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General Overview (with narration removed due to file size)

General Overview (with narration removed due to file size). This presentation is provided by Wayne Caswell, past Communications Chairman of the HomeRF Working Group. Direct questions to: wcaswell@cazitech.com, 512-335-6073. Overview Topics. What is HomeRF Our View of Home Networking

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General Overview (with narration removed due to file size)

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  1. General Overview(with narration removed due to file size) Property of the HomeRF Working Group This presentation is provided by Wayne Caswell, past Communications Chairman of the HomeRF Working Group. Direct questions to: wcaswell@cazitech.com, 512-335-6073.

  2. Overview Topics • What is HomeRF • Our View of Home Networking • Wireless Tradeoffs and Positioning • Highlights and Challenges • Future Plans Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  3. What is HomeRF? Description: HomeRF blends several technologies to extend beyond office WLAN solutions, making it the preferred wireless technology for homes and small offices with no network administrator. The open HomeRF specification is designed and optimized for consumer households, is ideal for broadband, and enables digital convergence with support for voice, music, TV, gaming, and data applications.HomeRF is important because telephone and entertainment devices can benefit from networks just as much as PCs. Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  4. is Simple (Fast and Cheap to Install) Wireless offers Convenience and sometimes is the only way to network. • No holes to drill or cables to pull • Supplied S/W simplifies setup • Put the Cable Modem or Set-Top Box by a TV and install HomeRF on PCs • Potentially eliminates Truck Roll Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  5. Existing Upper Layers UDP TCP DECT IP HomeRF MAC Layer Priority CSMA TDMA CSMA/CA HomeRF PHY Layer “Ethernet” Data Path Toll-Quality Voice Path Streaming Media Path Blends Several Technologies Property of the HomeRF Working Group Network Layer View

  6. Extends beyond Wireless Ethernet HomeRF is a New Category Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  7. Broadens the reach of DECT • Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone (DECT) is the world’s most successful cordless standard. • Cordless Phone market is 10x WLAN • > 50M radios in 2000 alone • > 200M DECT handsets in the field by 2003 • > 100 certified DECT suppliers, plus proprietary 2.4 GHz • 5th generation silicon with complete chipsets << $10 • 1.9 GHz DECT requires license outside of Europe • By using 2.4 GHz, HomeRF moves DECT to worldwide markets as “Global DECT” Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  8. Is Global DECT … PLUS • High-speed Data Networking • WLAN at Ethernet speeds • Avoids security problems of Wi-Fi • Excellent immunity to 2.4 GHz interference • Scales better than Wi-Fi (apartments, office parks) • Entertainment Networking • Key Broadband apps – Internet Radio, TV and Gaming • Multimedia needs QoS and Interference Immunity Enables New Convergence Apps and Devices • PC enhances the phones – Phones enhance the PC • Email notification on Phone – Caller ID on TV • Unified Messaging – Video Phone • Voice access to PC & Internet apps • Adds Value and Improves Margins Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  9. Overview Topics • What is HomeRF • Our View of Home Networking • Wireless Tradeoffs and Positioning • Highlights and Challenges • Future Plans Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  10. Sees Home Networking as MORE than a Wireless LAN • Cordless Phones • 10x larger market than Wireless LAN • Entertainment • Internet Audio & Video are key broadband apps • Shared Resources & Internet Access • Multi-PC and/or Broadband Households 9M subscribers in 2001, growing to 40M in 2005 • Trend: Integrated Service Bundles Cordless Convergence without high prices • Combine Router, LAN access point, Voice base station, etc. • Both Phones and PC NICs under $100 Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  11. Sees Home Networking as Data Opportunity: • 9M US households with Broadband in 2001 • Going to 40M broadband households in 2005 • 80% have access and 14% plan to upgrade w/i 12 months • ~ 25% of Households will be networked by 2004 • 43% of broadband homes have >1 PC • 67% of BB multi-PC homes already have a home network • Most networked homes use Ethernet • But 70% planning a home network prefer wireless • > $4B in home N/W equip. by 2005 (NICs, routers) • > $5 Billion in gateways, >10B in info.appliances by 2005 • > $10 Billion/year in Internet access services today Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  12. Sees Home Networking as Telephone Opportunity: • >95% of US homes have Telephone service • Voice is Key Application in Broadband Bundles • More revenue from Phone Features than from Internet Access • Data Revenues are Rising but Voice Dominates • VoTDM (Voice over Time Division Multiplexing) is falling • VoIP (and Multi-line) is increasing • Cordless phone market is ~10* wireless LAN • 43M US cordless phones shipped in 2000 + 28M DECT phones in Europe • ~50% of households buy a new cordless phone each year Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  13. Sees Home Networking as Entertainment Opportunity: • Internet Radio and Streaming Digital Music • Wireless Speakers and Headphones • Multi-player Gaming with Voice • Video-on-demand, TV-based e-commerce, Voice-enhanced TV apps Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  14. Sees Home Networking as Convergence Opportunity: • HomeRF is Ideal for Broadband • Enables integration of Voice, Data, and Entertainment • Enables new Apps, Devices, Services, and Margins • Broadband growth slowing • Need less cost, more value, simplicity to cross Chasm • Connect PCs, TV, stereos, phones, etc. without Truck Roll • Competition for Packaged Services • Consumers and service providers both benefit • 65% of PC households are comfortable with service bundles • Telcos need TV to complete the bundle, MSOs need Voice (a matter of survival) Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  15. Overview Topics • What is HomeRF • Our View of Home Networking • Wireless Tradeoffs and Positioning • Highlights and Challenges • Future Plans Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  16. Optimizes Tradeoffs for Households No optimal solution for all applications. Each must be optimized individually. • Interference Immunity • Power Consumption • Infrastructure • Complexity • Bandwidth • Licensing • Size • Cost • Absorption • Reflection • Latency • Security • Range • Jitter • QoS Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  17. Market Positioning TDMA, CDMA, GSM, 3G Property of the HomeRF Working Group Wide Area Network Home Network Personal Connectivity Office Network • Entertainment, Voice, Data • No N/W Admin.Simple, Secure, Reliable, Affordable • MDU / MTU • Wireless Ethernet(data only) • Campus Roaming • Network Admin. • Little Interference • Mobile Phone • PDA • Roaming • Low Power(short distance) • Cable Replacement • Ad-hoc Connection PAN LAN LAN WAN

