IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 Opening Report
Detailed overview of the 149th session of the IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Specialty Networks (WSN) held in March 2024 in Denver, featuring reports, organizational charts, standards pipeline, officer elections, meeting slots, and more.
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doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 149thSession of meetings of the IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Specialty Networks (WSN) Opening Report March 10-15, 2024 Held in Denver & Hybrid via Webex Clint Powell, HID Global Submission
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 802.15 WG Org. Chart Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 2
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 802.15 WG Standards Pipeline Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 3
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 802.15 WG Administrative Voting members: Nearly voting members: Aspirant voting member: 138 5 20 802.15 WG Officer Elections Clint Powell - Chair (elected March 2022) Phil Beecher - 1st Vice-Chair (elected March 2022) Ann Krieger - 2nd Vice-Chair (elected Nov. 2022) WG Secretary needed James Gilb - Tech. Editor (appointed March 2023) Ben Rolfe - Treasurer (appointed March 2023) Slide 4 Clint Powell, HID Global Submission
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 Meeting Slots for 802.15 WG March Plenary 149th IEEE 802.15 WSN SESSION Hyatt Regency Convention Center - Denver, Co The weekly session of the IEEE P802.15 WG on WSN is given in graphic format below. Local Time is meeting location time. R0 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 10-Mar-24 11-Mar-24 12-Mar-24 Local Time WEDNESDAY 13-Mar-24 THURSDAY 14-Mar-24 FRIDAY SATURDAY 16-Mar-24 15-Mar-24 Virtual Rm 1 Virtual Rm 2 Virtual Rm 3 Virtual Rm 4 Virtual Rm 1 Virtual Rm 2 Virtual Rm 3 Virtual Rm 4 Virtual Rm 1 Virtual Rm 2 Virtual Rm 3 Virtual Rm 4 Virtual Rm 1 Virtual Rm 2 Virtual Rm 3 Virtual Rm 4 Virtual Rm 1 07:00-07:30 07:30-08:00 08:00-08:30 08:30-09:00 09:00-09:30 09:30-10:00 10:00-10:30 10:30-11:00 11:00-11:30 11:30-12:00 12:00-12:30 12:30-13:00 13:00-13:30 13:30-14:00 14:00-14:30 14:30-15:00 15:00-15:30 15:30-16:00 16:00-16:30 16:30-17:00 17:00-17:30 17:30-18:00 18:00-18:30 18:30-19:00 19:00-19:30 19:30-20:00 20:00-20:30 20:30-21:00 21:00-21:30 21:30-22:00 22:00-22:30 22:30-23:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AdHoc - Reqs. WG15 Chair Approv. 802.15 AC Meeting (Virtual Rm 1) TG6ma BAN/ VAN TG6ma BAN/ VAN 802 LMSC OPENING MEETING TG4ab NG-UWB TG7a OCC SC THz TG7a OCC TG6ma BAN/ VAN TG4ab NG-UWB TG7a OCC Break Break Break Break 802.15 WG Midweek Plenary (Virtual Rm 1) 802.15 WG Opening Plenary (Virtual Rm 1) TG4ab NG-UWB SC TG4ab NG-UWB TG16t LicNB TG4ac Privacy TG4ac Privacy MAINT WNG (Virtual Rm 1) LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH AdHoc - Reqs. WG15 Chair Approv. AdHoc - Needs WG15 Chair Approv. TG6ma BAN/ VAN SG NG- SUN PHYs SG NG- SUN PHYs SG NG- SUN PHYs 802.15 SC THz TG16t LicNB TG16t LicNB TG4ab NG-UWB TG16t LicNB IG NG- OCC TG4me Revision TG4me Revision Chairs Corner 802 LMSC CLOSING MEETING Break Break Break Break AdHoc - Reqs. WG15 Chair Approv. AdHoc - Needs WG15 Chair Approv. WIRELESS CHAIRS MTG SG NG- SUN PHYs 802.15 WG Closing Plenary (Virtual Rm 1) TG4ab NG-UWB SC IG NG- OCC TG4ab NG-UWB 802 JTC1 TG4ab NG-UWB SC MAINT MAINT 802.15 AC MEETING (Virtual Rm 1) Break Break Break Break 802.15 / 802.1 Joint Mtg. Social Dinner on your own Dinner on your own Dinner on your own Dinner on your own Dinner on your own Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 5
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 2.6a: 2024 January Designation of Individual experts Individual experts who attend electronically for a specific purpose/presentation can be designated as such by the WG Chair and receive a registration fee waiver and limited attendance rights. See section 5 in https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/17/ec-17-0090-25-0PNP-ieee-802-lmsc-operations- manual.pdf , The Working Group Chair may designate specific individual experts who are allowed to participate in Working Group discussions via electronic means during an in-person meeting for the benefit of the group. These individuals are not considered to be attending the meeting and so they are not required to pay meeting fees and they do not get participation credit. The participation of these individuals should be limited to specific technical topics. Such participation shall be documented in the minutes of the Working Group meeting. The individuals listed below are hereby designated as specific individual experts on their respective topics and subject to the restrictions and benefits described in the 802 OM. Example: Name, Affiliation, Specific mtg. n/a n/a n/a n/a For WNG, attendance for each is limited to the WNG timeslot in which the respective presentation is scheduled. Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 6
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 IEEE 802.15 Standards & their Applications 802.15.16 802.15.4 Ultra-low Power Sensors Locating and Tracking Automotive FAN/MAN/RAN 802.15.4 Multi-media networks & High Speed Interconnect 802.15.3 Industrial Networks 802.15.6 802.15.7 802.15.13 Medical Critical Infrastructure Networks Consumer Devices Optical Agricultural Sensing Communications Structural Monitoring 7 Slide 7 Clint Powell, HID Global Submission
