Project: IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [Proposal for Short Address Multicast] Date Submitted: [14May2004] Source: [Phil Beecher] Company [CompXs Ltd] Address [Robert Denholm House, Bletchingley Road, Nutfield, RH1 4HW, UK] Voice:[+44 1737 822509], E-Mail: [pbeecher@compxs.com] Re: [] Abstract: [Proposal for short address multicast for 802.15.4] Purpose: [8002.15.4 TG4b PAR.] Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE 802.15. 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 802.15. January 2004 Phil Beecher, CompXs Ltd Phil Beecher, CompXs Ltd

Multicast for 802.15.4 – Short address mode January 2004 Multicast for 802.15.4 – Short address mode Short addresses from 0xfff0 to 0xfffd inclusive will be reserved for multicast. Messages with destination PANid matching macPANId and destination short address matching a multicast address will pass the address filter test and be passed to the next higher layer for processing. Multicast messages will not be acknowledged. Phil Beecher, CompXs Ltd Phil Beecher, CompXs Ltd