November 13, 2003 Glyn Roberts – ST Microelectronics IEEE doc: IEEE pc Submission Project: IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [WiMedia Update for PC] Date Submitted: [Nov. 13, 2003] Source: [Glyn Roberts] Company: [STMicroelectronics, Inc] Address: [1060 East Brokaw Road, San Jose, CA 95131] Voice:[ ], FAX: [ ], Re: [] Abstract:[Update on status of the WiMedia Alliance] Purpose:[Provide visibility to IEEE Wireless groups to Industry Alliance for UWB/ ] Notice:This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P 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 P

November 13, 2003 Glyn Roberts – ST Microelectronics IEEE doc: IEEE pc Submission WiMedia Alliance Update to the.11 &.15 Publicity Standing Committee November 11th, 2003 Glyn Roberts President, WiMedia Alliance

November 13, 2003 Glyn Roberts – ST Microelectronics IEEE doc: IEEE pc Submission What is WiMedia? The consumer brand mark for high data-rate, UWB-based multimedia networking. Designed from the ground up for the needs of multimedia: CE, Computing & Mobile Appliances Easy to install and use, consumer-friendly solution. Based on best-in-class standards, protocols and formats: 15.3 MAC / 15.3a PHY (UWB), IPv6, UPnP, MPEG2, JPEG…

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November 13, 2003 Glyn Roberts – ST Microelectronics IEEE doc: IEEE pc Submission WiMedia Common Radio Platform WiMedia MAC Convergence Arch. TransportControl High- Level Discovery Applications (Minimum Format Support)  Common Platform:  For all WiMedia devices  Low-level Discovery & Connection Mgmt.  QoS / bandwidth policing Priority & TDMA  IP & non-IP transport  Application Profiles:  Streaming media applications  Digital imaging and printing applications MAC/3aPHY (UWB) Application Specific Profile

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November 13, 2003 Glyn Roberts – ST Microelectronics IEEE doc: IEEE pc Submission Thank you.