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

1. Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: Applications in LDR PAN/BAN Optimised PN Date Submitted: May, 2006 Source: John Farserotu, CSEM, Switzerland Voice: +41 32 720-5482, e-mail: john.farserotu@csem.ch Re: [BAN IG Call for Applications] Abstract: This document introduces the concept of PN and presents LDR BAN/PAN related application and scenarios in the context of PN. 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. J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

2. Applications in LDR BAN/PAN Optimised PN J. Farserotu (john.farserotu@csem.ch) and J. Gerrits CSEM, Switzerland J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

3. BACKGROUND • Wireless communication • Short range, LDR • Small, portable devices • Low power, low cost • Robust and reliable • BAN, PAN, WSN… Lower power, lower cost, smaller, more portable, more robust… J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

4. MAGNET BEYOND STANDARDISATION TASK FORCE • MAGNET Beyond partners • 34 partners from around the world. Experts on PNs. • MAGNET Standardisation Task Force (MSTF) • Promotion of the results of MAGNET for standardisation towards the realisation of the mass market potential of PNs. • PAN/BAN optimised air interfaces • The MSTF seeks to standardise PAN/BAN optimised air interfaces and potentially higher layers as well. • MSTF members supporting air interface standardisation • Nokia, Philips, CEA-LETI, CSEM,… Focus on LDR in this presentation J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

5. MAGNET BEYOND AND PERSONAL NETWORKS A Personal Network (PN) is a new paradigm extending the concept of a Personal Area Network (PAN), to allow users secure access to all their personal devices and services regardless of geographical location PN devices can be separated by hundreds of kilometers, and still belong to the same PN PNs encompass all connection technologies, short and medium range radio, infrastructure wireless networks or any future broadband wireless technology PN User Private PAN PNs represent a potential mass market for short range wireless personal sensor devices J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

6. Home/Daily life applications Office environment Smart shopping Smart at home (sharing PN’s) The Health sector Patients, doctors, nurses, friends at home, hospitals or on the move Ambulance, emergency and medical staff on the move Monitoring patients anywhere Distributed work Journalists/mass media Students work situation Cooperative research Home Network Doctor’s PAN Internet Hospital Network Patient’s friend Patient’s P-PAN MASS APPLICATION DOMAINS Patients Personal Network Not one killer application, but an aggregation J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

7. WHY A STANDARD? • The need • A mass market standard for future UWB LDR devices • The opportunity and market relevance • Multitude of simple, short range, LDR devices • The benefits • Commercial and practical • What is in it for us? • Unlocking the potential of, for example, LDR FM-UWB and realisation of PN optimised solutions J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

8. P-PAN Cellular, WLAN,… SHORT RANGE, LDR WIRELESS DEVICES IN THE NOMADIC P-PAN or BAN • LDR optimised solutions • Short range communication • Low power consumption • Robust and reliable • Low cost devices • Nomadic, go anywhere • Good coexistence • Small form factor • Precise localisation not required • Unrestricted in geographic span! J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

9. A COMPARISON OF SHORT RANGE,LDR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

10. EXAMPLE NOMADIC PAN LDR DIABETES SCENARIO • Sensor receive control1 • Sensor transmit data P-PAN P-PAN • Coordinator • Coordinator 1. Nominally, a few bytes per control message, 1 message per minute 2. When transmitting. In this example, operation 1 min out of every 10 is considered, on average. J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

11. Threshold for energy scavenging RELATIVE POWER CONSUMPTIONFOR SENSOR TRANSMISSION IN THE PAN Notes: 1. Based on the MAGNET diabetes scenario, Tx communications only J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

12. CONCLUDING REMARKS • Nomadic BAN and P-PAN • PN mass market potential • Aggregation of LDR devices • Need for a standard • Target energy scavenging J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH

13. Thank you J. Farserotu, CSEM, CH