1. The Common Platform Strategy
Stephen Wood UWB Technology Strategist
Communications Technology Lab Intel Corporation
January 5, 2004

2. Too Many Potential UWB Flavors
Problem Statement
UWB (IP)
UWB (USB)
UWB (1394)
UWB (other)
Too Many Radios!!!
Too Many Potential UWB Flavors
Interference & Chaos

3. A Shared Radio Platform
Solution
Application
Stacks IP
WUSB
W1394
WiMedia Sharing
Rules / Interop
Radio
Platform
MBOA PHY/MAC
A Shared Radio Platform

4. State of the Work IP/WiMedia WUSB W1394 WiMedia Sharing
W1394 – PAL Started
Recognized WiMedia Platform
WUSB – Specs done Jan
Exclusively recognized WiMedia / MBOA
IP/WiMedia
WUSB
W1394
IP – Done Via WiMedia
Work in progress
WiMedia Sharing
Rules / Interop
WiMedia – Phy Done, MAC in Q1
Exclusively Adopted MBOA
MBOA PHY/MAC
MBOA – Phy Done, MAC in Q1
Recognized WiMedia