1. January 2005 Abbie Mathew, NewLANS Slide 1 IEEE 802.15-05/053r0 Submission Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks Submission Title: [Update and call for participation] Date Submitted: [January 17, 2005] Source: [Abbie Mathew] Company [NewLANS, Inc.] Address [238 Littleton Road, Westford, MA 01886-3531, U.S.A.] Voice: [(617) 283-1363], E-Mail: [amathew@newlans.com] Re: [] Abstract: [Update of activities in the channel modeling sub-group and call for participation] Purpose:[Contribution to 802.15 SG3c at January 2005 plenary in Monterey, CA] Notice:This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. 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 P802.15.

2. January 2005 Abbie Mathew, NewLANS Slide 2 IEEE 802.15-05/053r0 Submission Objective Develop channel models based on applications submitted in response to the CFA. Profile Of Applications  Indoor and outdoor  Line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight  Environment from no multipath to heavy multipath  Mobile and fixed  Data rate from 100 Mbps to greater than 1 Gbps No precedence – first and only attempt to create a standard in the millimeter wave band

3. January 2005 Abbie Mathew, NewLANS Slide 3 IEEE 802.15-05/053r0 Submission Time Line Approximately 9 months to submit the channel model for approvalApproximately 9 months to submit the channel model for approval May change as the subgroup delves deeper into the task at handMay change as the subgroup delves deeper into the task at hand

4. January 2005 Abbie Mathew, NewLANS Slide 4 IEEE 802.15-05/053r0 Submission Current Status  Had three conference calls so far – first one on December 13, 2004  Identified 55 publications on channel modeling Down select from this list  Members of the sub-group are –Bruce Bosco, Motorola –Shahriar Emami, Freescale –Brian Gaucher, IBM –Abbie Mathew, NewLANS Need more participation

5. January 2005 Abbie Mathew, NewLANS Slide 5 IEEE 802.15-05/053r0 Submission Call For Participation  Request your participation – join us!  Next weekly meeting: January 24, 2004, Monday  Dial-in number: +(641) 497-7100  Access code: 657719#  Time Mountain Time1200 hoursMountain Time1200 hours Eastern Standard Time1400 hoursEastern Standard Time1400 hours UTC/GMT1900 hoursUTC/GMT1900 hours Japan, South Korea 0400 hours, +1 dayJapan, South Korea 0400 hours, +1 day