IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks

1. IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks ETSI Coordination Planning Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

2. Contents • MC Background • Objectives • Motion/Deliverables • Bluetooth Coordination Request • ETSI Background Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

3. Objectives of the WPAN Marketing Entity • Collect and maintain the application and usage scenarios generated by the CFAs. • Guide the formulation of documentation that clearly & distinctly differentiates the purposes and services of the various IEEE WPAN standards • Support the dissemination of information about IEEE 802.15 Working Group activities internally (among 802 working groups) and externally (among the electronics industry). • Facilitate 802.15 task groups in reaching convergence and consensus on technical requirements. • Determine how best to promote the public demonstration of interoperability between products built using 802.15 standards. • Create and maintain liaisons with other selected industry marketing groups (e.g. Bluetooth, HomeRF) and standards bodies (e.g ETSI). • Foster two-way communications between suppliers and consumers of WPAN products. • Encourage and foster creation of value-added industry marketing groups as appropriate (e.g. Gigabit Ethernet Alliance, http://www.gigabit-Ethernet.org/) . Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

4. We make the following motion: • The P802.15 WG will form a Study Group to investigate how to successfully market WPAN standards. • The marketing study group will initially be commissioned between July ‘99 and Nov ‘99 and report findings and recommendations at each 802.15 meeting. • Key areas to be studied are: • Types of and Value of marketing • Organization of requirements as embodied in CFAs • Actionable “Objectives”, priorities, deliverables, assignments and schedules Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

5. Bluetooth has requested interoperable standards from IEEE and ETSI • “Additionally the Bluetooth SIG is currently in discussions with ETSI to develop a world-wide standard based on Bluetooth that covers the entire Bluetooth capabilities stack. If these discussions go forward, then the Bluetooth SIG would like ETSI and IEEE coordinates their efforts so that both standards interoperate.” Jim Kardach, 15Jul99 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

6. Bluetooth’s Current Understanding is: • Bluetooth = ETSI xxx.xx + IEEE 802.15 • IEEE 802.15 is Bluetooth lower layers • ETSI is Bluetooth minus IEEE 802.15 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

7. Next Steps • #1 TG1 to Send Liaison Letter to Jamshid Khun-Jush, Chairman ETSI Project BRAN • #2 The MC needs to define deliverables for the Nov99 Plenary Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

8. #1 TG1 to Send Liaison Letter to Jamshid Khun-Jush, Chairman ETSI Project BRAN • Standard Introduction P802.15 Letter, and add the following: • “Is it appropriate to have an IEEE P802.15 TG1’er at the 15th meeting of the ETSI Project BRAN?” • Conference Center EVOLUON on October 5-8, 1999 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands • Copy Bob Heile, Jim Carlo, Vic Hayes, Susan Tatiner, Kjell Strandberg, Jim Kardach, Chatschik Bisdikian Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

9. #2 The MC needs to define deliverables for the Nov99 Plenary • Provide a White Paper to the IEEE on the TG1 perceived Publishing issues for a Joint Standard • IEEE P802.15.1 will be a derived Bluetooth MAC Sublayer, PHY Layer plus it will have SDL Model(s), and ASN.1 • IEEE charges • ETSI has free downloads • Bluetooth Specification v1.0A is free, too • IEEE P802.15 TG1 has the following IEEE Standard publication position... Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

10. ETSI A Backgrounder Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

11. Non-profit organization Created 1988 Registered in France A standardization body for - telecommunications and areas common to - telecomms and IT - telecomms and broadcasting Language: English ETSI Secretariat Sophia Antipolis France What is ETSI? Source: [ETSI.ppt], Kjell Strandberg, HoD Standards Making Support, 1Oct98 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

12. ETSI History • CEPT Conference Européen des Posts et Télécommunications [Administrations only] • 1980s CEPT produces European CEPT Recommendations • 1986 EC mission to US (AT&T, Bellcore) • 1987 EC Green Paper on Telecommuncations (Proposes a European standards body) • 1987 Sept CEPT decision in principle to create ETSI • 1988 March First General Assembly meeting • 1988 July First Technical Assembly meeting • 1995 Decision to reengineer the Institute • 1996 The Institute restructured (Board, Deliverables, Technical Organization, Working Procedure Source: [ETSI.ppt], Kjell Strandberg, HoD Standards Making Support, 1Oct98 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

13. General Assembly FinanceCommittee Director General Deputy Dir Gen Secretariat Board ETSAG Special Committees Technical Bodies SAGE GMM CG ETSI Projects User Group JEEC TechnicalCommittees OCG ETSI Partner-ship Projects Technical Organization ETSI Structure ETSI Functional Organization Source: [ETSI.ppt], Kjell Strandberg, HoD Standards Making Support, 1Oct98 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

14. Drafting Approval Maintenance Withdrawal The “old” standards making process Source: [ETSI.ppt], "Collaborative Standardization - A Vision", Kjell Strandberg, HoD Standards Making Support, CEN/CENELEC/ETSI Conference, 17-18 November 1998 - Nice - France Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

15. New Technical Body or Standardization Area TB approved draft Widely used standard Inception Conception Drafting Adoption Promotion Market need for standards New work item Published standard Inception Conception Drafting Adoption Promotion The new business process Source: [ETSI.ppt], "Collaborative Standardization - A Vision", Kjell Strandberg, HoD Standards Making Support, CEN/CENELEC/ETSI Conference, 17-18 November 1998 - Nice - France Ian Gifford, M/A-COM

16. The Bluetooth Upper Layers will be worked on... where? The ETSI Board has approved the Standards Making Process for Bluetooth ? Source: [ETSI.ppt], Kjell Strandberg, HoD Standards Making Support, 1Oct98 Ian Gifford, M/A-COM