January 2001 Richard Paine, Boeing Slide 1 doc.: IEEE /046 Submission Boeing Wireless Dilemma Coexistence IEEE Monterey, Ca 1/15-19/01

January 2001 Richard Paine, Boeing Slide 2 doc.: IEEE /046 Submission The Dilemma  Density of Devices  Density of Users  Bluetooth  Part 15 non-LAN devices  Part 15 LAN devices =Chaos Coexistence

January 2001 Richard Paine, Boeing Slide 3 doc.: IEEE /046 Submission Everett Map

January 2001 Richard Paine, Boeing Slide 4 doc.: IEEE /046 Submission Coexisting(?) Devices  Cordless Phones  Bluetooth  Microwave Ovens  RFID Tags  Emergency Voice Systems  Wireless LANs  IEEE  IEEE ?  RFID Tags?  Emergency Voice Systems? 2.4GHz5.25GHz

January 2001 Richard Paine, Boeing Slide 5 doc.: IEEE /046 Submission Situation-Target-Proposal Situation – Wireless Local Are Networks (WLANs) promise worker productivity increases to far exceed any other previous communications technology. The WLAN implementations to date use unlicensed frequencies of the kind (low power, short distance) that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) uses to induce innovation and experimentation to the benefit of the general public. The FCC, therefore, has allocated the ISM bands (900MHz, 2.4GHz, and 5.7GHz) and the UNII bands ( GHz) to be unlicensed. Industrial concerns, like Boeing, can extend their Intranets to places they have never been able to reach using these unlicensed frequencies, For example, the places referred to can enable untethered communications anywhere onboard aircraft. Such communications can bridge data, workflow, and voice for productive use of network and computing resources anytime, anyplace. Bringing such unlicensed WLAN capability to the industrial plant has some hazards. In the FCC’s allocated frequencies, consumer devices and specialized productivity tools can also be implemented, creating overcrowding and frequency interference in the unlicensed bands. The Frequency Management organization and the Spectrum Coordinating Committee manage licensed frequencies and may not have adequate resources to manage unlicensed frequencies in addition to their current workload. The Boeing Company can manage the unlicensed frequencies within our own facilities to maximize the viability of these communications resources. Such management must include the different technologies and the general health of the Boeing Intranet. Target – A Boeing Intranet with maximum productivity improvement; one in which interference is minimized, and the general network health is optimized. Proposal – Form a Wireless Technical Advisory Board (WTAG) with discretionary power to deliver a wireless approved products list to the network technical advisory board (BENTAG). Unlicensed Radio Spectrum STP

January 2001 Richard Paine, Boeing Slide 6 doc.: IEEE /046 Submission Wireless Summit  Networks  Frequency Management  Facilities  Procurement  Telephony Outsource  Applications