March 2008 doc IEEE 802 15 080060 r

March 2008 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -08/0060 r 1 Project: IEEE P 802. 15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: Call for THz Contributions Date Submitted: January 2008 Source: Rick Roberts, Intel corp. Address [] Voice: [], FAX: [], E-Mail: richard. d. roberts@intel. com Re: [] Abstract: This is a call for contributions in regards to using THz for communications applications Purpose: Informative 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 Rick Roberts, Intel

March 2008 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -08/0060 r 1 Call for THz Contributions Submission 2 Rick Roberts, Intel

March 2008 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -08/0060 r 1 IEEE 802. 15 Tera. Hertz Interest Group is putting out a call for contributions in the area of Tera. Hertz communications. Of particular interest are contributions discussing any of the following (or similar) topics: 1. What communications applications, including needed infrastructure, might use THz? 2. What technology would address THz? § how are transmitters, receivers, and antennas realized? 3. What is the coverage range and possible bit rates? 4. What is the regulatory status? 5. When is this going to happen in the market? 6. Will there be a standards effort and when? 7. What is the current research status? 8. Who is doing the research? 3 Submission Rick Roberts, Intel

March 2008 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -08/0060 r 1 Topics of Interest Continued … 9. Coexistence with imaging and other existing THz technologies. 1. To include the identification of existing and emerging non-communication THz applications and other interfering sources. 10. How is receiver sensitivity measured and what is a realistic value? 11. What is a realistic transmitter power value now and what is the prediction 5 to 10 years from now due to technology evolution? 12. Are there interoperability and standards with other high bandwidth interfaces? (i. e. Fiber optics). 13. What are the passive scientific bands and where are they. 14. What are applicable modulation techniques? Submission 4 Rick Roberts, Intel

March 2008 doc. : IEEE 802. 15 -08/0060 r 1 How to participate … The IEEE 802. 15 meeting schedule can be found at http: //grouper. ieee. org/groups/802/15/pub/Meeting_Plan. html Document templates (Ms. Word and Power. Point) and instructions for obtaining document numbers are located at http: //grouper. ieee. org/groups/802/15/pub/Download. html For help with obtaining document numbers, document formatting, document uploading and contribution scheduling, please contract the 802. 15. IGTHz chair, Rick Roberts, at richard. d. roberts@intel. com Submission 5 Rick Roberts, Intel