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FW: IEEE 802.19 News Release



This press release is being sent out today.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: k.mccabe@ieee.org [mailto:k.mccabe@ieee.org] 
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 5:06 PM
To: standards-staff@majordomo.ieee.org
Cc: shellhammer@ieee.org; F.Tardo@ieee.org; m.longshore@ieee.org
Subject: IEEE 802.19 News Release


The following news release, approved by the 802 EC,  will be
disseminated
tomorrow to the trades/media covering networking, telecom and computer
technology.
**

Contact:    Steve Shellhammer, Chair, IEEE 802.19 Technical Advisory
Group
            +1 858-658-1874, shellhammer@ieee.org
                        or
            Karen McCabe, IEEE Senior Marketing Manager
            +1 732-562-3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org



IEEE 802.19(TM) TAG TO STANDARDIZE METHODS FOR
ASSESSING COEXISTENCE OF WIRELESS NETWORKS


PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 3 April 2006  The IEEE 802.19(TM) Wireless


Coexistence Technical Advisory Group (TAG) has begun development of a


recommended practice on methods for assessing the coexistence of
wireless


networks.  This document will define recommended wireless coexistence


metrics and the methods for computing them, as well as various wireless


coexistence scenarios.


       "Industry continues to develop new standards and specifications
for


wireless networks that operate in the same frequency bands as other


wireless networks." said Paul Nikolich, Chair of the IEEE 802(R) Local
Area


and Metropolitan Area Network Standards Committee.  "IEEE 802, for


instance, has multiple working groups developing wireless networks


standards for systems that share frequency bands.  The recommended
practice


to be created by the IEEE 802.19 TAG will help IEEE 802 working groups
and


the rest of the industry assess the performance of new wireless


technologies and those now deployed in shared frequency bands."


      Steve Shellhammer, Chair of the IEEE 802.19 Technical Advisory
Group,


adds that "The IEEE 802.19 TAG continues its work to meet the evolving


needs of the public and industry.  This project addresses the call for


standardized methods to evaluate how effectively wireless networks


coexist."


      The document to be developed by the TAG, IEEE 802.19(TM),


"Recommended Practice for Information Technology--Telecommunications and


Information Exchange between systems--Local and Metropolitan networks--


Specific requirements-- Part 19: Methods for assessing coexistence of


wireless networks", is expected to be published in 2008.





About the IEEE 802.19 Wireless Coexistence TAG


      The IEEE 802.19 Wireless Coexistence Technical Advisory Group


develops and maintains IEEE 802 policies on the coexistence of new IEEE
802


wireless standards.  It performs technical reviews of coexistence
assurance


documents on such standards and develops recommended practices on
methods


for assessing the coexistence of wireless networks. For more information
on


the IEEE 802.19 Wireless Coexistence TAG, see http://www.ieee802.org/19.





About the IEEE Standards Association


      The IEEE Standards Association, a globally recognized


standards-setting body, develops consensus standards through an open


process that brings diverse parts of an industry together.  These
standards


set specifications and procedures based on current scientific consensus.


The IEEE-SA has a portfolio of more than 870 completed standards and
more


than 400 standards in development.  For information on IEEE-SA see:


http://standards.ieee.org/





About the IEEE


      The IEEE has more than 375,000 members in approximately 150


countries. Through its members, the organization is a leading authority
on


areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications to


biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE produces


nearly 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and


electronics engineering, computing and control technology fields.  This


nonprofit organization also sponsors or cosponsors more than 300
technical


conferences each year.  Additional information about the IEEE can be
found


at http://www.ieee.org.




Karen McCabe
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