1. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 1 Project: IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [WG Liaison Report, No.7] Date Submitted: [8May00] Source: [Ian Gifford] Company [M/A-COM, Inc.] Address [1011 Pawtucket Boulevard Lowell, MA USA 01853-3295] Voice:[+1 978 442 4650], FAX: [+1 978 442 5442], E-Mail:[giffordi@ieee.org] Re: [-00/37r1, etc.] Abstract:[This Liaison Report is a running Liaison report that is offered to the WG for their consideration. It is only as good as what is provided to the Author…there are many WG Liaisons that are not captured as they are not provided to the Author or Liaison Officer.] Purpose:[Our Sponsor requested that an official Liaison Officer be added to the WG. This report is for the Sponsor and/or the WG.] 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.

2. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 2 IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks Liaison Report #7 May 2000 Seattle, WA USA

3. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 3 Contents Liaison Objectives Liaison Summary Liaison Reports Liaison Negotiations Liaison Observations

4. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 4 Liaison Objectives Promote the IEEE as a Value Add Promote the IEEE 802 as a leader in Wireless Standards-Making Promote P802.15 as an expert in WPANs Request/Receive Draft Standard Submissions from External and Internal (IEEE) from our Liaison activities

5. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 5 Liaison Summary Active Liaison List –Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Kardach/Bisdikian) –IEEE 802.11 (Kerry) –IEEE 802.16 (RogerM ) –IEEE Standards Activities, Standards Publishing Programs (Tatiner, McCabe, Gargiulo) IEEE Standards Dept., Balloting Center (Pribula) –TG2 Coexistence Letter to Academia (Shellhammer) –Digital Imaging Group (Allen) –WLANA (DiCillo) Nonactive Liaison List –IEEE 802.1 (Lindinsky) –IEEE 802.2 (Carlson) –ATM Forum WATM (Delaverson) –DSRC (Kurihara) –ETSI BRAN Project (Khun- Jush/Watanabe) –HomeRF Working Group (Manny) –IETF MobileIP (?) –IrDA (McKay) –UWBWG (Withington) –WAP Forum (Parrish) Other Liaisons?

6. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 6 IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks External Liaison Report

7. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 7 Bluetooth Report Telecon & Meetings –17Mar00 Bluetooth-IEEE Telecon on post Alb., NM –29Mar00 Bluetooth-IEEE IEEE/RAC Telecon –6Apr00 Bluetooth-IEEE Telecon on MARCOM –3May00 Bluetooth/IEEE Telecon on MARCOM E-Mail’s to Bluetooth SIG –27Mar00, 5May00 Follow up on Copyright –5Apr00 Follow up on Bluetooth v1.0 C (v1.1) –5Apr00 LB1/2 Reply Comments (-99/173r6) –21Apr00 Bluetooth Pocket Guide Contract E-Mail’s from Bluetooth SIG –20Apr00 Copyright –18Apr00 Bluetooth Pocket Guide Contract Next Steps –Bluetooth v1.0 C (v1.1) –LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool –Bluetooth SIGnal Issue No.6, 7, etc. –Bluetooth and the IEEE Pocket Guides

8. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 8 IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks Internal Liaison Report

9. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 9 802.11 Report Telecon & Meetings –Miscellaneous E-Mail’s to 802.11 –Miscellaneous E-Mail’s from 802.11 –Miscellaneous Next Steps –Sep00 Interim Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ Venue doc? –Jan01 Interim Meeting? Venue doc? –May01 Interim Meeting? Venue doc? –LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool?

10. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 10 IEEE Report Telecon & Meetings –3Mar00 Bluetooth/IEEE Telecon on MARCOM –6Apr00 Bluetooth/IEEE Telecon on MARCOM –3May00 Bluetooth/IEEE Telecon on MARCOM –Miscellaneous E-Mail’s to IEEE –11, 23, 24Feb00, 3Mar00, on Copyright License –16Feb00 Request for LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool status IEEE Standards Dept., Balloting Center (Pribula) –1Mar00 Telecon Agenda, etc. on Pocket Guides –Miscellaneous E-Mail’s from IEEE –16, 27Feb00 Response on LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool status IEEE Standards Dept., Balloting Center (Pribula) -99/179r0 –6, 13Apr00, 5May00 on Draft Std. Copyright License –13, 21Apr00, on Pocket Guide Contract –Miscellaneous Next Steps –Resolve Draft Std. Copyright License signatures for Exhibit A –LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool?

11. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 11 Liaison Negotiations Bluetooth SIG –Resolve Draft Std. Copyright License signatures for Exhibit A –Advise on IEEE Draft 0.8 Standard Status (cont.) –Request Specification v1.0C (v1.1) Status (cont.) –Next BSIG-IEEE f2f Meeting Date?, 2000 –Next "Bluetooth 2000“, 13-16Jun00 Monte Carlo IEEE –Resolve Draft Std. Copyright License signatures for Exhibit A –802.11/802.15 Interim Meetings? We need to identify hosts and venue 12months out, or more. –IEEE-SA LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool? We need to increase the awareness of this process

12. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 12 Liaison Observation #1 Web Site has numerous hits! Electronic Presence is strong for 802.15 The 802.15 Web Site is very active: –http://grouper.ieee.org/stats/ –For 1May00 http://grouper.ieee.org/stats/2000-05/01.html Note: Use browser to search on HTML Page for occurrences of “802/15” this bring you to 802.15 URL %’s In the next few weeks we will try to highlight: –Browser Hits daily, weekly, monthly, etc. –Browser Downloads of docs linked to the page –etc.

13. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 13 Liaison Observation #2 Mailing List(s) Traffic is Light! Electronic usage of Mailing Lists for 802.15 could be stronger 144 Messages on WG Public Mailing List stds-802-wpan@ieee.org –http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/arc/802-wpanlist/threads.html 27 Messages on TG2 Public Mailing List stds-802-15-2@ieee.org –http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/arc/802-15-2list/threads.html 210 Messages on WG Private Mailing List stds-802-15@ieee.org –http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/private/802-15list/threads.html 1 Message on Joint 802.11 & 802.15 Private Mailing List stds-802-jt11-15@ieee.org –http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/private/jt11/threads.html 1 Messages on TG1 Private Mailing List stds-802-15-1@ieee.org –x The addresses & URLs provided are for traffic & access to the archives. Note some of them are password protected and available to WG Membership only. Note: IEEE 802.16 uses their Lists 2x to 3x our rate. Web posting per doc, etc.

14. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 14 Liaison Observation #3 6 WG Mailing Lists! We have six (6) WG Mailing Lists, all have archives.

15. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/118r1 Submission May 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 15 Previous Liaison Reports On Web, Server & Flash Card(s) Liaison Report #1 -99/005 [99005r0P802-15_Liaison- Report.ppt] Liaison Report #2 -99/029 [99029r0P802-15_Liaison- Report-2.ppt] Liaison Report #3 -99/063 [99063r1P802-15_Liaison- Report-3.ppt] Liaison Report #4 -99/124 [99124r0P802-15_Liaison- Report-4.ppt] Liaison Report #5 -99/174 [99174r0P802-15_WG-Liaison- Report-5.ppt] Liaison Report #6 -00/037r1 [00037r1P802-15_WG- Liaison-Report-6.ppt]