1. Wi-Fi Alliance Liaison Update
March 2014
doc.: IEEE /0216r0
Nov 2015
Wi-Fi Alliance Liaison Update
Date:
Authors:
Ian Sherlock, Texas Instruments
Stephen McCann, Blackberry

2. March 2014
doc.: IEEE /0325r0
Nov 2015
The last WFA member meeting was held in the week of 19th Oct 2015 in Budapest, Hungary
Recent Items of note
Wi-Fi Alliance introduced Implementer membership grade to support IoT
Wi-Fi Alliance held a workshop on 4th Nov 2015 to advance LTE-U and Wi-Fi coexistence discussion
Ongoing technical activity at WFA leading to certification, based on IEEE programs
Location
60GHz,
VHT5 wave2
White Spaces
Extended range, based on ah
Timing Measurement
Stephen McCann, Blackberry

3. Examples of other technical work ongoing in WFA
March 2014
doc.: IEEE /0325r0
Nov 2015
Examples of other technical work ongoing in WFA
Neighbor Awareness Networking – low power discovery
Wireless Serial Bus
Display
Security
Device Provisioning Protocol
Application Services
LTE Coexistence
Multiband Operations
Passpoint
IoT for connected Home
Examples of WFA Activity in other areas, potentially leading to technical work
Automotive
Stephen McCann, Blackberry

4. Further information at http://www.wi-fi.org/
March 2014
doc.: IEEE /0325r0
Nov 2015
If those sound like interesting areas please plan to attend the next member meeting which is scheduled for the week of 7th Mar 2016 in Kyoto, Japan.
Further information at
Stephen McCann, Blackberry