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May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g Project: IEEE P 802. 15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: TG 4 g-SUN Opening Report for Montreal, May 2009 Date Submitted: May 2009 Source: Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd Contact: Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd. Voice: +44 7765 400948, E-Mail: pbeecher@ieee. org Re: TG 4 g Opening Report for May 2009 Session Abstract: Opening Report for the SUN Session in Montreal Purpose: Smart Utility Networks 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. TG 4 g - SUN Slide 1 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g TG 4 g-SUN PAR Scope This Standard defines an amendment to IEEE 802. 15. 4. It addresses principally outdoor Low Data Rate Wireless Smart Metering Utility Network requirements. It defines an alternate PHY and only those MAC modifications needed to support its implementation. Specifically, the amendment supports all of the following: • Operation in any of the regionally available license exempt frequency bands, such as 700 MHz to 1 GHz, and the 2. 4 GHz band. • Data rate of at least 40 kbits per second but not more than 1000 kbits per second • Achieve the optimal energy efficient link margin given the environmental conditions encountered in Smart Metering deployments. • Principally outdoor communications • PHY frame sizes up to a minimum of 1500 octets • Simultaneous operation for at least 3 co-located orthogonal networks • Connectivity to at least one thousand direct neighbors characteristic of dense urban deployment • Provides mechanisms that enable coexistence with other systems in the same band(s) including IEEE 802. 11, 802. 15 and 802. 16 systems TG 4 g - SUN Slide 2 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g TG 4 g-SUN PAR Purpose To provide a global standard that facilitates very large scale process control applications such as the utility smart-grid network. This amendment supports large, geographically diverse networks with minimal infrastructure. Smart Metering Utility Networks can potentially contain millions of fixed endpoints. The communication range, robustness, and coexistence characteristics required for this class of application have not been met with existing 802 standards (See explanatory notes in Section 8. 1 Doc#15 -08 -705). TG 4 g - SUN Slide 3 3 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g SUN Officers Chair: Phil Beecher Secretary: Jana Van Gruenen TG 4 g - SUN Slide 4 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g Meeting Goals q Hear responses to Call for Final Proposals q Joint meeting with TG 4 e q Consideration of TG 4 g and Tg 4 e tasks q Review Required Supporting Documentation q PHY Parameters Guidance q Review Timeline TG 4 g - SUN Slide 5 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g SG 4 g-SUN Meetings This Week Mtg Monday AM 1 Opening Plenary Tuesday Wednesday Presentations (final proposals) AM 2 Open, Presentations (final proposals) PM 1 Presentations (final proposals) PM 2 Joint session with TG 4 e PM 3 Midweek Plenary Presentations (final proposals) TG 4 e (Possible overflow session) TG 4 e Presentations (final proposals) TG 4 e Social Closing Plenary Presentations (final proposals) TG 4 g - SUN Thursday Slide 6 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g Approve Agenda TG 4 g - SUN Slide 7 7 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 Instructions for the WG Chair doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g The IEEE-SA strongly recommends that at each WG meeting the chair or a designee: – – Show slides #1 through #4 of this presentation Advise the WG attendees that: • The IEEE’s patent policy is consistent with the ANSI patent policy and is described in Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws; • Early identification of patent claims which may be essential for the use of standards under development is strongly encouraged; • There may be Essential Patent Claims of which the IEEE is not aware. Additionally, neither the IEEE, the WG, nor the WG chair can ensure the accuracy or completeness of any assurance or whether any such assurance is, in fact, of a Patent Claim that is essential for the use of the standard under development. – Instruct the WG Secretary to record in the minutes of the relevant WG meeting: • That the foregoing information was provided and that slides 1 through 4 (and this slide 0, if applicable) were shown; • That the chair or designee provided an opportunity for participants to identify patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) of which the participant is personally aware and that may be essential for the use of that standard • Any responses that were given, specifically the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) and/or the holder of the patent claim(s)/patent application claim(s) that were identified (if any) and by whom. – The WG Chair shall ensure that a request is made to any identified holders of potential essential patent claim(s) to complete and submit a Letter of Assurance. It is recommended that the WG chair review the guidance in IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual 6. 3. 