1. doc.: IEEE 802.11-01/027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 1 Ad-Hoc Publicity Group Report Al Petrick

2. doc.: IEEE 802.11-01/027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 2 WECA Update Next meeting Honalulu, Hawaii –February 21-22, 2001 Over 60 member companies Over 50 products Wi-Fi certified (IEEE 802.11b) –Over 20 different companies with certified product WECA is committed to testing interoperability of IEEE 802.11a products Marketing and Technical sub-committees www.wi-fi.org

3. doc.: IEEE 802.11-01/027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 3 OFDM Forum Update Three working groups –Broadband –DOT projects……5.8-5.9GHz Roadside communications in the US –WirelessLANs…..5GHz Objective –Promote OFDM in various markets Open forum….similar to WECA –Promote standards using OFDM Next meeting: February 20-21, 2001 –San Franscisco, CA www.ofdmforum.org

4. doc.: IEEE 802.11-01/027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 4 Conferences Communications Design Magazine –Communication Design Conference San Jose Convention Center October 1-4, 2001 San Jose, California http://www.commdesignconference.com Abstracts due: January 31, 2001 Papers due: June 15, 2001 –Conference Tracks Wireless Infrastructure …………….2G – 3GWireless Infrastructure Portable/Wireless Appliances …..Bluetooth, Internet appliances, IEEE 802.11a/b -.15 papersPortable/Wireless Appliances Systems and Infrastructure ………optical backbonesSystems and Infrastructure Fiber Optic Design………………………SonetFiber Optic Design Broadband Access/Backbone…....DSL, Cable Modems, LMDSBroadband Access/Backbone Internetworking Equipment ……..Switches and RoutersInternetworking Equipment Software/Middleware ………………..Protocol StacksSoftware/Middleware Home Networking Design ………… IEEE 802.11a/b papersHome Networking Design

5. doc.: IEEE 802.11-01/027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 5 Conferences (cont.) Internet World Summer 2000 Chicago 7/11/00 7/13/00 HomeNET 2000 San Francisco 7/26/00 7/28/00 ICM Wireless Voiceand Data Applications Toronto 9/11/00 9/13/00 DSLcon Boston World Trade Ctr 9/18/00 9/20/00 IEC Wireless Engineering ComForum/Wireless Data & Internet Dallas 10/30/00 11/1/00 COMDEX Fall 2000 Las Vegas 11/17/00 IIR Workshop Geneva 12/4/00 12/7/00 The Wireless Office San Francisco 12/6/00 12/7/00 Wireless Lan Forum Amsterdam 2/7/01 2/8/01 XVI SIDEC Monterrey, Mexico 3/1/01 3/3/01

6. doc.: IEEE 802.11-01/027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 6 Wireless LAN Forecast Purpose: To generate a 802.11 perspective of the market size in terms of units shipped Created Survey document –00/407 Anonymous Questionnaire Wireless LAN Forecast Survey –WLAN Forecast (“Radio” units shipped) IEEE 802.11b –Enterprise, Consumer IEEE 802.11a –Enterprise, Consumer

7. doc.: IEEE 802.11-01/027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 7 Wireless LAN Forecast (cont) Input data received: 1/17/01 –3 submissions Continue the process through March 2001 session

8. doc.: IEEE 802.11-01/027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 8 Wireless LAN Survey Data Input (2) data input submissions IEEE 802.11a

9. doc.: IEEE 802.11-01/027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 9 Wireless LAN Data Input IEEE 802.11b (2) data input submissions

10. doc.: IEEE 802.11-01/027 Publicity Report January 2001 Al Petrick, ParkerVisionSlide 10 Objectives for March 2001 Continue work revising doc:00/288 General Presentation on IEEE 802.11 Continue developing WLAN Forecast (units shipped) WECA update from Hawaii…. Update documents (joint 802.11/802.15) –Calendar of Events –Conference articles – papers