Wi-Fi Alliance Liaison Report November 2003 Bill Carney – Texas Instruments

Certification Overview Over 1,000 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ products to date Products are tested at one of four independent labs in US, UK, Japan and Taiwan Dual band product certifications are increasing Bill Carney – Texas Instruments

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Products Dual band a/b product already out number the 802.11a only products – 12 vs 8 2000 2001 2002 2003 Source: Wi-Fi Alliance Bill Carney – Texas Instruments

Product Certifications Timeline Wi-Fi® Certification Begins IEEE 802.11g Certification 2000 2001 2002 2003 5 GHz Certification Begins WPA Certification Begins Bill Carney – Texas Instruments

Wi-Fi Protected Access™ Status Wi-Fi Protected Access products were announced in April Mandatory on 8/31/03 50+products certified prior to it becoming mandatory Strong industry adoption (now 70+) No hardware upgrade required Certification of 802.11i (WPA2) in ~2Q’04, when amendment is complete Bill Carney – Texas Instruments

802.11g Certifications Summary Twenty-eight 802.11g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ products as of end of October 2003 Seeing more combo 11a/g product submissions Bill Carney – Texas Instruments

Wi-Fi Alliance QoS Certification Plans QoS is an important element to next generation products The Alliance is hopeful that IEEE 802.11e will be completed in 2Q’04 and intends to implement certification thereafter As a backup plan in case of unforeseen delay in IEEE 802.11e, The Alliance is prepared to possibly begin QoS certification before the finalization of the amendment Will follow same process as was used for Wi-Fi Protected Access™ Decision will be made in March 2004, following the IEEE 802.11 plenary meeting Test plan development is proceeding Bill Carney – Texas Instruments

Wi-Fi ZONE™ Program Wi-Fi ZONE: Global symbol of public access 50+ countries 6,000+ locations Users find providers – www.wi-fizone.org Free program for providers and users Download locations and take them with you Also for phones – wap.wi-fizone.org Bill Carney – Texas Instruments

Wi-Fi ZONE™ Location Growth Source: Wi-Fi Alliance Bill Carney – Texas Instruments

Planned Enhancement Estimated Task Group Completion Product Availability Earliest Wi-Fi Alliance Certification Enhanced Security – WPA Q4 2002 Q2 2003 April 29, 2003 802.11g Q3 2003 July 8, 2003 Regulatory Items (802.11d, h) Q4 2003 Q2 2004 WPA2 (802.11i) Multimedia Support (802.11e) Q3 2004 802.11n Q2 2005 Bill Carney – Texas Instruments

Summary Over 1,000 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED products Wi-Fi Protected Access™ certification is now mandatory Wi-Fi ZONE is growing rapidly Task groups working on test requirements for upcoming IEEE amendments 3Com National wireless LAN ads Bill Carney – Texas Instruments