June 1999 doc IEEE 802 15 99011 r

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 Consolidating Standards to Enable Economies of Scale Tom Siep Member Group Technical Staff Texas Instruments siep@ti. com Submission 1 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 Overview • The Standards Process for IEEE 802 • Why Different Standards Exist • Levels of Compatibility • IEEE 802. 15 WPAN Charter • Benefits of Commonality Submission 2 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 The Standards Process • Telecommunications Standards • Why Standards Are Important • How IEEE 802 Establishes a Standard Submission 3 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 Telecommunications Standards • Must define aspects of two devices, the transmitter and the receiver. • A transmitter without compatible receiver does not communicate. • Telecommunications standards define compatibility, not sameness. Submission 4 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 Why Standards Are Important • To Users – Provides an open forum for discussion and development – Allows multiple vendors to offer compatible hardware • To the Industry in General – Seeds Development of Technology – Supports Interoperability of Multiple Vendors – Speeds Market Acceptance • To Semiconductor Suppliers – Ensure technology is optimized for function – Meet with Industry Technology Leaders – Can provide common base for multiple standards Submission 5 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 IEEE Interfaces Submission 6 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 How IEEE 802 Establishes a Standard Submission 7 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 Bluetooth and IEEE 802 Submission 8 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 Why Different Standards Exist • Regional • Special Purpose • Just Because Submission 9 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 Levels of Compatibility The Wireless Example Submission 10 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 IEEE 802. 15 Charter The IEEE P 802. 15 WPAN Working Group is chartered with developing Personal Area Network standards for short distance wireless networks. • • • Build on emerging industry specifications Provide an open forum to debate these proposals Identify substantive issues Build consensus on solutions Goal is to create standards that have – broad market applicability – deal with the issues of coexistence and interoperability – widely used Submission 11 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 Possible Coalescence of Standards Submission 12 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 Benefits of Commonality • Cooperation by “expert” participants in industry • Peer review enables rapid development of new ideas • Supports Interoperability of Multiple Vendors • Multiple vendors able to participate and compete • Semiconductor technology is optimized for function • Semiconductor road maps feed into standards process Economies of Scale become realizable Submission 13 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

June 1999 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -99011 r 1 IEEE 802. 15 Meeting In Montreal • Become part of the process! • For this (the first) meeting only -voting rights are automatic for those who participate. IEEE 802 LMSC Plenary meeting the week of July 5 -9, 1999 at: Queen Elizabeth Hotel 900 Rene-Levesque Blvd West Montreal, PQ H 3 B 4 A 5 CANADA Reservations: (800) 441 -1414 Phone: (514) 861 -3511 Fax: (514) 954 -2256 http: //grouper. ieee. org/groups/802/meeting/index. html Submission 14 Tom Siep, Texas Instruments