Sept 2002 WECA Liaison Report Sheung Li, Bill Carney Sept 13, 2002 Sheung Li, Bill Carney

WECA Meeting Upcoming Member meeting Following meeting Rome: Sept 24 – 26 Hot topics Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA aka SSN) Security ease of use: ASCII, Plaintext, HEX for keys Public access program Dual band certification Performance evaluation Following meeting San Diego: Dec 10 – 12 Joint IEEE/WECA meeting in Singapore in May Sheung Li, Bill Carney

WECA Events Asian press tour in mid-October Upcoming Trade Shows Visiting Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan Upcoming Trade Shows World PC Expo, Tokyo, Oct 16 - 19 Comdex, Las Vegas, Nov 18 – 22 CES, Las Vegas, Jan 9-12 CeBIT, Hannover, Mar 12-19 Third round of 802.11a interop testing starts next week Certification targeted for November launch 450+ 802.11b certified products Sheung Li, Bill Carney