  18. Overview Topics • What is HomeRF • Our View of Home Networking • Wireless Tradeoffs and Positioning • Highlights and Challenges • Future Plans Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  19. Highlights of 2001 • Reorganized as non-profit organization in January • Ratified HomeRF 2.0 in March • First public HomeRF 2.0 demo in May • First Voice call in June • Voice/data Press Tour in August • Shipped HomeRF 2.0 (data) Products in September(on schedule!) • Created HomeRF European WG in July • European certification made possible in December • CES 2002 starts the year off strong • New voice & entertainment products, new members, etc. • Already working on HomeRF 2.5 and 3.0 Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  20. Opportunities to Leverage • HomeRF 2.0 products are shipping • Don’t believe WECA hype. HomeRF is Alive and Kicking. • Operational expenses have been pre-paid by Promoters • Membership dues fund marketing activities for all • WECA is sending mixed messages • 802.11a, .11e, and .11g are confusing consumers • HomeRF Differentiation is becoming Clear • Voice, QoS, interference immunity and security • VDG, phone, entertainment products shipping • HomeRF Europe WG • DECT Forum • Service Provider Deployments are Near Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  21. Overview Topics • What is HomeRF • Our View of Home Networking • Wireless Tradeoffs and Positioning • Highlights and Challenges • Future Plans Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  22. Technology Roadmap BRIDGE • ImproveVoice, Video • Video Tablets • Set Top Boxes • Embrace 802.11a • DVD, Satellite • HDTV • Add Voice, Audio, VoD • Cordless Phones • A/V Products • Data • PC Networking • Gateways • WebPad Property of the HomeRF Working Group Internet 2002 2001 10 Mbps 2.4 GHz 20+ Mbps (projection) 2000 1.6 Mbps 5 GHz 54+ Mbps (projection) HomeRF 3.0 HomeRF 2.x HomeRF 2.0 HomeRF 1.0

  23. Future Plans for 2.4 GHz • Enhance Voice • More lines, higher MOS quality • Extend Coverage • Repeater function, Voice Roaming • Faster Data Rates and Throughput • Today’s 10 Mbps is good for Internet, MP3 audio, MPEG4 • Tomorrow’s 20+ Mbps supports more users, DVD video(All the performance that most homes need) • Adaptive FH (pending FCC approval) • Avoids static interference to ensure peak performance Primary Audiences: • Broadband Carriers • DECT Community Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  24. Pros & Cons of using 2.4 GHz • Advantages • Worldwide, License-free Spectrum Allocation • Voice and Data can exist on the Same Network • Low Cost solutions Already Shipping • Chipset integration already in development • Disadvantages • Increasingly Crowded spectrum • Limited performance with backwards compatibility • Dual-band Approach • Fastest path to high speed home networking • Embraces corporate 802.11a users; moves HomeRF into mainstream • New multi-mode / multi-band products will automatically sense and adapt to the network • Consumers don’t care about underlying technology Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  25. Future Plans for 5 GHz • Embrace 5 GHz and IEEE 802.11a for high-end • Full compliance with 802.11a at 54 Mbps • Rich OFDM modulation in less-crowded 5GHz band • Well suited for Video (DVD, SDTV & HDTV) • Can extend to 100+ Mbps data performance • Possible QoS and Security Enhancements (HomeRF QoS, Proprietary QoS, or 802.11e) • Complement 2.4 GHz HomeRF technology • “Global DECT” voice support • 20+ Mbps for Internet, Music, MPEG4, Gaming, modest Data • Optional Bridging Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  26. Synergy with PANs • Bluetooth • Positioned for Mobile Phones, PDAs, PC Peripherals … • Compliments both HomeRF and 802.11a • 802.15.3 • Fast PAN for Entertainment Center (Hundreds of Mbps) • Technology not yet selected, could be Ultra-wideband • Compliments both HomeRF and 802.11a • 802.15.4 (Zigbee) • Lowest Cost (targets <$2 radios) • Longest Battery Life (months or years) • Slow Performance (e.g. 56-256 Kbps) • Positioned for Control Applications • Compliments both HomeRF and 802.11a Property of the HomeRF Working Group

  27. Conclusion • HomeRF Embraces and Extends Standards • Expands Global reach of DECT (2.4 GHz) • Extends performance and function of 802.11FH (2.4 GHz) • Compliments 802.11a by adding 2.4 GHz Voice & Data • Compliments PANs such as Bluetooth, 802.15.3, 802.15.4 • Compliments HomePlug, HomePNA, and Wired Ethernet • HomeRF future is both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz • HomeRF enables Convergence, adds Value Property of the HomeRF Working Group

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