Monday Excom Report

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Project IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless
Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title
High Rate Study Group Monday Report to
Excom Date Submitted 13January2000 Source
James D. Allen Company Eastman Kodak
Co. Address 1669 Eastman Ave. Rochester, NY,
14650-2015 Voice(716) 588-1906, FAX (716)
722-9053, E-Mailjames.d.allen_at_kodak.com Re
Abstract This presentation to the 802
Excom summarizes the work done by the study
group since its formation in November,
1999 Purpose To bring the SEC up to speed and
hear any comments regarding the proposed PAR
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
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available by P802.15.
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IEEE 802.15High Rate WPANStatus Report March
6th, 2000Jim Allen, Eastman Kodak
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IEEE 802.15 High Rate SG Status

• High Rate Study Group Participation/ Industry
  Interest
• 60 Meeting participants
• 41 TeleCon participants
• 35 Companies represented
• 8 Teleconference calls since Kauai
• Total participants 41
• 15-20 participants per call
• Continuing weekly teleconference calls

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IEEE 802.15 High Rate SG Status

• PAR Submitted to ExCom for March Meeting
• Pre-submitted to NesCom pending 802 approval
• Began organizational and marketing activities in
  anticipation of TG Status
• SG Planning Summary - 802.15 - 00/008r0 (J.
  Allen)
• Organizational structure and Volunteer signup
  started 00/022r0 (J. Allen)
• MRD started (K. Marquess, R. Morris) - 00/007r0
• Liaison with higher speed BT activity started

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IEEE 802.15 High Rate SG Status

• CFA and CFP are in second round
• Letters of Intent due March 6, 2000
• 10 Submissions received
• Goals
• CFA/CFP review process completed by July 00
• Debate and draft phase completed by July 01
• Draft standard approved by November 01

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PAR/5C Usage Model Summary

• IS
• BlueToothtm Interoperable Goal (implies 2.4 GHz)
  
• Embeddable and ultra low cost
• LOW Power
• Personal Area Network Range (link controlled by
  person)
• 20 Mbps
• IS NOT
• Office/Enterprise LAN
• For Business/Mission Critical
• Long Range
• For Roaming and Enterprise coverage

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Broad Market Potential

• Activity has generated intense interest with
  support from over 35 companies.
• Applications include
• Digital (Still) Imaging
• Multimedia (Video, Voice over IP)
• Many-user systems
• Kiosk for imaging, MP3, coupons
• Toys, robots

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Distinct Identity

• There are no 20Mbits/s high data rate systems
  that satisfy the needs for short range, ultra low
  cost, ultra low power,embeddable wireless
  communications in consumer class products.
• Such systems are optimized for speed vs range and
  are intended to utilize 802.11or Ethernet as the
  backbone network.
• 802.15.1 addresses the requirements of an
  embeddable consumer oriented WPAN, but not the
  speed requirements of 20Mbits/s.

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Questions Answers
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PAR Scope
This project will define the PHY and MAC
specifications for high data rate (see 13a)
wireless connectivity with fixed, portable and
moving devices within or entering a Personal
Operating Space (POS) (See 13b). A goal of the
WPAN-HR (High Rate) Task Group will be to achieve
a level of interoperability or coexistence with
other 802.15 Task Groups, or an 802.11 device
(see 13c). It is also the intent of this project
to work toward a level of coexistence with other
wireless devices in conjunction with Coexistence
Task Groups such as 802.15.2.
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PAR Purpose
To provide a standard for low complexity, low
cost, low power consumption, high data rate
wireless connectivity among devices within or
entering the Personal Operating Space (POS). The
data rate will be high enough, 20 Mbps or more
(see 13a), to satisfy a set of multimedia
industry needs for WPAN communications. The
project will also address the Quality of Service
capabilities required to support multimedia data
types.