[802.15_GENERAL] IEEE 802.15 RFID SG Call-For-Contributions and participation at the July 2008 Denver IEEE 802.15 Plenary Meeting
This is a notice of a Call for Contributions (CFC) requesting
presentations and participation at the upcoming IEEE 802.15 Plenary
meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA during the week of July 13-18, 2008.
This Call-For-Contributions document can be downloaded in MS Word format
from:
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/file/08/15-08-0089-04-rfid-rfid-study-gro
up-call-for-contributions.doc
Project: IEEE 802.15 RFID Study Group
Title: Call for Contributions toward an IEEE 802.15 wireless standard
for RFID, wireless sensor, and other applications.
Submittal Deadline: July 14, 2008
Date of CFC Release: May 16, 2008
Source: Mike McInnis (Acting Chair of IEEE 802.15 RFID Study Group)
The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 3707 M/S 7M-CA
Seattle, WA 98124
Voice: 206-290-7758
e-mail: michael.d.mcinnis@boeing.com
Re: IEEE 802.15 RFID Study Group is a unit of the IEEE 802.15 Working
Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN)
IEEE 802.15 RFID Study Group web page:
http://www.ieee802.org/15/pub/SGrfid.html
IEEE 802.15 Working Group web page:
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/
Opportunity: This Study Group provides an IEEE 802.15 project
opportunity toward the development of IEEE Project Authorization Request
(PAR) and 5 Criteria documents to create an IEEE 802.15 Task Group. The
direction of this Task Group will be defined by the PAR and 5 Criteria
documents. There is a potential here to draft a physical (PHY) wireless
layer and/or a medium access control (MAC) layer for wireless
applications that require ultra-low energy (battery or energy
harvesting) consumption, perhaps for active RFID and sensor
applications, which current wireless standards do not meet.
Purpose: To develop IEEE 802 Project Authorization Request (PAR) and 5
Criteria documents required for formation of an IEEE 802.15 Task Group
which may addresses low energy wireless PHY needs, passive or active
RFID, sensor, or other applications.
Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE 802.15 RFID
Study Group. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding
on 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.
In order to gather information for the drafting of IEEE PAR and 5
Criteria documents, this IEEE 802.15 RFID Study Group is calling for
contributions which identify issues pertaining to current semi-active
and active RFID technologies, wireless sensor technologies, wireless PHY
energy harvesting issues, and other applications which may be addressed
by the drafting of a new standard or an amendment to an existing IEEE
802 standard. Contributors should consider that there are several
potential unlicensed frequency bands which current IEEE 802 wireless
devices may operate in. A list of IEEE 802 wireless standards and their
frequency bands of operation is provided below for reference.
Contributions are not restricted to the frequency bands of operation or
IEEE 802 wireless standards listed below.
1. IEEE 802.11a/b/g (2400-2483.5 MHz, 5150 -5250 MHz, 5250-5350
MHz, and 5725-5825 MHz)
2. IEEE 802.15.4 (868 MHz/915 MHz bands and 2400-2483.5 MHz).
3. IEEE 802.15.4a (250-750 MHz, 2400-2483.5 MHz, 3244-4742 MHz, and
5944-10234 MHz).
4. IEEE 802.15.4c draft standard currently in development (China
frequency band 779-787 MHz).
5. IEEE 802.15.4d draft standard currently in development (Japan
frequency band 950-956 MHz).
Of particular interest are contributions pertaining to any of the
following (or similar) topics listed below. Topics are not restricted to
those in this list, if you have other related topics you would like to
bring to the meetings please do so:
* Where might a IEEE 802.15 RFID wireless standard development effort
fit into the RFID and wireless sensor markets and what are the
applications and use cases?
* What are the MAC and PHY issues with current RFID and sensor wireless
standards or proprietary wireless protocols?
* Are there current IEEE 802 PHY and/or MAC standards that could resolve
current RFID and sensor technological issues?
* What is the best way to achieve spectrum coexistence between RFID and
sensor devices operating near IEEE 802 wireless standard devices?
* Should IEEE 802 develop a RFID and sensor MAC and PHY wireless
standard?
* Could a semi-active or active wireless MAC and PHY also support
passive RFID applications?
* Do you have any RFID and sensor applications in mind that may benefit
through the development of an IEEE 802 wireless standard?
* Is there a need for an IEEE 802 RFID wireless standard?
* What energy use limitations must a wireless PHY and MAC remain within
for semi-active or active RFID and sensor applications?
* What security requirements and implications are there in RFID and
sensor applications?
o Information stored on a passive or active tag?
o During wireless transmission of information that may be stored in
a tag?
* What issues might there be with mesh networking of low energy
consumption RFID and sensor protocols?
* What are the issues with wireless MACs and PHYs in energy limited
(perhaps energy harvesting) applications?
* Can an energy limited wireless MAC and PHY provide the information
necessary to determine an RFID or sensor tag's location?
* Is there a market need for a wireless RFID and/or sensor standard
which may fit somewhere between a passive RFID tag and the IEEE 802.15.4
standards?
* Is there a market need for a new narrowband PHY within IEEE 802.15
with an RF channel bandwidth that is narrower than the current 802.15.4
channel bandwidth in the 868 MHz/915 MHz bands and 2400-2483.5 MHz band?
Perhaps to provide better support for low duty cycle wireless
applications, low energy or energy harvesting wireless applications, and
to reduce interference within these frequency bands through increasing
the number of RF channels available?
Contributions will be considered non-proprietary and will be posted as
soon as possible after receipt for public access on the document section
of the 802.15 web site. Note, please use IEEE 802 document template
formats. Contributions submitted by the deadline will be addressed at
the July 14-18 IEEE 802 Plenary Session in Jacksonville, Florida.
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/pub/Meeting_Plan.html
Please notify the following of your intent to contribute, and if you do
not have up-load access to the IEEE 802.15 document server e-mail your
contribution(s), to:
IEEE 802.15 Acting RFID Study Group Chair, Mike McInnis at
Michael.d.mcinnis@boeing.com
IEEE 802.15 Working Group Chair, Bob Heile at bheile@ieee.org
References:
IEEE Patent Policy: http://standards.ieee.org/board/pat/pat-slideset.ppt
Get IEEE 802(r) Standards On-line: http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/
This Call for Contribution document number is 15-08-0089-03-rfid which
is available at https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/documents.
IEEE 802.15 WPAN Document archive, templates, and submittal
instructions: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/pub/Download.html