Wireless Interface for Wearable Computers doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx Month 1998 March 1998 Wireless Interface for Wearable Computers An Update to: 1998 IEEE Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium VRAIS ‘98 Walk Away: The following tutorial is in support of “A Request for an 802.11 Study Group” Audience: Up to 320 IEEE Computer Society LMSC members. Ian Gifford, AT ‘79 E2E AMP - M/A-COM, Inc. Business Development Group 1011 Pawtucket Boulevard Lowell, MA 01853 USA +1 978-442-4650, +1 978-442-4600 FAX, marketing@macom.com Ian Gifford, M/A-COM John Doe, His Company

Agenda Introduction Presentations (Tutorial) Q&A doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx Month 1998 March 1998 Agenda Introduction IEEE 802 LMSC Plenary Status Presentations (Tutorial) Federal Express Corporation Applications ViA, Inc. Applications Wireless PAN Functional Requirements Q&A Walk Away: The following presentations are offered as a background to Wearable Computers and the emerging Applications with some Industry research efforts. Note 1: After the Tutorial we will be happy to discuss the presentations and/or general discussion of the Wireless PAN Requirements and the MAC and PHY Layers in 802. Note 2: During the Plenary this week we plan on requesting 802.11 (or 802) to form a Study Group. The purpose is to assist the “Wearables” Standards Ad-hoc Committee in reviewing the applicability of the 802 OSI RM Lower Layers. Ian Gifford, M/A-COM John Doe, His Company

“Wearables” Standards doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx Month 1998 March 1998 “Wearables” Standards Purpose of Presentation: To encourage development of standards for “Wearables”, and solicit VR Community support to develop the standards. (IEEE 802.11 SG). “Wearables”: Computing devices, networking devices, software and peripherals - worn or carried by individuals - that will enhance their ability to perform productive work. (Unobtrusive). Dick Braley, FedEx John Doe, His Company

History of “Wearables” Standards doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx Month 1998 March 1998 History of “Wearables” Standards June, 1997 : Request to IEEE for consideration of Wearables Standards development. Permission to proceed as Ad Hoc Committee within PASC. Three meetings held since then : July, December and January. About 35 companies and academic institutions participated. Defined potential areas for standardization IEEE 802 most appropriate for PAN Dick Braley, FedEx John Doe, His Company

Participants in Standards Activities (Partial List) doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx Month 1998 March 1998 Participants in Standards Activities (Partial List) FedEx Motorola DARPA Symbol Boeing BBN Norand M/A-COM MIT ViA, Inc. Xetron DEC CMU H-P GTE Disney AMP Intermec Dick Braley, FedEx John Doe, His Company

“Wearables” Standards: Potential Areas for Standardization doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx Month 1998 March 1998 “Wearables” Standards: Potential Areas for Standardization Personal Area Networks (PAN) “Wearable Computing” and Interfaces “Wearables” System Architectures Nomadicity Humionics Walk Away: The “Wearables” Standards Ad-hoc Committee is interested in the Wireless PAN but also there are additional standards being considered. The Wearables Standards Ad Hoc Committee has decided to focus on standardizing a Wireless RF PAN Ian Gifford, M/A-COM John Doe, His Company

The IEEE 802 LMSC launched a WPAN Study Group 3/12/98 doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx Month 1998 March 1998 The IEEE 802 LMSC launched a WPAN Study Group 3/12/98 Move to form a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) Study Group under 802.11 with the charter of drafting a WPAN PAR for presentation at the next Plenary of 802. 3/11/98 802.11 - Passed 35,0,10 3/12/98 802 ExCom - Passed Bob Heile, GTE John Doe, His Company

LAN Standards, 802 Data Link Layer 802.3 802.4 802.5 802.14 802.6 MAC doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx Month 1998 March 1998 LAN Standards, 802 Data Link Layer 802.3 802.4 802.5 802.14 802.6 MAC PHY 802.11 FHSS DSSS IR 802.1 802.2 LLC OSI Reference Model Walk Away: The “Wearables” Standards Ad-hoc Committee is aware of the 802 Protocol Family. Ian Gifford, M/A-COM John Doe, His Company

doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx Month 1998 March 1998 The Study Group in IEEE will review the as-is PHYs & MAC against WPAN requirements MAC PHY 802.11 FHSS DSSS IR MAC PHY 802.11 Walk Away: The “Wearables” Standards Ad-hoc Committee wants to form a Study Group in IEEE to review your PHYs & MAC against PAN requirements TGa 20MB TGb 10MB WPAN FHSS DSSS IR Ian Gifford, M/A-COM John Doe, His Company

Wearable Computer Standards Archive and Reflector * doc.: IEEE 802.11-98/xxx Month 1998 March 1998 Wearable Computer Standards Archive and Reflector * ftp://ftp.flexipc.com/wearablesgroup wearablesgroup@flexipc.com The Wireless PAN Study Group plans on joining the IEEE stds_802_pan@majordomo.ieee.com *c/o Steve Case, ViA, 507-663-1399, scase@flexipc.com Ian Gifford, M/A-COM John Doe, His Company