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: SP100 Liaison Report for Waikaloa Date Submitted: January 2006 Source: Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting LLC Contact: Pat Kinney, Kinney Consulting, LLC. Voice: +1 847.960.3715, E-Mail: pat.kinney@ieee.org Re: SP100 Liaison Report for January Session Abstract: SP100 Liaison Report for the TG4a Session in Waikaloa, HI. Purpose: To provide information on potential location performance of networks based on IEEE 802.15.4. 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. Pat Kinney - Kinney Consulting LLC.

2. SP100 Scope The ISA-SP100 Committee addresses wireless manufacturing and control systems in the areas of the environment in which the wireless technology is deployed; technology life cycle for wireless equipment and systems; and application of wireless technology. The wireless environment includes the definition of wireless, radio frequencies (starting point), vibration, temperature, humidity, EMC, interoperability, coexistence with existing systems, and physical equipment location. Global short-, medium-, and long-term technology needs will be incorporated on a non-exclusive technology basis with no bias toward or against a particular wireless technology. The standards themselves may influence the allocation and use of resources and spectrum. Application of the technology will include field sensors used for monitoring, control, alarm, and shutdown that can be vertically integrated from field to business systems; wireless technology whose uses include real time field-to-business systems (e.g., wireless equipment interfacing work order systems, control LAN, business LAN, voice); and across all industries—fluid processing, material processing, and discrete parts manufacturing environments. Pat Kinney - Kinney Consulting LLC.

3. SP100 Purpose The ISA-SP100 Committee will establish standards, recommended practices, technical reports, and related information that will define procedures for implementing wireless systems in the automation and control environment with a focus on the field level (Level 0). Guidance is directed toward those responsible for the complete life cycle including the designing, implementing, ongoing maintenance, scalability, or managing manufacturing and control systems, and shall apply to users, system integrators, practitioners, and control systems manufacturers and vendors. The Committee's focus is to improve the confidence, integrity, and availability of components or systems used for manufacturing or control, and provide criteria for procuring and implementing wireless technology in the control system environment. Compliance with the Committee's guidance will improve manufacturing and control system deployment, and will help identify vulnerabilities and address them, thereby reducing the risk of compromising or causing manufacturing control systems degradation or failure. Pat Kinney - Kinney Consulting LLC.

4. SP100 Activities Conference Calls: 8:00 AM CST on first Tuesday Next Meeting: 24 -26 January, NASA-Ames Facility, Moffet Field, CA Pat Kinney - Kinney Consulting LLC.