1. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/0555r0 SubmissionBill Carney (Texas Instruments)Slide 1 Wi-Fi Liaison Report May 11, 2004 Bill Carney Wi-Fi Alliance Liaison

2. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/0555r0 SubmissionBill Carney (Texas Instruments)Slide 2 World-Wide Wi-Fi ® Unit Shipments and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Products Sources: Synergy Research Group - Shipments Wi-Fi Alliance - Certifications

3. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/0555r0 SubmissionBill Carney (Texas Instruments)Slide 3 QoS Certification Plan of Record Many next-generation products need advanced Quality of Service features to enable voice, video and other multimedia applications Products soon will enter market that offer QoS features Wi-Fi Alliance has taken a leadership position by announcing start of QoS certification in September –Based on WME feature subset of 802.11e –Future QoS certification expected to address complete 802.11e amendment, when ratified –QoS certification is always optional Action is intended to help “jump-start” the Wi-Fi ® consumer electronics market while ensuring interoperability between early products

4. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/0555r0 SubmissionBill Carney (Texas Instruments)Slide 4 Wi-Fi Protected Access 2™ (WPA2) Certification Plan of Record WPA2 = 802.11i Final IEEE standard expected in June Wi-Fi Alliance certification in September –Plan of record: Initiate WPA2 certification at same time as QoS –Coexistence required with WPA WPA2 certification is optional for 18 months, then mandatory for PC-centric devices –Mobile device, CE, etc.; WPA2 will always be optional

5. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/0555r0 SubmissionBill Carney (Texas Instruments)Slide 5 New Certification Logo Design Simplifies the sales process –Helps retailers –Helps consumers Prominent location on retail packaging Goes into effect on 5/14/04 Companion “Interoperability Certificate” –Allows for expanded capabilities –On Wi-Fi Alliance Web site –www.wi-fi.org/certified_products

6. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/0555r0 SubmissionBill Carney (Texas Instruments)Slide 6 2004 – 2005 Officers Chair –Bill Carney: Texas Instruments Vice Chair/Secretary –Paul Meche: Nokia Treasurer –Paul Feinberg: Sony (2 nd Term) Marketing Chair –Jayne Stancavage: Intel Technical Chair –Sarosh Vesuna: Symbol Technologies (2 nd Term) Regulatory Chair –Liam Quinn: Dell (2 nd Term)

7. doc.: IEEE 802.11-04/0555r0 SubmissionBill Carney (Texas Instruments)Slide 7 Member Meeting Schedule 2Q’04 – June 8-10 –Warsaw, Poland 3Q’04 – September 21-23 –Taipei, Taiwan 4Q’04 – December 7-9 –Orlando, FL 1Q’05 - TBD –Dublin, Ireland (Awaiting Confirmation)