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November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Project: IEEE P 802. 15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: ULP TG Opening San Antonio Date Submitted: November 2014 Source: SS SShahriar Emami, Samsung 75 W Plumeria Drive, San Jose, CA, USA Abstract: Opening report for the ULP TG Session Purpose: Overview of activities during the meeting 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 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q ULP TG Opening Report San Antonio, Tx November 2014 Submission Slide 2 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Attendance • Record your attendance https: //imat. ieee. org Submission Slide 3 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Meeting Protocol • Please announce your affiliation when you first address the group during a meeting slot Submission Slide 4 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All 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 Submission Slide 5 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q 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/develop/policies/bylaws/sect 6 -7. html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http: //standards. ieee. org/develop/policies/opman/sect 6. html#6. 3 Material about the patent policy is available at http: //standards. ieee. org/about/sasb/patcom/materials. html If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee. org or visit http: //standards. ieee. org/about/sasb/patcom/index. html This slide set is available at https: //development. standards. ieee. org/myproject/Public/mytools/mob/slideset. ppt Submission Slide 6 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q 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 Submission Slide 7 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q 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. Submission Slide 8 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Approval of September Meeting Minutes • 15 -14 -0594 -00 -004 q-meetingminutessep 2014. docx Submission Slide 9 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Scope of ULP TG This amendment defines an ultra low power (ULP) physical layer operating in sub 1 GHz and 2. 4 GHz license exempt bands supporting typical data rates up to 1 Mbps. This amendment also defines the necessary MAC changes required for supporting the new ULP physical layer. The desired peak power consumption for the PHY should be typically less than 15 m. W. The full PAR document can be found at https: //mentor. ieee. org/802. 15/dcn/12/15 -12 -0386 -06 -004 q-ulp-par. pdf. Submission Slide 10 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q ULP History • SG formed in March 2012 • Operated as SG 4 q in May, July, Sept and November of 2012 • Became a TG in December 2012 • San Antonio is our 13 th meeting as a TG Submission Slide 11 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q November 2014 Session • Total of 6 time slots - PM 2 on Monday - AM 1 and AM 2 on Tuesday - AM 1 on Wednesday - AM 1 and AM 2 on Thursday Submission Slide 12 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q TG Update • LB passed with approval rate of 85% • Having been addressing comments Submission Slide 13 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Session Activities Work on comment resolution Submission Slide 14 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Monday PM 2 • Open • Meeting objectives • Approval of September minutes • Approval of agenda • Presentations, if any • Work on comment resolution • Recess Submission Slide 15 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Tuesday AM 1 and AM 2 AM 1 • Open • Work on comment resolution • Recess AM 2 • Open • Work on comment resolution • Recess Submission Slide 16 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Wednesday AM 1 • Open • Work on comment resolution • Recess Submission Slide 17 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Thursday AM 1 and AM 2 AM 1 • Open • Work on the draft • Recess AM 2 • Open • Work on comment resolution • Next step • Adjourn Submission Slide 18 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Timeline (1) • • • Preliminary work - Call for applications Dec 2012 - Applications presentations Jan 2013 - TGD outline March 2013 - TGD, applications and channel modeling contribution call March 2013 - Review TGD contributions May 2013 - TGD Ongoing & review application contributions July 2013 Proposal effort - Call for intent July 2013 - TGD completed Sep 2013 - Call for proposals Sep 2013 - Proposal presentations Nov 2013 Drafting - First draft Submission May 2014 Slide 19 Shahriar Emami, Samsung

November 2014 IEEE-15 -14 -0642 -00 -004 q 15 -13 -0310 -00 -004 q Timeline (2) Ballotable draft July 2014 • Balloting - WG letter ballot October 2014 - First recirculation Nov 2014 - Conditional approval of sponsored ballot Nov 2014 - Sponsor ballot Jan 2015 - First recirculation March 2015 - Conditional approval to submit to Revcom March 2015 Submission Slide 20 Shahriar Emami, Samsung