September 2004 IEEE P802.15-04/0463r1
IEEE P802.15
Wireless Personal Area Networks
Project / IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)Title / IEEE P802.15.3 Conformance PAR and 5C
Date Submitted / 16 September 2004
Source / [James D. Allen
Appairent Technologies
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Abstract / [This PAR will develop conformance methodology specifications for the 802.15.3 family of standards, whose purpose is to promote interoperability between devices. The 5C are also included to support the approval of the PAR.]
Purpose / [Working document for presenting the PAR to the P802.15 Working Group]
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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1. ASSIGNED PROJECT NUMBER: 802.15.6
2. SPONSOR DATE OF REQUEST: 2004-09-17
3. TYPE OF DOCUMENT: Standard
4. TITLE OF DOCUMENT: Standard for Conformance to IEEE Standard 802 - Part 15.3
Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for
High Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN)
5. LIFE CYCLE: Full-Use
6. TYPE OF PROJECT: New
7. WORKING GROUP INFORMATION
Name of Working Group: IEEE 802.15 Working Group for WPAN
Approximate Number of Expected Working Group Members: 25
8. CONTACT INFO FOR WORKING GROUP CHAIR
Name of Working Group Chair: Robert Heile
Telephone: +1-781-929-4832
FAX: +1-508-222-0515
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10. CONTACT INFO OF SPONSOR
Sponsor: C/LM
Name of Sponsor Chair: Paul Nikolich
Telephone: +1-857-205-0050
FAX: +1-781-334-2255
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11. TYPE OF SPONSOR BALLOT: Individual
Expected Date of Submission for Initial Sponsor Ballot: 2005-06-01
12. PROJECTED COMPLETION DATE FOR SUBMITTAL TO REVCOM: 2005-09-02
13. SCOPE: This standard defines the conformance test procedures and results necessary to validate compliance of a system to the 802.15.3 standards. It may include multiple interfaces such as Air-PHY, MAC-PHY, and application-MAC so that conformance of partial systems can be determined.
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14. PURPOSE: The purpose of this standard is to provide a methodology to certify device conformance to IEEE Std. 802.15.3-2003
14a. Reason: The IEEE std. 802.15.3-2003 does not specify a methodology to ensure device conformance to the standard. Conformance promotes interoperability, which is essential for broad market adoption. Target users are device implementers, system integrators and certification authorities.
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16. SIMILAR SCOPE: No
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IEEE P802.15 High Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks Conformance Task Group Functional Requirements Development Criteria
The IEEE P802.15.3b MAC Amendment Task Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) reviewed and completed the Standards Development Criteria (a.k.a. the Five Criteria), the response of which is in Italics below.
1. BROAD MARKET POTENTIAL
a) Broad sets of applicability
The 802.15.3 standard was completed in March of 2003. This standard is applicable to a large range of consumer electronic multimedia devices. Vendor demonstrations have shown that it is living up to it’s expected performance and applicability.
b) Multiple vendors and numerous users
As the implementers move to market, different applications may try to use the features in the standard, different ways. It has become evident to the Task Group that a Conformance PAR will help manufacturers system integrators transition from development to product with fewer interoperability issues.
c) Balanced costs
A uniform conformance methodology will encourage interoperability and therefore expand the market. The benefits of expanding the market should outweigh the cost of developing this standard.
2. COMPATIBILITY
IEEE 802 defines a family of standards. All standards shall be in conformance with IEEE 802.1 Architecture, Management and Inter-working. All LLC and MAC standards shall be compatible with ISO 10039, MAC Service Definition, at the LLC/MAC boundary. Within the LLC Working Group there shall be one LLC standard, including one or more LLC protocols with a common LLC/MAC interface. Within a MAC Working Group there shall be one MAC standard and one or more Physical Layer standards with a common MAC/Physical layer interface. Each standard in the IEEE 802 family of standards shall include a definition of managed objects, which are compatible with OSI systems management standards.
Note: This requirement is subject to final resolution of corrections and revision to current ISO 10039, currently inconsistent with ISO 8802 series standards.
The standard, for which the conformance specifications are to be written, already satisfies the criterion.
3. DISTINCT IDENTITY
a) Substantially different from other IEEE 802 standards.
This standard addresses testing of an existing unique standard.
b) One unique solution per problem (not two solutions to a problem).
This is the only standard, which addresses conformance for IEEE Std. 802.15.3-2003.
c) Easy for the document reader to select the relevant specification.
The proposed standard will be a distinct document with clearly distinguishable title.
4. TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY
a) Demonstrated system feasibility
The conformance requirements are already published in the802.15.3 PICs (Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement) chapter and are therefore feasible. This Conformance Standard will outline the tests to confirm that conformance is actually met.
b) Proven technology, reasonable testing
There are multiple implementations of the 802.15.3 MAC in the market and the purpose of this Conformance Standard is to make sure the testing for compliance remains reasonable and well defined.
c) Confidence in reliability
The Conformance Standard will help insure constancy in the reliability already designed into the 802.15.3 standard.
5. ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY
a) Known cost factors, reliable data
This Conformance Standard will help insure that the testing and interoperability performance will stay cost competitive with other solutions.
b) Reasonable cost for performance
This Conformance Standard will help insure that the intrinsic cost /performance nature of 802.15.3 is preserved.
c) Consideration of installation costs
This Conformance Standard will help prevent incompatible systems and should therefore keep installation costs low.
SubmissionPage 1James D. Allen, Appairent Tech.