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Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)

Submission Title: [802.15 PTCsg Presentation]Date Submitted: [16 Nov 2011]Source: [Jon Adams] Company [Lilee Systems, Ltd]Address [2905 Stender Way, Suite 78, Santa Clara, CA, 95054 USA]Voice:[+1.480-628-6686], E-Mail:[jonadams@ieee.org]Re: []

Abstract: [We’re a Study Group, so now what?]

Purpose: [Potential PHY Amendment to IEEE 802.15.4 or new standard under IEEE 802.15]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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Participants, Patents, and Duty to InformAll participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants:

“Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents

“Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims

“Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents)

The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group

Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2 Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly

encouraged No duty to perform a patent search Slide #1

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Patent Related LinksAll participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development.Patent Policy is stated in these sources:

IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylawshttp://standards.ieee.org/guides/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manualhttp://standards.ieee.org/guides/opman/sect6.html#6.3

Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-material.html

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If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/index.html

This slide set is available at http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt

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Call for Potentially Essential Patents• If anyone in this meeting is personally aware

of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: – Either speak up now or– Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the

holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or– Cause an LOA to be submitted

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Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings

All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws.

Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims.

Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical

approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. Technical considerations remain primary focus

Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets.

Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object.

--------------------------------------------------------------- See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 5.3.10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation:

What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details.

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Motion at 802.15 Closing Plenary

• Motion: The 802.15 Working Group seeks approval from the 802 EC to form a Study Group to develop the PAR and 5C documents for a wireless communications standard supporting US-mandated Positive Train Control systems.

• Moved by Clint Chaplin• Seconded by Clint Powell• Approved 49Y/0N/0A

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Motion at Friday’s 802 EC Meeting

• To approve the recommendation of the 802.15 Working Group for the formation of the IEEE 802.15 Positive Train Control Study Group

• Vote 14y/0n/0a

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PTC-SG Officers (Interim)

Chair: Jon Adams (Lilee Systems)

Vice Chair: Dr Mark Hartong (Federal Railroad Administration)

Secretary: TBD

Technical Editor TBD (Not needed until in editing phase)

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PTC-SG Schedule• Interest Group

– Establish group, discuss process Aug 2011– Establish regular meeting schedule Oct 2011– Request promotion to Study Group Nov 2011

• Study Group– Call for Applications/Contributions Nov 2011– Draft Project Authorization Request and 5C Nov 2011– Request PAR/5C approval Jan 2012– Request promotion to Task Group Mar 2012

• Task Group– Proposal Effort

• Technical Guidance Document May 2012• Call for Proposals May 2012• Preliminary Proposals July 2012• Final Proposals Sep 2012• Adopt Baseline Nov 2012

– Drafting• Preliminary draft May 2013• Final draft (ready for WG Letter Ballot) July 2013

– Balloting• Letter ballot Sep 2013• Recirculation I Jan 2014• Recirculation II Mar 2014• Recirculation III May 2014• Sponsor Ballot July 2014

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PTC-SG Goals and Intentions

This standard may be a new IEEE 802.15 standard or an amendment to IEEE 802.15.4. The intention is to standardize the over-the-air radio link for the mandated US Positive Train Control law established in 2008:• Enables operation in a variety of radio frequency bands including the US-

licensed 216-222MHz spectrum• Supports typical data rates from 9.6 to 200 kbits per second• Support for multiple simultaneous networks• Provides for mobility up to 500km/h (1000km/h closing speeds, train to train)• Supports radio ranges up to 70km• Shall operate in not-necessarily contiguous channel sizes as small as 5kHz

but generally up to 50kHz• Requires flexible and robust QoS with attention to connection time, transfer

delay, registration delay, and handover time• Allows for rapidly changing (several per second) network membership• Realizes optimal and power efficient device command and control

applications for energy-scavenged end devices

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Goals and Intentions 2

• Propagation path loss of approximately 140 dB• Potential for dozens of simultaneous wayside and network connections

per locomotive• Asymmetric application data flow• Extreme difference in capabilities and performance between wayside,

network access points, and locomotives– Locomotive and Network Access Points may support all standardized modulations (MCS)

and data rates– May be requirements to support antenna diversity or antenna beam steering– Wayside equipment may be required to conserve energy

• Reliable operation in dramatically changing environments (no control over environment)

• This amendment also provides mechanisms that enable coexistence with other systems in the same band(s) including IEEE 802.11, 802.15, and 802.16 systems, assuming those networks exist in set of bands

• Because of its nature, the standard developed here may be broadly applicable to other monitoring and control Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) functions.

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PAR (Project Authorization Request) 1

• The important bits:• 5.2 Scope: This amendment specifies a physical layer for 802.15.nn US

Positive Train Control regulatory requirements and also any necessary MAC changes needed to support this physical layer. The standard: enables operation in a variety of radio frequency bands including the US-licensed 216-222MHz spectrum, supporting typical data rates from 9.6 to 200 kbits per second; provides for mobility up to 1000km/h (closing speeds, train to train); supports radio ranges up to 50km; shall operate in not-necessarily continguous channel sizes as small as 5kHz; requires flexible and robust QoS with attention to connection time, transfer delay, registration delay, and handover time; allows for rapidly changing network membership which may or may not require association; realizes optimal and power efficient device command and control applications for energy-scavenged end devices. Because of its nature, the standard developed here may be broadly applicable to other monitoring and control Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) functions.

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PAR (Project Authorization Request) 2

• 5.4 Purpose: The purpose of this amendment/standard is to enable 802.15 wireless networks to address large scale Positive Train Control device command and control applications.

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Five Criteria, Section 1

• 1. Broad Market Potential– a) Broad sets of applicability– b) Multiple vendors and numerous users– c) Balanced costs (LAN versus attached

stations)

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Five Criteria, Section 2

• 2. Compatibility– IEEE 802 defines a family of standards. All standards shall be in

conformance with the IEEE 802.1 Architecture, Management, and Interworking documents as follows: 802 Overview and Architecture, 802.1D, 802.1Q, and parts of 802.1f. If any variances in conformance emerge, they shall be thoroughly disclosed and reviewed with 802.1.

– Each standard in the IEEE 802 family of standards shall include a definition of managed objects which are compatible with systems management standards.

– This standard will be compatible with the IEEE 802 requirements of Architecture, Management, and Inter-networking documents as required. There is no specific technology feature anticipated in the standard that could preclude this compliance.

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Five Criteria, Section 3

• 3. Distinct Identity– a) Substantially different from other IEEE

802 standards– b) One unique solution per problem (not

two solutions to a problem)– c) Easy for the document reader to select

the relevant specification

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Five Criteria, Section 4

• 4. Technical Feasibility – a) Demonstrated system feasibility– b) Proven technology, reasonable testing – c) Confidence in reliability– d) Coexistence of 802 wireless standards

specifying devices for unlicensed operation

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Five Criteria, Section 5

• 5. Economic Feasibility– a) Known cost factors, reliable data– b) Reasonable cost for performance– c) Consideration of installation costs 

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Logistics from Atlanta to Jacksonville

Conference Calls• Near weekly calls

– Wednesday at 1600 Eastern– November 30; December 7, 14, 21; January 4, 11

• Call details are: +1.530.881.1000, participant access code: 646359#

• Topics– Further work to finalize PAR and 5Cs– Call for contributions and applications– Continue to increase industry participation

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