doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 1Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies IEEE P Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks TM Presentation at In-Stat Forum on “Access To Intelligence” Phoenix AZ May 1, 2001

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 2Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies Bluetooth and IEEE b Coexistence Stephen J. Shellhammer Chairman IEEE Coexistence Task Group Senior Director, Symbol Technologies, Inc.

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 3Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies Mutual Interference Problem: Both IEEE and Bluetooth operate in the same 2.4 GHz ISM Band. Problem: Bluetooth enabled devices will likely be portable and will need to operate in an IEEE WLAN environment. Problem: There will be some level of mutual interference.

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 4Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies IEEE Deliverables Coexistence Model –Quantify the effect of the mutual interference of WLAN (e.g ) and WPAN (e.g. Bluetooth) upon one another. Coexistence Mechanisms –Mechanisms or techniques to facilitate coexistence of WLAN and WPAN devices. Both to be documented in an IEEE Recommended Practice

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 5Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies Coexistence Model The purpose of this Coexistence Model is: –To quantify the effect of the mutual interference under various scenarios. WLAN in Laptop and Bluetooth in nearby PDA WLAN and Bluetooth in the same Laptop –To demonstrate the effectiveness of the adopted Coexistence Mechanism.

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 6Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies Coexistence Model The Coexistence Model consist of four sections, –Physical Layer Models of the and Bluetooth Radios –MAC Layer Models of both and Bluetooth –RF Channel Model of the Radio Channel –Data Traffic Models of the traffic over both and Bluetooth networks.

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 7Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies Coexistence Model Input to the Model –Location of and Bluetooth devices –Type of Data Traffic flowing over both the and Bluetooth networks. Output of the Model –Network Throughput, for both and Bluetooth. –Network Latency, for both and Bluetooth. –Packet Error rate for voice link

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 8Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies Coexistence Model - Bluetooth SCO Link in the Presence of IEEE b

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 9Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies Coexistence Model - IEEE b (11Mbps) in the Presence of Bluetooth

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 10Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies Coexistence Mechanisms Coexistence Mechanisms Facilitate Coexistence of WPAN & WLAN devices Submissions were given at, –November 2000 meeting –January 2001 meeting March 2001 meeting –Updated submissions –Voted on selection of mechanisms

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 11Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies Coexistence Mechanisms Collaborative Mechanisms –Some form of communication exists between the WLAN and WPAN. –Use this link to provide fair sharing of medium (i.e. air waves) Non-Collaborative Mechanisms –No communication between WLAN and WPAN exists. –Techniques to minimize the effects of the mutual interference

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 12Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies Coexistence Mechanisms Collaborative Mechanism (Only one) –Selected a joint proposal from Mobilian, Symbol Technologies, and NIST. –Primarily a Coordinated Scheduling Mechanism.

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 13Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies Coexistence Mechanisms Non-Collaborative (Multiple) –Selected Bluetooth Packet Selection and Scheduling –Selected IEEE b Transmit Power Control and Data Rate Scaling –Considering Bluetooth Adaptive Frequency Hopping (More working being done by Ad Hoc committee)

doc.: IEEE /243r0 Submission May 2001 Slide 14Steve Shellhammer, Symbol Technologies IEEE Web Site For more information see the IEEE web site