doc.: IEEE 802.11-<doc#> <month year> doc.: IEEE 802.11-<doc#> March 2003 Project: IEEE P802.11 Working Group for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) Submission Title: 802.15 Liaison Report, March 2003 Date Submitted: 14 March 2002 Source: Michael Seals, Intersil Address 2401 Palm Bay Rd NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905 Voice: 321 724 7172, FAX: 312 724 7094, E-Mail: mseals@intersil.com Abstract: This document highlights the actions taken by the IEEE 802.15 WG during the January 2003 Interim meeting in Dallas, TX. Purpose: Liaison report Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.11. 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 P802.11. M. Seals, Intersil <author>, <company>

TG2 Status This Week Sponsor Ballot Results Prior to the Session March 2003 TG2 Status This Week Sponsor Ballot Results Prior to the Session 66 Total Voters 38 Y 2 N < 75% return rate Six more votes this week with no new comments Have addressed the comments for the two no voters Current status 43 Y 5 A Next Steps Anticipate Sponsor Ballot recirculation immediately after the current Sponsor Ballot closes Wish to use Procedure 10 to forward the draft to RevCom 76 % Return Rate 96 % Approval M. Seals, Intersil

March 2003 TG3 Status This Week Addressed all of the 67 technical comments from the second sponsor ballot 47 of the resolutions have been accepted Next Steps Anticipate going to 15-day Sponsor Ballot recirculation on Draft 17 after this session Wish to use Procedure 10 to get conditional approval after the recirculation to submit to RevCom in May M. Seals, Intersil

TG3a Status This Week Heard 23 proposals for the Alternate PHY March 2003 TG3a Status This Week Heard 23 proposals for the Alternate PHY A few down selection criteria edits Next Steps Proposal refinement leading up to the May meeting All proposals will have a chance to present in May before the first down-selection vote M. Seals, Intersil

March 2003 TG4 Status This Week The Sponsor Ballot has been passed with 100% approval Spent time pulling all of the documents together for Continuous Approval from RevCom Next Steps Standard should be finished by the end of April or the beginning of May M. Seals, Intersil

Low Power UWB Interest Group Status March 2003 Low Power UWB Interest Group Status General An interest group was formed to gauge the response to a UWB PHY for 15.4 This Week A tutorial of low-power UWB was given during the session At the mid-week plenary 802.15 decided not to form a study group 16 Y (form a SG) 17 N (do not form a SG) 17 Abstain Most commenters felt that restricting the PHY to UWB at this time was premature Next Steps Evaluate interest in moving forward with an alternate PHY for 15.4 M. Seals, Intersil

March 2003 SG15.1a Status General There is need to generate a maintenance PAR for 15.1 to incorporate errata The Bluetooth™ SIG is nearing release of V1.2 of the spec This Week Tom Siep proposed creating a Study Group to add V1.2 of the spec to 15.1 in addition to incorporating the errata as an amendment to 15.1 At the mid-week Plenary 802.15 decided to form a study group, 15.1a, to address these issues 10 Y (form a SG) 7 N (do not form a SG) 14 Abstain Next Steps Determine if the Bluetooth™ SIG can work with 802.15 under the IEEE open standards committee rules, unlike the past M. Seals, Intersil