March 2001 doc IEEE 802 11 01201 AdHoc

March 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/201 Ad-Hoc Publicity Committee Joint 802. 11/. 15 Report Al Petrick Bruce Kraemer Submission 1 Al Petrick, Parker. Vision, Bruce Kraemer Intersil

March 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/201 Objectives for March 2001 • Complete work on general publicity overview presentation on 802. 11 for WG web site • Finalize WLAN forecast documentation • Update Conference Calendar • Continue to Work on Joint 802. 11 / 802. 15 Publicity Activities • WECA coordination with 802. 11 on brand/labeling • OFDM forum update Submission 2 Al Petrick, Parker. Vision, Bruce Kraemer Intersil

March 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/201 Wireless LAN Forecast • Purpose: To generate a 802. 11 perspective of the market size in terms of units shipped • Call…for multiple requests over the. 11/. 15 email reflector for the survey during the Nov-00 and Jan 01 sessions. – 00/407 Anonymous Questionnaire Wireless LAN Forecast Survey – WLAN Forecast (“Radio” units shipped) • IEEE 802. 11 b – Enterprise, Consumer • IEEE 802. 11 a – Enterprise, Consumer Submission 3 Al Petrick, Parker. Vision, Bruce Kraemer Intersil

March 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/201 Wireless LAN Forecast (cont) • Lack of responses to the survey…… • Alternative approach: – Have the staff at the IEEE – NJ investigate the possibility conducting unit forecast market research using 3 rd party(s) analysts for 802. 11 a/b and Bluetooth 802. 15. – Report status…. . at the May-01 interim session. Submission 4 Al Petrick, Parker. Vision, Bruce Kraemer Intersil

March 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/201 Motion • To empower to the publicity committee chair(s) to investigate having the IEEE staff to conduct market research on 802. 11 a/b and Bluetooth/802. 15 unit forecasts. Brian M. /Tom K. 7/0/0 passes Submission 5 Al Petrick, Parker. Vision, Bruce Kraemer Intersil

March 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/201 WECA – Branding/Labeling Issue • Issues: – Press and market analysts are starting to report news on Wi-Fi certified products, unit forecasts with NO reference of IEEE 802. 11 b. – Concern: Is that public perception of the connection between Wi-Fi and IEEE 802. 11 b may be lost if too much reporting only contains references to Wi-Fi. • Important to maintain reference to IEEE 802. 11 b, as a subset…. • Recommended course of Action…. . – Use our liaisons to communicate WG position… – Draft response letter to the chair of WECA. . …. Submission 6 Al Petrick, Parker. Vision, Bruce Kraemer Intersil

March 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/201 Motion • To move that the liaison to WECA from 802. 11 communicate our recommendation to continue making reference to IEEE 802. 11 b in Wi-Fi certified products, announcements, and other WECA communications. • Tom K. / Tim W. • 7/0/0 Passed Submission 7 Al Petrick, Parker. Vision, Bruce Kraemer Intersil

March 2001 doc. : IEEE 802. 11 -01/201 Objectives for May 2001 • Continue work revising doc: 00/288 General Presentation on IEEE 802. 11 • WLAN Forecast (units shipped) using staff at IEEE • WECA update • Update documents (joint 802. 11/802. 15) – Calendar of Events – Conference articles – papers Submission 8 Al Petrick, Parker. Vision, Bruce Kraemer Intersil