Wi-Fi Alliance Liaison Update March 2014 doc.: IEEE 802.11-14/0216r0 Nov 2015 Wi-Fi Alliance Liaison Update Date: 2015-11-11 Authors: Ian Sherlock, Texas Instruments Stephen McCann, Blackberry

March 2014 doc.: IEEE 802.11-14/0325r0 Nov 2015 The last WFA member meeting was held in the week of 19th Oct 2015 in Budapest, Hungary Recent Items of note Wi-Fi Alliance introduced Implementer membership grade to support IoT http://www.wi-fi.org/news-events/newsroom/wi-fi-alliance-introduces-implementer-membership-to-support-emerging-market Wi-Fi Alliance held a workshop on 4th Nov 2015 to advance LTE-U and Wi-Fi coexistence discussion http://www.wi-fi.org/news-events/newsroom/wi-fi-alliance-aims-to-harmonize-wi-fi-and-lte-u-coexistence Ongoing technical activity at WFA leading to certification, based on IEEE programs Location 60GHz, VHT5 wave2 White Spaces Extended range, based on 802.11ah Timing Measurement Stephen McCann, Blackberry

Examples of other technical work ongoing in WFA March 2014 doc.: IEEE 802.11-14/0325r0 Nov 2015 Examples of other technical work ongoing in WFA Neighbor Awareness Networking – low power discovery Wireless Serial Bus Display Security Device Provisioning Protocol Application Services LTE Coexistence Multiband Operations Passpoint IoT for connected Home Examples of WFA Activity in other areas, potentially leading to technical work Automotive Stephen McCann, Blackberry

Further information at http://www.wi-fi.org/ March 2014 doc.: IEEE 802.11-14/0325r0 Nov 2015 If those sound like interesting areas please plan to attend the next member meeting which is scheduled for the week of 7th Mar 2016 in Kyoto, Japan. Further information at http://www.wi-fi.org/ Stephen McCann, Blackberry