802.11/.15 Publicity Committee Al Petrick 802.11 Jim Meyer 802.15 March 2002 802.11/.15 Publicity Committee Al Petrick 802.11 Jim Meyer 802.15 Al Petrick-IceFyre, Jim Meyer-TimeDomain

Meeting Objectives Nominate PC chair for 802.11 March 2002 Meeting Objectives Nominate PC chair for 802.11 Update from 802.11 staff on Branding WECA update report from Hong Kong meeting Generate TG reporting procedure for WG Update conference calendar Review Letter from the Chair on products build to draft standards Accomplished for this session Al Petrick-IceFyre, Jim Meyer-TimeDomain

Accomplishments Publicity chair 802.11 March 2002 Accomplishments Publicity chair 802.11 Brian Mathews approved by consent Update from IEEE staff Branding: IEEE working on policy and procedure for using IEEE trademarks and copyrights Working to set up partnerships with industry groups i.e WECA IEEE staff plans to setup website links for “Branding” and Copyright procedures Al Petrick-IceFyre, Jim Meyer-TimeDomain

March 2002 Accomplishments PC group discussed the issue of press announcements from companies claiming compliance for products built to draft standards. In particular IEEE 802.11g Causing confusion in the market with Industry Analysts Reviewed letter from the chair in response to companies claiming compliance to products built to “draft” unapproved standards. doc.: IEEE 802.11-02/269r0 Held teleconference call with IEEE MarCom staff on this issue relative to ALL working groups under IEEE 802 Appointed Roger Marks 802.16 chair to act as the point of contact between IEEE MarCom staff and IEEE 802 Funnel Press inquiries to respective WG Chairs Generate email bulletin on highlights from WG interim and plenary closing reports Planning to set up regular quarterly analyst briefings on standards developments Al Petrick-IceFyre, Jim Meyer-TimeDomain

WECA WECA has expanded the charter of its Regulatory Committee March 2002 WECA WECA has expanded the charter of its Regulatory Committee Previous charter was protection of 5 GHz spectrum worldwide and WRC-2003 Will now address all regulatory issues associated with the unlicensed bands Committee successfully submitted petition to FCC to expand UNII bands to encompass bands from 5.470 to 5.725 GHz Successful quarterly Members meeting in Hong Kong Excellent turnout (>125 members) Continued discussion on upcoming standards, the technology roadmap and branding – current focus is branding for Wi-Fi5 Technical committee initiated draft test plans for TKIP and 802.11e CeBIT tradeshow starts Thursday First press conference was very successful with over 50 of top European press in attendance Next Member’s meeting June 17 – 20, location TBD (North America) Al Petrick-IceFyre, Jim Meyer-TimeDomain

Meeting Objectives for May 2002 Interim Session March 2002 Meeting Objectives for May 2002 Interim Session WECA update report Generate TG reporting procedure for WG chair Update conference calendar Generate and review media analyst list Coordinate timeline for teleconference briefings with analysts and IEEE MarCom staff for CY2002 Al Petrick-IceFyre, Jim Meyer-TimeDomain