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 802.15 WG Subgroups/Objectives TG 3mb Revision b, Maintenance (mb) Objective: revision for 802.15.3, extension of the frequency range to 300 GHz and review the 802.1D references and replace them with 802.1Q as appropriate TG 4ab Next Generation Ultra WideBand (NG-UWB) Amendment Objective: enhancements to 802.15.4 Ultra Wideband (UWB) physical layers (PHYs) media access control (MAC), and associated ranging techniques while retaining backward compatibility with enhanced ranging capable devices (ERDEVs) TG 4ac Privacy Amendment Objective: modifications to the IEEE Std 802.15.4 medium access control (MAC) specification to specify mechanisms that address and improve user privacy Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 8
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 802.15 WG Subgroups/Objectives TG 4me Revision e, Maintenance (me) Objective: revision to 802.15.4-2020, rolling up amendments 802.15.4w, 802.15.4y, 802.15.4z, and 802.15.4aa and work on errors, omissions, updates, etc. TG 6ma Revision a, Maintenance (ma) Objective: enhancements to the BAN Ultra Wideband (UWB) physical layer (PHY) and media access control (MAC) to support enhanced dependability to a human BAN (HBAN) and adds support for vehicle body area networks (VBAN), a coordinator in a vehicle with devices around the vehicular cabin TG 7a Optical Camera Communication (OCC) Amendment Objective: high-rate OCC Physical Layer (PHY) using light wavelengths from 10,000 nm to 190 nm delivering data rates up to 100 Mb/s for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint communication Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 9
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 802.15 WG Subgroups/Objectives TG 14 Impulse Radio Ultra Wideband Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (UWB-AHN) ---IN HIBERNATION--- Objective: focused on impulse radio (IR) Ultra Wideband (UWB) PHY and MAC providing precision ranging capability that is accurate to the centimeter level by including (via. referencing) the 802.15.4 IR UWB functionality into a simple focused specification TG 15 Narrow Band Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (NB-AHN) ---IN HIBERNATION--- Objective: focused on narrow band ad hoc network PHY and MAC by including (via referencing) functionality and features of 802.15.4 into a simple focused specification TG 16t Licensed Narrowband (Lic-NB) Objective: specify new PHY in licensed spectrum with channel bandwidths greater than or equal to 5 kHz and less than 100 kHz focusing on spectrum less than 2 GHz. Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 10
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 802.15 WG Subgroups/Objectives SG Next Generation SUN PHYs Objective: Develop a PAR & CSD for extending the SUN PHYs IG Next Generation OCC Objective: Determine interest for extending the 802.15.7 OCC standard Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 11
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 802.15 WG Subgroups/Objectives SC Maintenance/Rules Objective: review errors noted in published standards providing a response/proposal to the 802.15 WG; review the 802.15 WG operations manual and general P&P and suggest changes to 802.15 WG; review PARs submitted by other WGs SC IETF Internet Engineering Task Force standing committee Objective: provides an 802.15 liaison to IETF for projects associated with 802.15 standards SC THz Terahertz (THz) Objective: communicate THz communications developments, providing input to the regulatory framework for THz comms. in close cooperation IEEE 802.18 TAG; trigger the start of projects to amend existing and develop new standards for THz comms. SC WNG Wireless Next Generation (WNG) Objective: provides an opportunity to individuals to make technical presentations to the 802.15 WG on new technologies and/or proposals for new projects Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 12
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 Session Objectives March 10-15, 2024 TG 3mb (Revision) 1. Not meeting at IEEE Editors TG 4ab (NG-UWB) 1. Identify draft missing pieces and determine work assignments 2. Resolve comments and address feedback on pre draft 3. Assess readiness to start Initial Letter Ballot TG 4ac (Privacy) 1. Continue preparing draft TG 4me (Revision) 1. Conduct comment resolution from 2nd Letter Ballot Recirc 2. Assess readiness to start 3rd Letter Ballot Recirc TG 6ma (Revision + BAN/VAN) 1. Resolve comments from pre ballot review 2. Assess readiness to start Initial Letter Ballot Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 13
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 Session Objectives March 10-15, 2024 TG 7a (OCC) 1. Conduct comment resolution for Initial Sponsor Ballot 2. Assess readiness to start 1st Sponsor Ballot Recirc TG 14 (UWB-AHN) in hibernation, no meetings TG 15 (NB-AHN) in hibernation, no meetings TG 16t (Lic-NB) 1. Conduct comment resolution from Initial Letter Ballot 2. Assess readiness to start 1st Letter Ballot Recirc Joint 802.1/802.15 1. Not meeting Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 14
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 Session Objectives March 10-15, 2024 SG NG-SUN PHYs 1. Hear additional presentations and develop plan while awaiting NesCom approval to become a Task Group IG NG-OCC 1. Hear additional presentations 2. Assess readiness to start Study Group Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 15
doc.: IEEE 802.15-24-0099-00 March 2024 Session Objectives March 10-15, 2024 SC MAINTENANCE 1. Review draft of detailed development process steps checklist 2. Identify list of all templates for WG15 Subpage SC IETF 1. Discuss IETF activities related to 802/802.15 at WG15 mid-week SC THz 1. Hearing presentations on THz related topics SC WNG 1. Hearing presentations on WSN related topics Clint Powell, HID Global Submission Slide 16