1. Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: [UWB Forum Liaison Report]
Date Submitted: [20 May 2005]
Source: [Ian Gifford] Company [Freescale]
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Re: [UWB Forum Liaison]
Abstract: [UWB Forum Liaison Report.]
Purpose: [UWB Forum Liaison Report documents the liaison work between the forum and the projects in ]
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May 2005
Gifford, Freescale

2. IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks
May 2005
IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks
UWB Forum liaison report to IEEE
Gifford, Freescale

3. May 2005
Summary
Comprised of over 100 companies, the UWB Forum is committed to making Ultra-Wideband technology a reality. Dedicated to ensuring that standards-based Ultra-Wideband products from multiple vendors are truly interoperable, the Forum works closely to help facilitate worldwide regulatory approval process for Ultra-Wideband systems along with the market educational efforts for future customers of these technologies.
Gifford, Freescale

4. May 2005
Liaison Objectives
The UWB Forum is interested in industry and consensus standards as well as participating in the development of these standards, recommended practices and guidelines of the IEEE and related SDOs.
We are interested in , and their siblings i.e., .3a and .4a PHY proposals and .3b and .4b too
We are also interested in coexistence as well as and regulatory issues that relate to worldwide UWB adoption.
We are developing Test and Qualification procedures include forum certification, forum compliance testing, forum endorsed software applications stacks and how these value added services are received by industry and more importantly our customers.
Gifford, Freescale

5. Current Forum Events & News
May 2005
Current Forum Events & News
Roadmap, Interop Programs taking shape
Membership Deadlines
UWB & Bluetooth News
Pulse~LINK joins as Promoter Member
Next Meeting:
Forum F2F Meeting set for 2-3Jun05 in Chicago
Events:
WiCon World London May
Gifford, Freescale

6. May 2005
Join the UWB Forum
Gifford, Freescale