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April 2012 doc. : 15 -12 -0216 -00 -004 p Project: IEEE P 802. 15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [Liaison Report to IEEE VTS] Date Submitted: [April 27, 2012] Source: [Jon Adams] Company [Lilee Systems] Address [2905 Stender Way, Suite 78, Santa Clara CA, 95054 USA] Voice: [+1. 480. 628. 6686], E-Mail: [jonadams@ieee. org] Re: [] Abstract: [Liaison report from IEEE 802. 15. 4 p to IEEE VTS Bo. G] Purpose: [Update VTS Bo. G and VTS committees on progress of IEEE 802. 15. 4 p PTC Task Group] Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P 802. 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 P 802. 15. Submission Slide 1 Jon Adams, Lilee Systems

March 2012 doc. : 15 -12 -0216 -00 -004 p New Technologies Breed Innovation • Broad Interoperability Drives New Applications – 3 GPP (worldwide cellular standard) • First 3 G specification in 2000, 7 full specification releases since then – IEEE 802. 11 • First release in 1997, growth of application space has driven 25 amendments in 14 years – Many others (Zig. Bee, Wired/Wireless HART, CANbus, Ethernet, and more) • Impossible to predict future use based on current expectation • Average service life of radio equipment in rail and transit applications is in excess of 10 -15 years • System design may remain in place for 20 -25 years • Open forum allows interested parties to vet independently quality and performance, and to propose to improve • Standards are good for the customer, good for the vendor Submission Slide 2 Jon Adams, Lilee Systems

March 2012 doc. : 15 -12 -0216 -00 -004 p IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) • • Local Area and Metropolitan Area Networks OSI Reference Model 32 -year history of creating world’s most successful, interoperable, networked wired and wireless data Application standards Presentation Formal, coordinated, transparent, open and consensus-based process Session Participation is by individual contributor Transport Six face-to-face meetings per year to allow Network sufficient vetting and promote timely development Data Link Voting rights maintained with active participation IEEE Physical Broad international participation 802 Primarily physical and link layers of network stack Medium Submission Slide 3 Jon Adams, Lilee Systems

March 2012 doc. : 15 -12 -0216 -00 -004 p IEEE 802. 15. 4 • Over 200 million units deployed for industrial, commercial and residential control and sensing • Accepted as ISO/IEC Standard 8802 -15 -4 • Used by the Zig. Bee Alliance, ISA-100, Wireless HART, IETF (6 Lo. WPAN), others • Hundreds of participants working on new functions and performance enhancement Submission Slide 4 Jon Adams, Lilee Systems

April 2012 doc. : 15 -12 -0216 -00 -004 p IEEE 802. 15. 4 p Positive Train Control Task Group • Wireless communications between – Train and Wayside – Train and Network Infrastructure – Wayside and Network Infrastructure Network Control Center Submission Slide 5 Jon Adams, Lilee Systems

doc. : 15 -12 -0216 -00 -004 p IEEE 802. 15. 4 p • Task Group approved by IEEE Standards Association April 2012 • On schedule to establish baseline proposal by November 2012 • Growing participation and credibility due to managing expectations and meeting each goal • Selected IEEE 802. 15. 4 since it is a well-vetted standard with over 200 million devices used in many industries – Smart Utility Networks – Critical Infrastructure Monitoring – Factory Automation and Process Control • Officers – Chair: Jon Adams, MSEE (Lilee Systems) – Vice Chair: Alan Rao, Ph. D (US DOT Volpe Center) – Secretary: Jon Adams (acting) • Liaison(s) – Between IEEE 802 and IEEE VTS: Jon Adams Submission Slide 6 Jon Adams, Lilee Systems

doc. : 15 -12 -0216 -00 -004 p IEEE 802. 15. 4 p: 90 Individuals from over 50 Entities • • • • • • • Siemens US DOT Sunrise Micro US DOT FTA Samsung Information Systems America The Ohio State University Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Korea) US DOT Volpe Safetran (Invensys Rail) Union Pacific RR LG Electronics Notor Research Cal. Amp Rail Safety Consulting / TUV Institute for Infocomm Research National Taiwan University Qualcomm Freescale Kyocera Interdigital Tensorcom Joint Council on Transit Wireless Communications Analog Devices CSX National Technical Systems Parsons Brinckerhoff Submission • • • • • • • Slide 7 Bombardier Transportation Rohde and Schwarz Korea Railroad Research Institute Lilee Systems The Boeing Company Semtech Vinnotech Noblis Stantec Tohoku University REIC (Japan) Beijing Univ of Posts and Telecommunications NXP Verizon Authentec Sensus TU Braunschweig Via Technologies Halcrow (CH 2 M HILL) US DOT FRA Philips Astrin Radio China Academy of Telecomm Research Gannett Fleming GE APTA Semaphore Group Anritsu Inha University (Korea) Jon Adams, Lilee Systems

doc. : 15 -12 -0216 -00 -004 p IEEE 802. 15. 4 p PTC Schedule • Study Group – Approval of Study Group – Completion of PAR/5 C Docs – Approval of PAR/5 C Docs • Nov 2011 Jan 2012 Preparation for Task Group Phase – Call for Applications – Extension of Call for Applications – Approval by NESCOM and 802 EC of IEEE 802. 15. 4 p TG • Proposal Effort – – – • Dec 2011 Mar 2012 Apr 2012 Technical Guidance Document Call for Proposals Preliminary Proposals Final Proposals Adopt Baseline May 2012 DRAFTING May 2012 ON PLAN July 2012 Sep 2012 Nov 2012 Drafting – Preliminary draft – Final draft (ready for WG Letter Ballot) Submission Slide 8 Jan 2013 July 2013 Jon Adams, Lilee Systems

April 2012 doc. : 15 -12 -0216 -00 -004 p Participation and Activities • Conference Calls – Weekly calls • Wednesday at 0800 Pacific/1100 Eastern and UK 1600 / CET 1700 – May 2, 9 • Call details are: +1. 530. 881. 1000, participant access code: 646359# – Face to Face meetings at IEEE 802 Interim (May, Atlanta; Sep, Palm Springs), IEEE 802 Plenary (July, San Diego; Nov, San Antonio) • Details at http: //802 world. org/wireless/ • Continuing Work – – Prepare Technical Guidance Document Informational presentations during the upcoming telecons before Atlanta Receive and vet technical proposals between May and September Agree on baseline proposal by September • Activities to date in 2012 – Presentation and panel discussion, PTC World Congress, Orlando FL 29 Feb; Journal paper and presentation, Joint Rail Conference 2012 (ASME, IEEE, ASCE) 18 April Submission Slide 9 Jon Adams, Lilee Systems

April 2012 doc. : 15 -12 -0216 -00 -004 p Documents • As 802. 15. 4 p Task Group – https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 15/documents? is_ group=004 p • As 802. 15 Study Group (inactive) – https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 15/documents? is_ group=0 ptc • Web site – http: //www. ieee 802. org/15/ Submission Slide 10 Jon Adams, Lilee Systems

March 2012 doc. : 15 -12 -0216 -00 -004 p Summary • Standards Drive Interoperability – – Good for the customer and for the vendor Simplifies product development Speeds time-to-market Easier to understand compare competing products • IEEE 802 – Billions of devices use IEEE 802 standards for missioncritical, industrial, commercial, and consumer spaces • IEEE 802. 15. 4 p Positive Train Control Group – IEEE 802. 15. 4 already ANSI/ISO/IEC standard with over 200 million units deployed – PTC functionality will be added rapidly – 90 participants from over 50 entities, and growing JOIN WITH US! Submission Slide 11 Jon Adams, Lilee Systems