WLAN/ CFA for Low Rate WPANs

[Bob Heile <bheile@bbn.com>]

The Low Rate WPAN PAR, 802.15.4, cleared another hurdle at
the recent 802 Plenary Meeting in Tampa.  The 802 Executive
Committee approved forwarding the PAR to NesCom for consideration at the
upcoming meeting in December.  Anticipating a positive
outcome,  attached to this email is a Call for Applications (CFA).

Preliminary to considering MAC and PHY proposals it is important to
document the criteria that need to  met by an effective Low Rate
Standard.  The the responses to the CFA form an important basis of
information to generate the criteria.  These, in turn, become the
basis of the Call for Proposals.

The Low Rate Group intends to operate on a fast paced schedule as the
need for a standard in now, hence we are looking for response by the end
of the year with the goal of hearing these submissions at the January
Interim Meeting in Monterey.

Please submit your
application descriptions to me at bheile@bbn.com or the LRSG
Vice-Chairman, Pat Kinney at Pat.Kinney@intermec.com no later than
December 31st
2000.  Also please forward the CFA to any interested parties you might know.

Thanks

Bob

00390r1P802-15_LRSG-Call-for-Applications.doc

Bob Heile
Verizon Technology Organization
Chair IEEE 802.15
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