March, 2011

IEEE P802.15-11-0064-03-004j
IEEE P802.15
Wireless Personal Area Networks

Project

IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)

Title

TG4j Technical Requirements

Date
Submitted

18 January 2011

Source

[Dave Evans]
[Philips Research]
[64-68 London Road, Redhill, UK]

Re:

IEEE 802.15.4 Standard for Telecommunications and Information Exchange

between Systems LAN, MAN Specific Requirements Part 15: Wireless
Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for
Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN).

Abstract

This documents describes the technical requirements for proposals for TG4j.

Purpose

To accompany the Call for Proposals and to motivate contributions.

Notice

This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. 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 P802.15.

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TG4j Technical Requirements

General
Proposals shall comply with requirements of the FCC MBAN rules [1], [2].
Proposals shall comply with the TG4j 15-11-0071 PAR as accepted by NesCom.
Proposals shall comply with the TG4j 15-10-0261-06 Medical Body Area Networks 5 Criteria
document.

PHY
Proposal should address PHY changes required for the movement of medical data in proximity to
the body as per FCC MBAN Rules [1][2].

Proposals shall address the amount of reusability of existing 802.15.4 implementations operating
in the 2450 MHz band [3]

MAC
Only additional MAC requirements to support the proposed Physical Layer and the FCC MBAN
rules [1][2].

Channelization
A channelization plan shall be part of each proposal.
References
[1] FCC CFR Part 95 Personal Radio Services, new Subpart MMedical Body Area Network Service
(MBANS).
[2] FCC CFR Part 95 Personal Radio Services, amendments to Subpart DCitizen Band (CB) Radio
Service and Subpart ETechnical Regulation.
[3] Defined in IEEE 802.15.4-Current Revision.