IEEE 802.11 Task Group G Status Update January 2001 IEEE 802.11 Task Group G Status Update Matthew B.Shoemake, Ph.D. TGg Chairperson shoemake@ti.com January 15, 2001 Matthew B. Shoemake, TI

IEEE 802.11g Chronology March 2000 Session May 2000 Session January 2001 IEEE 802.11g Chronology March 2000 Session Motion made to form a study group Made initial call for interest May 2000 Session First meeting of High Rate 802.11b Study Group PAR and 5 Criteria Drafted (Steps 1 and 2 of Selection Procedure) July 2000 Session Drafting of Selection Procedure (00/209r3) Drafting of Comparison Criteria (00/211) and Functional Requirements (00/212) (Steps 1 and 2 of Selection Procedure)s September 2000 Session Adopted Selection Procedure Additional Call for Proposals with deadline November 2000 Session Received 4 proposals Executed Steps 3 through 13 of the Selection Procedure Eliminated one candidate proposal in Step 13 Matthew B. Shoemake, TI

Published Objective for January 2001 Session of IEEE 802.11g Continue through Selection Procedure (Steps 14-20) with possibility of completion during session Select Editor Direct editor to produce first draft of standard Matthew B. Shoemake, TI

January 12, 2001 Message from FCC To: Stuart Kerry (Chair - 802.11) Cc: IEEE 802.11 WG members, Bob Heile (Chair - 802.15), Roger Marks (Chair - 802.16), Judy Gorman (IEEE-SA Standards Managing Director) Fr: Jim Carlo (Chair - 802) I received a call today from a high level FCC official, regarding our efforts to develop a 22Mbps Spread Spectrum Wireless enhanced standard and the meetings next week. He urged that the working group should select the best technology. It is not clear whether any of the proposed technologies (single carrier or multiple carrier) raise significantly different regulatory issues. The FCC is willing to work with IEEE 802.11g to address any regulatory issues with the selected technology. I will not be at the wireless meetings next week, but look forward to hearing about positive progress towards standardization within all IEEE802.11 activities and will see you in March. Jim Carlo(jcarlo@ti.com) Cellular:1-214-693-1776 Voice&Fax:1-214-853-5274 Vice Chair, IEEE-SA Standards Board Chair, IEEE802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee Matthew B. Shoemake, TI