doc.: IEEE /027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 1 Ad-Hoc Publicity Group Report Al Petrick

doc.: IEEE /027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 2 WECA Update Next meeting Honalulu, Hawaii –February 21-22, 2001 Over 60 member companies Over 50 products Wi-Fi certified (IEEE b) –Over 20 different companies with certified product WECA is committed to testing interoperability of IEEE a products Marketing and Technical sub-committees

doc.: IEEE /027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 3 OFDM Forum Update Three working groups –Broadband –DOT projects…… GHz Roadside communications in the US –WirelessLANs…..5GHz Objective –Promote OFDM in various markets Open forum….similar to WECA –Promote standards using OFDM Next meeting: February 20-21, 2001 –San Franscisco, CA

doc.: IEEE /027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 4 Conferences Communications Design Magazine –Communication Design Conference San Jose Convention Center October 1-4, 2001 San Jose, California Abstracts due: January 31, 2001 Papers due: June 15, 2001 –Conference Tracks Wireless Infrastructure …………….2G – 3GWireless Infrastructure Portable/Wireless Appliances …..Bluetooth, Internet appliances, IEEE a/b -.15 papersPortable/Wireless Appliances Systems and Infrastructure ………optical backbonesSystems and Infrastructure Fiber Optic Design………………………SonetFiber Optic Design Broadband Access/Backbone…....DSL, Cable Modems, LMDSBroadband Access/Backbone Internetworking Equipment ……..Switches and RoutersInternetworking Equipment Software/Middleware ………………..Protocol StacksSoftware/Middleware Home Networking Design ………… IEEE a/b papersHome Networking Design

doc.: IEEE /027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 5 Conferences (cont.) Internet World Summer 2000 Chicago 7/11/00 7/13/00 HomeNET 2000 San Francisco 7/26/00 7/28/00 ICM Wireless Voiceand Data Applications Toronto 9/11/00 9/13/00 DSLcon Boston World Trade Ctr 9/18/00 9/20/00 IEC Wireless Engineering ComForum/Wireless Data & Internet Dallas 10/30/00 11/1/00 COMDEX Fall 2000 Las Vegas 11/17/00 IIR Workshop Geneva 12/4/00 12/7/00 The Wireless Office San Francisco 12/6/00 12/7/00 Wireless Lan Forum Amsterdam 2/7/01 2/8/01 XVI SIDEC Monterrey, Mexico 3/1/01 3/3/01

doc.: IEEE /027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 6 Wireless LAN Forecast Purpose: To generate a perspective of the market size in terms of units shipped Created Survey document –00/407 Anonymous Questionnaire Wireless LAN Forecast Survey –WLAN Forecast (“Radio” units shipped) IEEE b –Enterprise, Consumer IEEE a –Enterprise, Consumer

doc.: IEEE /027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 7 Wireless LAN Forecast (cont) Input data received: 1/17/01 –3 submissions Continue the process through March 2001 session

doc.: IEEE /027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 8 Wireless LAN Survey Data Input (2) data input submissions IEEE a

doc.: IEEE /027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 9 Wireless LAN Data Input IEEE b (2) data input submissions

doc.: IEEE /027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 10 Objectives for March 2001 Continue work revising doc:00/288 General Presentation on IEEE Continue developing WLAN Forecast (units shipped) WECA update from Hawaii…. Update documents (joint /802.15) –Calendar of Events –Conference articles – papers