Project: IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [TGn Liaison Report] Date Submitted: [17Nov2005] Source: [John Barr] Company [Motorola] Address [1303 E. Golf Road, Schuamburg, IL 60196] Voice:[+1 847 576-8706], FAX: [+1 847 576-6758], E-Mail:[John.Barr@Motorola.com] Re: [] Abstract: [Liaison report to inform 802.15 WG of actions taken by 802.11n.] Purpose: [Information Exchange] 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. July 2004 doc.: IEEE 802.15-04/0395r0 Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola John Barr, Motorola

July 2004 doc.: IEEE 802.15-04/0395r0 Summary Joint proposal NOT completed by November 7th deadline. About 75% complete. Task Group agreed to continue joint proposal effort outside of IEEE process until January meeting. Confirmation vote on the joint proposal should occur in January. Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola John Barr, Motorola

Recap of Architecture Encoder Puncturer Parser Interleaver QAM Mapper Antenna Mapper iFFT Window & GI RF Pilot Preamble Agreed upon Under discussion Yet to be discussed Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola

Current PHY Proposal 11-05-1102r2 Joint Proposal PHY specification has been posted to 802wirelessworld. Sean Coffey – PHY Editor 30 pages Approximately 75% complete Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola

Previous MAC Feature Architecture July 2004 doc.: IEEE 802.15-04/0395r0 Previous MAC Feature Architecture Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola John Barr, Motorola

Current MAC Feature Architecture July 2004 doc.: IEEE 802.15-04/0395r0 Current MAC Feature Architecture Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola John Barr, Motorola

Current MAC Proposal 11-05/1095r2 Joint Proposal MAC Specification has been posted to 802wirelessworld Adrian Stephens – MAC editor 37 pages Approximately 75% complete Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola

Joint Proposal Timeline Hawaii Final Joint Prop Confirm Vote Draft Owned by TGn F2F San Fran F2F Anaheim F2F Vancouver F2F JAP F2F EUR F2F Weekly Conference Calls between F2F Meetings JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN 2005 2006 Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola

Resolved to complete by Jan 2006 Moving Forward MAC and PHY are ~ 75% complete Open specification issues have been identified and are being resolved Technical investigations are largely complete Continuous decision-making telecon, email, web-based balloting Consensus-building is accelerating Resolved to complete by Jan 2006 Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola

TG11n Motion to Continue JP Move to continue the time to complete the merger of MITMOT, TGn Sync and WWiSE proposals through the end of the 802.11 interim session Jan 2006. Passed by unanimous consent Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola

Primary Documents 05-1051 r0 JP Opening Report July 2004 doc.: IEEE 802.15-04/0395r0 Primary Documents 05-1051 r0 JP Opening Report 05-1095 r2 JP MAC Specfication 05-1102 r2 JP PHY Specification 05-1161 r0 JP PHY Presentation 05-1165 r1 JP MAC Detail 05-1154 r1 TGn Opening Report 05-1148 r0 TGn September Minutes 05-1221 r1 TGn JP Closing Report Dr. John R. Barr, Motorola John Barr, Motorola