March 2002 doc IEEE 802 15 02143 Project

March 2002 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -02/143 Project: IEEE P 802. 15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [Application Opportunities for High Rate WPANs] Date Submitted: [11 March 2002 Source: [Roberto Aiello, Jason Ellis, Larry Taylor] Company [General Atomics] Address [General Atomics, Photonics Division, 10240 Flanders Ct. , San Diego, CA 92121 -2901] Voice: [858 -457 -8700], FAX: [858 -457 -8746], E-Mail: [Aiello@IEEE. org, Larry. Taylor@ACM. org, Jason. Ellis@ga. com] Re: [Doc. 02 -027 IEEE P 802. 15. SG 3 a Call For Applications] Abstract: [Provides perspective on application opportunities for high rate WPANs] Purpose: [Use as one of the sets of criteria for establishing an alternate PHY for the High Rate WPAN Standard] Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P 802. 15. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P 802. 15. Submission 1 R. Aiello, J. Ellis, L. Taylor, General Atomics

March 2002 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -02/143 Application Opportunities for High Rate WPANs Roberto Aiello, Jason Ellis, Larry Taylor General Atomics Submission 2 R. Aiello, J. Ellis, L. Taylor, General Atomics

March 2002 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -02/143 General Atomics / Photonics Division – – GA Headquarters, San Diego Founded in 1955 ~ 1, 600 employees worldwide Diversified research & development Headquarters has over one million square feet of engineering and test facilities, technology labs, and manufacturing installations – www. ga. com – GA Photonics Technology Groups • • • GA Photonics, San Diego Submission 3 Advanced Wireless Diffractive Optics High Power Lasers Sensors R. Aiello, J. Ellis, L. Taylor, General Atomics

March 2002 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -02/143 Summary of applications • System peripherals • Wearable peripherals – Wireless desktop – Entertainment – In-vehicle – Entertainment – Personal security – Medical monitoring • Markets – Computers – CE devices – Home devices Submission – CE devices – Health care – Fashion 4 R. Aiello, J. Ellis, L. Taylor, General Atomics

March 2002 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -02/143 System peripherals • Wireless interconnect • Home entertainment • In vehicle system Submission 5 R. Aiello, J. Ellis, L. Taylor, General Atomics

March 2002 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -02/143 Wearable peripherals • User experience • Modularity • New design paradigms Submission 6 R. Aiello, J. Ellis, L. Taylor, General Atomics

March 2002 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -02/143 Example: MIThril from Media Lab Submission 7 R. Aiello, J. Ellis, L. Taylor, General Atomics

March 2002 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -02/143 Requirements • System peripherals Robust to interference • – Co-existence with WLANs/cordless phones, cell phones • – Expected to work in crowded environments High bit rate • – High quality audio/video • High bit rate – Audio/video to the head – Large capacity because of large number of devices Low power consumption • – Long battery lifetime • Wearable peripherals Robust to interference Privacy/security Range: just a few feet (2…) for body peripherals!! – Personal information across personal devices, not for communications to others • Scalability – Very low bit rate/power to very high bit rate devices • Multipath robust – Mostly indoor environments Submission 8 R. Aiello, J. Ellis, L. Taylor, General Atomics

March 2002 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -02/143 Product Example Submission 9 R. Aiello, J. Ellis, L. Taylor, General Atomics

March 2002 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -02/143 Aggregate bit rate Timeline USB 2. 0 1394 cameras Entertainment Digital cameras 480 Mbps 220 Mbps 110 Mbps 55 Mbps Time Submission 10 R. Aiello, J. Ellis, L. Taylor, General Atomics

March 2002 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -02/143 Conclusions • Applications opportunities • Requirements – System peripherals – Body peripherals – – – • Market opportunities – – – CE devices Computer devices Home devices Fashion Health care Robust to interference High bit rate High aggregate capacity Low power Scalable • Differentiation – Low power – High bit rate – Private network • Timeline – Application opportunities from 50 to 500 Mb/s Submission 11 R. Aiello, J. Ellis, L. Taylor, General Atomics