November, 2003 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [November 1394-Wireless Working Group Liaison Report] Date Submitted: [November, 2003] Source: [Allen D. Heberling] Company [XtremeSpectrum] Address [8133 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182, USA] Voice:[703-269-3022], FAX: [703-749-0248], E-Mail:[aheberling@xtremespectrum.com] Re: Abstract: [This submission reports the activities of interest to the IEEE 802.15 Working Group] Purpose: [To provide the IEEE 802.15 working group with information regarding the activities of the 1394-WWG.] Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P802.15. Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

November-1394-WWG-Liaison-Report Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

November, 2003 Accomplishments Draft P2003010 has increased from a 27 page document in April 2003 to a 77 page document as of the October Plenary meeting, specifing these topics: Subaction encapsulation Virtual bus management Transaction services Cycle time synchronization Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

Accomplishments continued… November, 2003 Accomplishments continued… Draft P2003010 Topics continued… Isochronous connection management Stream Operations Control and status registers (CSRs) Configuration ROM Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

Accomplishments continued… November, 2003 Accomplishments continued… Message Sequence Charts (MSC)s have been developed to illustrate these 1394/15.3 PAL primitives and signals PAL-JOIN.req/cfm PAL-LEAVE.req/cfm PAL-RENEW.req/cfm PAL-STREAM-DATA.req/ind Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

doc.: IEEE 802.15-<doc#> <month year> doc.: IEEE 802.15-<doc#> November, 2003 Activities Recent Early September Interim Meeting (2.5 days) October Plenary Meeting (2 days) . Bi-weekly conference calls since October Meeting Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum <author>, <company>

November, 2003 Issues Have identified 802.15.3 MAC issues needing clarification or requiring enhancements to the 15.3 MAC New parameter(s) for MLME-SCAN.cfm: Range parameter indicating distance to PNCs New MLME primitives for enabling a synchronization ASIE in the 15.3 Beacon Clarification regarding the ASIE behavior Request changes to the Handover criteria hierarchy Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

November, 2003 Project Time Line 2 day Interim meeting scheduled for early December(4/5) Location: Microsoft Campus, Redmond, WA  1st Quarterly Plenary meeting scheduled for January 19-22, 2004, 2 days  Tenative Interim meeting in early March, 2004. Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

Project Time Line continued… November, 2003 Project Time Line continued… 2nd Quarterly Plenary meeting scheduled for March 29-April 1, 2004, 2 days. We should be ready to release the draft for a 40 day letter ballot(LB) review. Interim meeting in mid to late May to resolve LB comments and make edits to draft. Release draft for a 10 day recirculation letter ballot Submit draft 1394/15.3 PAL specification to 1394ta board for approval and publication Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum

doc.: IEEE 802.15-<doc#> <month year> doc.: IEEE 802.15-<doc#> November, 2003 Summary 1394-WWG has made significant progress since April, 2003 in specifying a 1394/15.3 Protocol Adaptation Layer (PAL). 1394-WWG is on track to submit the draft 1394/15.3 PAL specification to letter ballot by early 2nd quarter 2004. Allen D. Heberling, XtremeSpectrum <author>, <company>