5 and in FAQs 12 and 12 a on inclusion of potential Essential Patent Claims by incorporation or by reference. – Note: WG includes Working Groups, Task Groups, and other standards-developing committees with a PAR approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board. (Optional to be shown) TG 4 g - SUN Slide 8 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants: l “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 l “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) l 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 Slide #1 No duty to perform a patent search l l l TG 4 g - SUN Slide 9 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g Patent Related Links All 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 Bylaws http: //standards. ieee. org/guides/bylaws/sect 6 -7. html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http: //standards. ieee. org/guides/opman/sect 6. html#6. 3 Material about the patent policy is available at http: //standards. ieee. org/board/pat-material. html 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-slideset. ppt Slide #2 TG 4 g - SUN Slide 10 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g 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 Slide #3 TG 4 g - SUN Slide 11 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings l All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. l l Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. l Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. l l Technical considerations remain primary focus Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. l Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. l 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. Slide #4 TG 4 g - SUN Slide 12 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g Chair’s Role • http: //ieee 802. org/Mike_Spring_Article_on_Stds_Proce ss. pdf …the chairperson of the working group is key to what and how fast a standard is produced. The chair of the committee acts as a facilitator with little power to legislate. The chair must be knowledgeable about the subject but also know how a standard may be used by various segments of the industry. A chairperson should be a leader-diplomat-observer, in equal proportions. Also, the chairperson should not be a doer, perfectionist or obstructionist. This is consistent with the view of the chairperson as a skilled leader with strong negotiation skills who delegates. TG 4 g - SUN Slide 13 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g IEEE 802 standards development life cycle – part 1 Call for Interest (CFI) Adequate interest? Study Group Investigates forming a project Produce PAR and 5 Criteria Nes. Com & Standards Board review Standards Board approval Start work in Working Group and EC review EC approves Forward PAR to Nes. Com Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications TG 4 g - SUN 14 Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g IEEE 802 standards development life cycle – part 2 Review ballot comments, modify draft as needed Review proposals Changes or new disapproves? Material selected? Recirculate changes and disapprove comments Create and refine draft Draft complete? No changes and no new disapproves, 75% approve and Working Group approves forwarding to sponsor ballot? Working Group ballot TG 4 g - SUN 15 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g IEEE 802 standards development life cycle – part 3 Request EC approve forward to sponsor ballot Request EC approve forward to Rev. Com EC approval? Rev. Com approval Sponsor ballot Changes or new disapproves? Review ballot comments, modify draft as needed No changes and no new disapproves, 75% approve Standards Board approval Prepare for publication Published standard TG 4 g - SUN 16 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g Time is of the essence! • • • The Department of Energy is the lead agency on the federal Smart Grid effort, and NIST is charged with coordinating the development of standards for the project. NIST’s three-phase approach will: Further engage utilities, equipment suppliers, consumers, standards developers and other stakeholders to achieve consensus on Smart Grid standards. This process will include a stakeholders’ summit scheduled for May 19 -20 in Washington, D. C. By early fall, the process will deliver: – the Smart Grid architecture; – priorities for interoperability and cybersecurity standards, and an initial set of standards to support implementation; and – plans to meet remaining standards needs. • • • Launch a formal partnership to facilitate development of additional standards to address remaining gaps and integrate new technologies. Develop a plan for testing and certification to ensure that Smart Grid equipment and systems conform to standards for security and interoperability. After issuing the initial set of priorities, standards and action plans in early fall, NIST will initiate the partnership and complete a testing-and-certification plan by the end of the year. (Source: NIST) TG 4 g - SUN 17 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

May 2009 doc. : IEEE 15 -00 -0370 -01 -004 g Time is of the essence! • NIST recently contracted with the Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI) to help the agency develop an interim report on Smart Grid architecture and a standards roadmap. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. , EPRI is an independent, nonprofit, noncommercial organization that conducts research and development relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity. • EPRI also will support consensus-building activities to create an initial slate of Smart Grid standards. By the end of 2009, NIST plans to submit these standards for review and approval by the Federal Energy Regulation Commission, which has jurisdiction over interstate distribution and sales of electric power. (source: NIST) TG 4 g - SUN 18 Phil Beecher, Beecher Communications Consultants Ltd

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