Interim Report

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Project IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless
Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title
15.4-interest-group-closing-report Date
Submitted 7 March 2003 Source Larry Taylor
Company Staccato Communications, Jason Ellis
Company General Atomics Address 5893 Oberlin
Dr., San Diego, CA, USA Voice(858) 642 0111,
FAX [phone],E-Maillarry.taylor_at_staccat
ocommunications.com Address 10240 Flanders
Ct., San Diego, CA, USA Voice(858) 457 8749,
FAX [phone],E-Mailjsnellis_at_ieee.org R
e UWB Interest Group for 802.15.4 Abstract Cl
osing Plenary Report on IEEE 802.15.
IG4a Purpose To inform the WG on progress in
the Alt PHY interest group for 15.4. Notice This
document has been prepared to assist the IEEE
P802.15. 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 P802.15.
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Alt PHY Interest Group Activities

• Interest group started in November 02
• Reflector membership stable but still growing
• Current count 160 members
• Presentation sessions at Ft. Lauderdale Mtg
• 100 attendees
• Tutorial at Dallas (1) Mtg.
• 200 attendees
• Motion to form SG defeated with request to
  identify more 15.4 differentiating applications
• Informal Call for Applications issued
• 14 respondents
• SFO Meeting
• Monday Evening - Application presentation, 70
  attendees
• Motion to move to Study Group
• 62 For, 20 Against, 14 Abstentions

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Informal Call for Applications

• 14 Respondents
• See IEEE 802.15-03/266
• Identified a range of application areas
• Safety (Public/Military)
• Smart buildings
• Item locating/tracking
• RTLS
• Inventory/transportation
• Networking
• Respondents from industry, retail, public
  services, communications and semiconductor
  manufacturers
• Address cost, technical feasibility as well as
  markets

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15.4 Enhancement Focus

• Precision Location is key enhancement
• Wide range of value adding applications
  identified
• Enhancement of other capabilities
• Scalable data rate
• High aggregate capacity
• Range
• Power consumption
• Cost

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Table of Contributors

• Source Affiliation(s) Pages
• Patrick Houghton Aetherwire Location 4-12
• Jason Ellis General Atomics 13-17
• Lajuane Brooks LBA Consulting 18-21
• John Lampe Nanotron Technologies 22-24
• Uri Kareev Pulsicom 25-28
• In Hwan Kim Samsung Electronics 29-34
• Ted Kwon Samsung / CUNY 35-39
• Mark Bowles Staccato Communications 40-43
• Philippe Rouzet ST Microelectronics 42-56
• Oren Eliezer InfoRange 57-61
• Kai Siwiak TimeDerivative / Q-Track 62-65
• Peter Batty Ubisense Limited 66-71
• Serdar Yurdakul Wisair 72-80
• Richard Nowakowski City of Chicago- OEMC
  RD 81-88

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Summary

• Confirmed interest level to start Study Group
• Identified many enhanced applications
• Restate commitment of leadership slate
• Chair Larry Taylor (Staccato)
• Vice Chair Jason Ellis (General Atomics)
• Technical Editor Philippe Rouzet (ST
  Microelectronics)
• Secretary TBD (TBD)
• Owing to the intensity of the 15.3a down
  selection debate, the working sessions were
  postponed

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Motion to the Working Group
Move to create a Study Group for the purpose of
generating an amendment PAR 5C for an alternate
PHY for 802.15.4-2003 For 62 Against
20 Abstain 14 Motion carried