doc.: IEEE /717r0a Submission November 2003 Paul Feinberg (Wi-Fi Alliance)Slide 1 Wi-Fi Alliance TGn Marketing Task Group Status Paul Feinberg Co-Chair of the Wi-Fi Alliance TGn Marketing Task Group

doc.: IEEE /717r0a Submission November 2003 Paul Feinberg (Wi-Fi Alliance)Slide 2 Wi-Fi Alliance High Throughput Marketing TG - Background High Throughput (HT) MRD Task Group formed in June Prepared Marketing Requirements Document (MRD) with following objectives: –Contribute to TGn process –Apply to test approach for Wi-Fi Certification Developed common position of participating Wi- Fi Alliance companies

doc.: IEEE /717r0a Submission November 2003 Paul Feinberg (Wi-Fi Alliance)Slide 3 High Throughput MRD Task Group Member Companies* AMDG. HillmanSharpV. Vathulya AgereM. CramerSonyP. Feinberg AirgoR. DeVegtSymbolC. Hinsz BroadcomS. PalmTIW. Carney CiscoJ. KruyzTrapezeM. Audeh IceFyreT. BurnsWFAJ. Williams IntelJ. PitarresiWavionYaron Dycian LinksysA. Houtari MotorolaM. Maupin * Primary representative from each company

doc.: IEEE /717r0a Submission November 2003 Paul Feinberg (Wi-Fi Alliance)Slide 4 Salient MRD Requirements “Significant” performance enhancements: –Increase in throughput at MAC SAP 15m –Improved range at a given throughput 100m –Improved robustness to interference SINR 15m vs. 100m –More uniform service within the coverage of an AP or service area 95% coverage One HT device could be used in all three market segments (residential, enterprise and hot spot) – Single PHY Fair sharing of medium with legacy Wi-Fi devices irrespective of transmission rate Backwards compatibility -- Implement basic CSMA/CA to allow for co-existence on same channel; mods allowed with fallback to legacy HT mode does not prevent efficient operation in non-BSS topology

doc.: IEEE /717r0a Submission November 2003 Paul Feinberg (Wi-Fi Alliance)Slide 5 Target Markets Domestic and commercial entertainment and ad-hoc information processing (Infotainment) Business and Institutional Information Processing (Business) Public Internet Service (Services)

doc.: IEEE /717r0a Submission November 2003 Paul Feinberg (Wi-Fi Alliance)Slide 6 High Throughput Applications Applications and target marketsTransmission characteristics Reference Application ExamplesTarget markets TypeRateDuration/ Volume Audio/Video 1DV & HDTV viewing for commercial and domestics use InfotainmentConstant (low jitter) 27 Mb/sHours Audio/Video 2SDTV viewing for commercial and domestic use Infotainment Business Constant (low jitter) 6 Mb/sHours Audio/Video 3Video Conferencing with VoIP Business Services Constant (low jitter) 2 Mb/s< 1hour Interactive 1Interactive Gaming, Internet Browsing; Infotainment Services Variable2 Mb/s1 hour Interactive 2VoIP, Internet Gaming, Infotainment Services Constant with intervals.2 MB/s1 minute – 1 hour Bulk TransferFile transfer; media (un)loading Infotainment Business Services Variable(30 Mb/s)10 MB – 10 GB

doc.: IEEE /717r0a Submission November 2003 Paul Feinberg (Wi-Fi Alliance)Slide 7 Environments

doc.: IEEE /717r0a Submission November 2003 Paul Feinberg (Wi-Fi Alliance)Slide 8 Environment (continued)

doc.: IEEE /717r0a Submission November 2003 Paul Feinberg (Wi-Fi Alliance)Slide 9 Task Group Status Finalized version of MRD (available on SNAP server) MRD circulated to Wi-Fi Alliance membership for comment Recent task group vote approved current version for submission to TGn Task Group will continue to maintaining document through December

doc.: IEEE /717r0a Submission November 2003 Paul Feinberg (Wi-Fi Alliance)Slide 10 Next Steps Complete MRD comment resolution process Continue alignment with TGn and DHWG Final version of MRD in December Feed into Wi-Fi Certification process