ETSI Liaison Request November 08 doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/1379r0 November 2008 ETSI Liaison Request November 08 Date: 2008-11-09 Authors: Name Company Address Phone email Bruce Kraemer Marvell 5488 Marvell Ln Santa Clara, CA 95054 +1 - 321 4 27 4098 bkraemer@ marvell .com Bruce Kraemer (Marvell) Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

Cover Letter November 2008 Dear IEEE chairmen, I would like to invite you to consider the attached liaison request drafted by the ETSI ITS Technical Committee. Our original liaison request was incomplete because missing some of the right recipients. We hope that we are now covering all relevant actors and that we may start soon collaborating. We look forward for your reply. Kind regards, Bernardo Correia External Relations Officer ETSI - www.etsi.org 650, Route des Lucioles F-06921 SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS CEDEX FRANCE Office: + 33 (0)4 92 94 43 67 Mobile: +33 (0)6 80 18 17 39                    Fax: +33 (0)4 93 65 47 16 email: bernardo.correia@etsi.org Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)

Letter Contents November 2008 1. Overall Description: doc.: IEEE 802.11-08/1379r0 November 2008 Letter Contents 1. Overall Description: The ETSI TC ITS requests liaison with the IEEE 802.11 (Task Group p) and IEEE P1609. The objective of the liaison is to share information and promote cooperation towards the development of ITS related standards and specifications. 2. Actions: To IEEE802.11 and IEEE P1609 By this letter, ETSI TC ITS requests liaison with IEEE 802.11 and IEEE P1609 working groups. Specifically, ETSI TC ITS seeks to officially establish a link with the IEEE 802.11 and IEEE P1609 working groups and to share information towards the development of ITS-related standards. The ETSI TC ITS agrees to provide the IEEE 802.11 and IEEE P1609 working groups with regular status updates and to share working documents in collaboration. The IEEE 802.11 and IEEE P1609 working groups are requested to reciprocate. The dissemination by one party of the documents received from the other party shall be strictly limited to the members of IEEE 802.11 and IEEE P1609 working group members and members of ETSI TC ITS, and solely for the purpose of technical activities relating to the party's work programme. The IEEE 802.11 working group is requested to respond to this request at its earliest convenience. 3. Dates for upcoming ETSI TC ITS meetings (Sophia Antipolis, France): ETSI TC ITS working groups 12-16 January 2009 ETSI TC ITS plenary 20-24 April 2009 Bruce Kraemer (Marvell) Bruce Kraemer (Marvell)