Project: IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)

1. Project: IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: [R2SG-Report] Date Submitted: [08 November 2000] Source: [Tom Siep] Company [Texas Instruments] Address [12500 TI Blvd, m/s 8723, Dallas, TX 75243, USA] Voice:[214.480.6786], FAX: [972.761.5581], E-Mail:[Siep@ti.com] Re: [Original Submission] Abstract: [FinalReport from IEEE Radio2 Study Group] Purpose: [The purpose of this report is to create a final report on the liaison activities between the BSIG on 802.15.3 activities and related efforts.] Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE 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 802.15. Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

2. IEEE 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks™ Report from IEEE 802.15 Radio2 Study Group Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

3. Scope/Purpose of R2SG • Provide a formal vehicle within IEEE 802.15 to track the activities of the Bluetooth™ SIG Radio2 Working Group (and related activities) and recommend appropriate action to 802. Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

4. Source: Francis Truntzer 3Nov00 Bluetooth Radio 2 and IEEE 802.15.3 • BSIG's Position: • The BSIG's concern is fragmentation of the WPAN market • Main issue in the relationship between BSIG and IEEE: • The two organisations have different IP rules and fundamentally different decision making philosophies. This makes it difficult for the two organizations to work together on a single spec. • Even if the BSIG and TG3 started from the same proposal and developed specs in parallel, there is no guarantee that the two resulting specs would be compatible. Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

5. Source: Francis Truntzer 3Nov00 Bluetooth Radio 2 and IEEE 802.15.3 (cont.) • BSIG Proposal #1: • TG3 to follow the same relationship model as TG1, where one organization follows the other. This would guarantee that we end up with compatible specs. It is the BSIG's preferred solution. • BSIG Proposal #2: • TG3 to develop a radio solution which is highly differentiated (e.g.> 40Mbit/sec data rate) from the BSIG's Radio 2 specification. Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

6. Source: Francis Truntzer 3Nov00 Bluetooth Radio 2 and IEEE 802.15.3 (cont.) • However: • For the BSIG to adopt such a specification, all contributors would have to sign an Open IP agreement. • If backward compliant with BT 1.0, IEEE's 802.15.3 must avoid overlapping the BT 1.0 spec, or an IEEE 802.15.3 product would not pass BT qualification. • If IEEE 802.15.3 is not backward compliant with BT 1.0, it would fragment the WPAN market, as there would be two incompatible WPAN specifications with little end-user differentiation. Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

7. Status of Radio2 Study Group • Group must re-authorize at the November meeting in Tampa. Recommendation: do not re-authorize • Reasoning: • MAC for TG3 is not based on Bluetooth™ Wireless Technology • No more information on Bluetooth Radio2 is forthcoming in the near future • When information is available from BSIG, this group can reconstitute Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

8. Motion • Do not re-authorize Radio2 Study Group (vote 2-0-0) • Moved: Tom Siep • Second: Mike McInnis Tom Siep, Texas Instruments

9. Future R2SG Reincarnation • Other possible purposes in the future: • 2.0 Specification/Radio2 could be a supplement to 802.15.1a • 2.0 Specification/Radio2 may become available to the IEEE in 2001 as another derivative work product or something else Tom Siep, Texas Instruments