Page 1Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) September 18, 2001

Page 2Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) Steering Board Members  One representative per Sponsor Member  Alcatel  Ericsson  IBM  Motorola  Nokia  Philips  Raytheon  Siemens  Vodafone  WG Chairs: WG1, WG2, WG3 and WG4  Chair / person to take the minutes  Vice Chair  Treasurer

Page 3Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) Topics for Discussion  Finalization of Book of Visions  General WWRF activity plan 2002  Meetings  Website  Secretariat support  WWRF work program for 2002  Draft finance plan and membership fees  Communication of results  Decision of WWRF “public” and “internal” information

Page 4Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) Finalization of Book of Visions (BoV)  Reference: Proposed time schedule from Norbert  Status of BoV editions 2000 and 2001  BoV 2001 is an update of the 2000 edition  Proposal: Review of both editions to include useful information from 2000 for 2001  To identify missing areas for future focused work

Page 5Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) General WWRF activity plan 2002: Meetings  How to act in the case that a meeting needs to be cancelled?  Future meetings  Offer by Motorola to host a meeting in the US in March 2002  Offer by DARPA to host a meeting in the US  Offer from China to host a meting in June 2002 collocated with ICT 2002 in Beijing  Offer from Vodafone to host a meeting in the UK in June 2002  Question to Philips to host a meeting in September 2002  Question to Japan to host a meeting end of 2002, beginning 2003?

Page 6Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF)  How to proceed with WWRF website?  Currently, website handled by Ericsson Eurolab, Aachen  Offer by Motorola to update website  When do we need a professional website?  In the beginning of WWRF secretarial support is handled by members  How should we proceed with professional secretarial support? General WWRF activity plan 2002: Website, Secretariat support

Page 7Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF)  Objective for 2001 to finalize the BoV  Workprogram for 2002  BoV provides a lot of material on concepts and ideas  Top down approach from user requirements and envisaged service environment to technical requirements, system concepts, necessary research and a detailed workplan  System concept and reference model definition, work should be done by a small group based on the available material  Structure of work in tasks, expected effort and time schedule as basis of a recommendation for a workplan  Definition of research framework program  Preparation of reports out of the Working Groups for the general public, e.g. special issue in an international journal General WWRF activity plan 2002: Work program 2002