May 2011 IEEE P802. 15-11-0437-00-0006 IEEE P802.15 Wireless Personal Area Networks

Project TG6 Body Area Networks

Title TG6 Palm Springs Interim Meeting Minutes

Date 19/May/2011 Submitted [Igor Dotlić] Voice: [+81-46-847-5066] Source [NICT] Fax: [+81-46-847-5431] [Yokosuka, Japan] E-mail: [[email protected]] Re: TG 6 Palm Springs Meeting Minutes

Abstract Minutes of TG6 in Palm Springs 2010

Purpose Minutes of TG6 sessions

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Hyatt Grand Champion, Indian Wells, California. May 9-12, 2011

Monday, May 9th, 2011– Session 1 13:30 Meeting was called to order by the chair.

The chair asked for approval of the previous meeting minutes (11-0314-01). Meeting minutes were approved unanimously.

The chair went through “IEEE-SA Patent Policy”. No one answered as aware of any patents essential for the implementation of the standard.

The chair presented “TG6 opening report May 2011” (11-0366-00).

Chuck gave report about HBC PHY conf. calls.

Bob: We will need one more re-circulation ballot for the resolutions of the new negative comments.

Daniel Lewis gave the editors’ report for the draft of the standard d03, LB71.

The group divided in subgroups for comments resolution.

The session was recessed by the chair.

Monday, May 9th, 2011– Session 2 16:00 Meeting was called to order by the chair.

The group divided in subgroups for comments resolution.

The session was recessed by the chair.

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011– Session 3 08:00 Meeting was called to order by the chair.

The group divided in subgroups for comments resolution.

The session was recessed by the chair.

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011– Session 4 10:30 Meeting was called to order by the chair.

Approval of the clause 9 comments resolutions; comments resolutions were approved without objections.

The group divided in subgroups for comments resolution.

The session was recessed by the chair.

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011– Session 5 13:30 Meeting was called to order by the chair.

The session continued with the comments resolution.

TG6 submission Page 2 Igor Dotlić, NICT May 2011 IEEE P802. 15-11-0437-00-0006 The session was recessed by the chair.

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011– Session 6 16:00 Meeting was called to order by the chair.

Approval of the clause 10 comments resolutions; comments resolutions were approved unanimously.

The session continued with the comments resolution.

The session was recessed by the chair.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011– Session 7 13:30 Meeting was called to order by the chair.

The chair: Comment resolution for Clauses 6 and 7 is finished.

The chair: We will combine all spreadsheets into one and vote on it on PM2.

Chuck: All my 3 comments for HBC PHY are rejected as non-actionable. We need to make substantial improvement in Clause 11 and Samsung needs to provide enough information to address our concerns.

Anuj: We need to address point in MICS band about duty-cycle in a certain band; we will change the text and bring it to the group in PM2 to vote on.

The session was recessed by the chair.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011– Session 8 16:00 Meeting was called to order by the chair.

Paul Stadnik presented “Proposed change to text for MICS LP-LDC support” (11-0410-00). Paul Stadnik presented “Proposed change to text for MICS LP-LDC support” (11-0410-01).

TG6 Motion 1: Approve the contents of: 15-11-0363-05-0006-lb71-d03p802-15-6-comment-register and presentation 15- 11-0410-01-0006-proposed-change-to-text-for-mics-lp-ldc-support as resolving comments on d03P802-15- 6_Draft_Standard.

Moved: Daniel Lewis Second: Anuj Batra

Vote: Unanimous

The session was recessed by the chair.

Thursday, May 12th, 2011– Session 9 13:30 Meeting was called to order by the chair.

Daniel gave the current status of incorporating the comments in the standard draft. The chair presented the timeline for letter ballot re-circ and sponsor ballot (11-0432-00) p.8.

TG6 submission Page 3 Igor Dotlić, NICT May 2011 IEEE P802. 15-11-0437-00-0006 Anuj: I urge people to keep their technical comments for the sponsor ballot. We can certainly discuss them in advance in San Francisco.

The chair presented “TG6 Closing Report May 2011” (11-0432-00).

The session was recessed by the chair.

Thursday, May 12th, 2011– Session 10 16:00 Meeting was called to order by the chair.

The chair presented the liaison letter from ETSI including two concerns: 1. Low Power – Low Duty Cycle issue already addressed in 11-0410-01. 2. Potential EMI problem of HBC to implanted medical devices.

The chair: I want to ask report of HBC - implanted medical devices industry meeting update. Chuck: It is still open.

The session was recessed by the chair. The meeting was adjourned by the chair.

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