1. Submission Title: TG6 Closing Report for the Session in March 2010
Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: TG6 Closing Report for the Session in March 2010
Date Submitted: March 18, 2009
Source: Arthur Astrin
Contact: Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)
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Re: TG6 Closing Report for March 2010 Session
Abstract: Closing Report for the TG6 Session in March 2010.
Purpose: To summarize activities during the meeting
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2. 14th Meeting as a Task Group 6
March 2010
IEEE TG6
Body Area Network
Closing Report
14th Meeting as a Task Group 6
Orlando, FL
March 18, 2009
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

3. Pre–meeting merger status
March 2010
Pre–meeting merger status
Proposal
Normative Text in Doc #
HBC NB
UWB
MAC
WiBAN
Samsung-ETRI-CUNY-KETI-KORPA-Inha-CNU-CSEM -IMEC-Zarlink
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, , ,
SMA
NICT-YNU-Meiji-TI-Philips-GE-Toumaz-Fujitsu-CEA-FT-Thales-Tensorcom-Olympus-NICTA , , AA
TG6
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

4. doc.: IEEE xxx-0x-0006
May 2009
March 2010
Merger Announcement
WiBAN-SMA are happy to announce that an agreement has been reached to move forward in TG6
The two groups will be supporting the following documents to be included in the TG6 Draft:
– Narrowband PHY
– MAC and Security
– UWB PHY
– HBC (EFC)
Both teams are committed to achieving a letter ballot by May or July 2010 meeting
Huan-Bang Li, NICT and E. T. Won, Samsung
Huan-Bang Li, NICT and E. T. Won, Samsung

5. March 2010
Agreement on HBC/EFC
Commitment to improve HBC/EFC including harmonization of preambles, packet structure between HBC/EFC and other narrowband PHY’s, etc.
Commitment:
To resolve transmit power concerns
To ensure that the maximum level shall be chosen to mitigate against interference to other 15.6 devices and electrophysiological and other medical devices
Commitment to comply with safety and spectrum regulations and guidelines for HBC/EFC
Commitment to update TG6 regulatory document applicable to HBC/EFC and include in the regulatory document
Huan-Bang Li, NICT and E. T. Won, Samsung

6. doc.: IEEE xxx-0x-0006
May 2009
March 2010
Motion
Instruct the technical editor to combine documents: , , , into a single TG6 baseline draft
Moved: E.T. Won
Second: Huan-Bang Li
Vote: Yes: 56, No: 1, Abstain: 0
Huan-Bang Li, NICT and E. T. Won, Samsung
Huan-Bang Li, NICT and E. T. Won, Samsung

7. Meeting Result March 2010 Normative Text Present to TG6 0201 0195 0198
HBC NB
UWB
MAC
Normative Text
Present to TG6
0201
0195
0198
0196
Release to TG6
TG6 Candidate
TG6 Vote
TG6 Baseline
Arthur Astrin

8. Teleconferences Will hold several teleconferences when needed
March 2010
Teleconferences
Will hold several teleconferences when needed
and face to face meetings
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9. Timeline 2010 March 2010 Merge Proposals
2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Merge Proposals
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Agree content for Baseline Draft
Draft Work
Technical Comments Resolution
Draft Ready for 1st letter ballot 40days
1st letter ballot complete
Resolution of comments, 1st recirculation
1st re-circulation complete
approval
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

10. Plans for May 2010 meeting Continue refining the baseline draft
March 2010
Plans for May 2010 meeting
Continue refining the baseline draft
Resolve any remaining controversies, which may delay the completion of the standard
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

11. Thank You ! Any Questions ?
March 2010
Thank You !
Any Questions ?
Arthur Astrin (Astrin Radio)

12. Purpose of Proposed Standard (PAR 07-0575)
March 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 (Astrin Radio)

13. Need for the Project (PAR 07-0575)
March 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 (Astrin Radio)