 19:00 ET with 9 comments.
Comments resolution spreadsheet doc lb79-p comment-register
Arthur Astrin

4. Letter Ballot #55, #66 and #71 July 2011 LB55 Vote Aggregate Tally #1
VOTERS
199
VOTED
173
177
179
YES
122
138
145
ABSTAIN 14 NO 37 25 20
% VOTERS
86.93%
88.94%
89.95%
% YES
76.73%
84.66%
87.88%
% ABSTAIN
8.09%
7.91%
7.82%
Arthur Astrin

5. Letter Ballot #76 (audited)
May 2011
Letter Ballot #76 (audited)
Aggregate Tally #3
VOTERS
199
VOTED
180
YES
153
ABSTAIN 11 NO 16
% VOTERS
90.45%
% YES
90.53%
% ABSTAIN
6.11%
Arthur Astrin

6. Letter Ballot #79 (audited)
May 2011
Letter Ballot #79 (audited)
Aggregate Tally #4
VOTERS
199
VOTED
181
YES
154
ABSTAIN 11 NO 16
% VOTERS
90.95%
% YES
90.59%
% ABSTAIN
6.08%
Arthur Astrin

7. Meeting Accomplishments
July 2011
Meeting Accomplishments
TG motion to approve and request WG approve the formation of a Ballot Resolution Committee for the Sponsor Ballot passed
TG motion to request WG to petition EC to release draft to Sponsor Ballot passed
Review the TG6 web page
Begin working on the tutorial
Minutes of May HBC/implant industry meeting were uploaded to IEEE server. F2F meeting was proposed by AdvaMed for July IEEE802 session but did not take place.
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

8. Coexistence Document Received 18 comments and resolved them July 2011
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

9. July 2011
TG Motion A
TG6 requests that the IEEE WG request unconditional approval from the EC to submit IEEE draft d04 to Sponsor Ballot.
Moved: Huan-Bang Li Second: Ryuji Kohno
Vote: Y: 15, A: 0, N: 2
Motion Passes
Arthur Astrin

10. July 2011
TG Motion B
TG6 requests that the WG approve the following individuals as the Ballot Resolution Committee for the Sponsor Ballot of IEEE : Daniel Lewis, Anuj Batra, Jin-Meng Ho, Omeni Okundu, Mark Dawkins, David Davenport, Hind Chebbo, Kaoru Yokoo, Marco Hernandez, Huan-Bang Li, Igor Dotlić, Ranjeet Kumar Patro, Clint Chaplin, Jung-hwan Hwang and Art Astrin. The committee will be chaired by Art Astrin.
Moved: Ryuji Kohno Second: Marco Hernandez
Vote: Y: 14, A: 3, N: 0
Motion Passes
Arthur Astrin

11. WG Motion
Move that the Working Group request EC unconditional approval to start Sponsor Ballot of IEEE draft d04 and approve doc: , as the package to be submitted to the EC.
Moved: Ryuji Kohno
Second: Huan-Bang Li
Vote: Y: 14, A: 0, N: 2
Motion Passes

12. Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC)
Details: see Operations Manual ( )
Function of BRC: Resolve Comments
Consider comments received in balloting
All comments considered
Resolutions documented
Update draft text per resolutions to accepted comments
Interact with voters as needed
Reasonable effort to change “disapprove” to “approve”
Default: if WG doesn’t approve BRC, the TG performs the function of the BRC

13. Ballot Resolution Committee (BRC)
BRC can be empowered (by WG) to conduct comment resolution, approve resolutions, update draft and initiate recirculation between full 802 wireless meetings. This has potential to accelerate the comment resolution and recirculation process
Reference: Working Group 15 Operations Manual

14. Membership Voting members of BRC Alternates Must be WG 802.15 voter
Technical skills and availability to resolve comments
Approved to vote on BRC by WG
Alternates
Qualified WG 15 voters
Approved by WG
Substitute when primary absent, counts towards Quorum

15. BRC Operation Open meetings - anyone can participate and contribute
Resolutions approved by 75% vote
Voting by BRC members approved by WG
Quorum > 50%
Meetings can be teleconference or F2F
Notice and agenda published >=1 week prior to meeting
Voting can be teleconference, meeting or F2F so long as quorum achieved
IEEE-SA rules, P&P apply to all meetings:
Minutes shall be posted
Comment resolutions approved with 75% (technical) vote
Initiate recirculation (if empowered by WG to do so)

16. Will hold teleconferences as needed
January 2011
Teleconferences
Will hold teleconferences as needed
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

17. Timeline 2011 July 2011 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 > >
2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1st re-circulation complete Letter Ballot 66 of draft d02
>
Comment resolution, 2nd recirculation
Draft d03, re-circulation , Letter Ballot 71
Submit for MEC (Manadatory Edit Cordination) review
Comment resolution, recirculation
Sponsor ballot invite (30 days)
> 
Prepare for sponsor ballot / Seek EC Approval for sponsor ballot
Start Sponsor ballot
Sponsor ballot Comment resolution
1st re-circulation Sponsor
2nd re-circulation Sponsor
Seek EC approval for RevCom
Arthur Astrin

18. Thank You ! Any Questions ?
July 2011
Thank You !
Any Questions ?
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

19. Purpose of Proposed Standard (PAR 07-0575)
July 2011
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 (Astrin Radio)

20. Need for the Project (PAR 07-0575)
July 2011
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 (Astrin Radio)

21. The light at the end of the tunnel…
July 2011
The light at the end of the tunnel…
IEEE P ™/D04 Draft Standard
for Body Area Network
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)