1. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 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.8] Date Submitted: [10Jul00] 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 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 2 IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks™ Liaison Report #8 July 2000 LaJolla, CA USA

3. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 3 Contents Liaison Objectives Liaison Summary Liaison Reports Liaison Negotiations Liaison Observations

4. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 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 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 5 Liaison Summary Active Liaison List –Bluetooth Special Interest Group (Kardach/Truntzer/Inouye) –IEEE 802.11 (Kerry) –IEEE 802.16 (RogerM ) –IEEE Standards Activities, Standards Publishing Programs (Tatiner, McCabe, Gargiulo) IEEE Standards Dept., Balloting Center (Pribula/Kahofer) –TG2 Coexistence Letter to Academia (Shellhammer) –Digital Imaging Group (Allen) –WLANA (DiCillo) –DSRC (Kurihara) Nonactive Liaison List –IEEE 802.1 (Lindinsky) –IEEE 802.2 (Carlson) –ATM Forum WATM (Delaverson) –ETSI BRAN Project (Khun- Jush/Watanabe) –HomeRF Working Group (Manny) –IETF MobileIP (?) –IrDA (McKay) –UWBWG (Withington) –WAP Forum (Parrish) Other Liaisons?

6. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 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 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 7 Bluetooth Report Telecon & Meetings –13Jun00 Bluetooth Congress 2000 TG1 pitch to PM –16Jun00 Bluetooth Congress 2000 TG3 pitch to PM –29Jun00 Telecon w/ Marketing WG Chair –7Jul00 Telecon w/ Chairman E-Mail’s to Bluetooth SIG –3Jul00 Follow up on addendum; IEEE signed waiting on BSIG –4Jul00 Follow up on Bluetooth v1.0 C (v1.1) –5Jul00 Follow up on Bluetooth Pocket Guide Contract E-Mail’s from Bluetooth SIG –23Jun00 ChatschikB resigned as BSIG Technical Liaison, retains WG status –5Jul00 update on addendum; some sigs - need more; ETA 28Jul00 –7Jul00 Radio2 CFI Reply –7Jul00 Francis Truntzer will stand-in during JimK 11 week sabbatical. Next Steps –Bluetooth and the IEEE Pocket Guide Contracts –Bluetooth v1.1 –LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool –Bluetooth SIGnal Editor/Publisher and Issue No. 7, 8, 9, etc.

8. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 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 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 9 802.11 Report Telecon & Meetings –Miscellaneous E-Mail’s to 802.11 –6Jul00 Interim Meeting Jan01 Update –Miscellaneous E-Mail’s from 802.11 –Miscellaneous Next Steps –Review Joint Interim Meeting Hosting Guidelines doc and provide feedback, -00/189r0. –Sep00 Interim Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ Venue doc? –Jan01 Interim Meeting in San Jose, CA Venue doc? –May01 Interim Meeting in Orlando, FL Venue doc? –LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool?

10. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 10 IEEE Report Telecon & Meetings –Miscellaneous E-Mail’s to IEEE –11, 23, 24Feb00, 3Mar00, on Copyright License –6Jun00 Follow up on LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool status IEEE Standards Dept., Balloting Center (Kahofer) –3Jul00 Follow up on Bluetooth Pocket Guide Contract –Miscellaneous E-Mail’s from IEEE –8Jun00 Follow up on LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool status IEEE Standards Dept., Balloting Center (Kahofer) –5Jul00 Follow up on Bluetooth Pocket Guide Contract –Miscellaneous Next Steps –Resolve Draft Std. Copyright License signatures for Exhibit A –Follow up on Bluetooth Pocket Guide Contract and Manuscript –LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool –802.15.1 Draft Std onto IEEE 802 Plus CD-ROM?

11. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 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 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. We need to consider a single (.11/.15) Guideline for Interim Hosts –IEEE-SA LAN/MAN 802.15 Balloting Pool? We need to increase the awareness of this process The WG Liaisons are fragmented and not all active liaisons are captured.

12. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 12 Liaison Observation #1 TG1 Should not wait for v1.1 The Bluetooth SIG continues to be interested in the IEEE Standards-Making Process The Bluetooth SIG has been advised of the impact of the v1.1 errata delay and understands the issues The IEEE 802.15 Task Group 1 needs to review their schedule and determine how to maintain forward motion in the drafting process –WG Ballot Phase Halt Standards-Making effort and wait for v1.1 or Proceed w/ D0.8 to Recirculation LB w/o v1.1 Proceed to Sponsor Ballot Phase and handle v1.1 via WG Maintenance PAR/TG

13. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 13 Liaison Observation #2 The BSIG responds to CFI 11Jun00 the “Radio2” Call For Interest was released Bluetooth 2000 –13Jun00 TG1 Pitch –16Jun00 TG3 Pitch 7Jul00 the BSIG responds positively to the CFI 802.15.1 MAC 802.15.1 PHY 802.15.3 MAC 802.15.3 PHY 802.1 Bridging 802.2 LLC =/>20 Mbit/s >1 <20 Mbit/s =/<1 Mbit/s 1.02.03.0 ? The “Radio2” SG will help BSIG and the 802.15 WG communicate. As-is the WG may not have a Project (PAR) that can address Version 2.0 Specification

14. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 2000 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM, Inc.Slide 14 Liaison Observation #3 802.15’s Web Site is visible The 802.15 Web Site continues to receive a significant amount of traffic The process of posting WG, TG, SG, etc. pages may need to have a more formal review process to maintain WG control This will require active participation from all Web Stakeholders Recommendation is to have the AC review and approve anything new or controversial The “Radio2” CFI HTML Page was crossed linked from the IEEE-SA Home Page last week w/o any WG haranguing. We need AC review/participation.

15. doc.: IEEE 802.15-00/182r0 Submission July 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] Liaison Report #7 -00/118r0 [00118r1P802-15_WG-Liaison-Report- 7.ppt]