The IEEE 802.15 Task Group 6 (BAN) is developing a communication standard optimized for low power devices and operation on, in or around the human body (but not limited to humans) to serve a variety of applications including medical, consumer electronics / personal entertainment and others.

TG60801

Current Status

IEEE 802.15 TG6 was formed in November 2007 and begun operations as TG6 in January 2008 in Taipei.

It had received 34 proposals, which were merged into a single candidate proposal. A draft of the standard was developed in March 2009.

It has undergone significant editing and underwent five Letter Ballots. The last was Letter Ballot #79.

Letter Ballot 79

TG6 completed a recirculation letter ballot 79 on July 13, 2011.

The aggregate results of LB79 were:

VOTERS               199

VOTED                  181

YES                       154

ABSTAIN                 11

NO                           16

% VOTERS          90.95%

% YES                  90.59%

% ABSTAIN          6.08%

There were no new "do not approve" voters, nor were there new comments received from "do not approve" voters.

On July 22, 2011, the draft was approved to start Sponsor Ballot.

Sessions & Milestones

STATUS	Year	Month	Venue	Agenda	Closing Report	Minutes
TG	2008	Jan	Taipei	15-08-0002	15-08-0070	15-08-0088
		March	Orlando	15-08-0101	15-08-0213	15-08-0227
		May	Jacksonville	15-08-0234	15-08-0366	15-08-0393
		July	Denver	15-08-0460	15-08-0535	15-08-0557
		Sept	Waikoloa	15-08-0579	15-08-0708	15-08-0713
		Nov	Dallas	15-08-0719	15-08-0743	15-08-0851
	2009	Jan	Los Angeles	15-08-0864	15-09-0087	15-09-0092
		March	Vancouver	15-09-0100	15-09-0222	15-09-0256
		May	Montreal	15-09-0272	15-09-0438	15-09-0455
		July	San Francisco	15-09-0469	15-09-0576	15-09-0585
		Sept	Waikoloa	15-09-0606	15-09-0691	15-09-0710
		Nov	Atlanta	15-09-0737	15-09-0812	15-09-0823
	2010	Jan	Los Angeles	15-10-0819	15-10-0075	15-10-0083
		March	Orlando	15-10-0136	15-10-0217	15-10-0230
			LB55	15-10-0492-13-0006-lb55-d01p802-15-6-sorted-comments.xls
		May	Beijing	15-10-0227	15-10-0368	15-10-0369
		July	San Diego	15-10-0396	15-10-0617	15-10-0623
		Sept	Waikoloa	15-10-0646	15-10-0787	15-10-0811
			LB66	15-11-0030-08-0006-lb66-d02p802-15-6-sorted-comments.xls
		Nov	Dallas	15-10-0844	15-10-0892	15-10-0940
	2011	Jan	Los Angeles	15-11-0009	15-11-0089	15-11-0128
		March	Singapore	15-11-0142	15-11-0307	15-11-0314
			LB71	15-11-0363-05-0006-lb71-d03p802-15-6-comment-register.xls
		May	Palm Springs	15-11-0349	15-11-0432	15-11-0437
			LB76	15-11-0481-00-0006-lb76-p802-15-6-comment-register.xls
			LB79	15-11-0480-00-0006-lb79-p802-15-6-comment-register.xls
		July	San Francisco	15-11-0452	15-11-0551	15-11-0556
		Sept	Okinawa
		Nov	Atlanta

How to participate

Participate by attending our Meetings. Present application requiring BAN, wireless technologies, which work well on, in or around the human body.

Information

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Who to contact with questions

Chair: Arthur Astrin
Vice Chair: Huan-Bang Li
Vice Chair: Ranjeet Patro
Secretary: Igor Dotlic
Tech Editor: Daniel Lewis

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