Paving the way for personal area network standards: an overview of the IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks

Author

Siep, Thomas M. ; Gifford, Ian C. ; Braley, Richard C. ; Heile, Robert F.

Author_Institution

Texas Instrum. Inc., USA

Volume

7

Issue

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

43

Abstract

The process of creating international standards is a mystery to most people, even to the technologists who use them every day. This article describes the origins and processes of the IEEE Project 802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks and their effort to bring standardization to the Bluetooth specification. The committee of experts that comprises P802.15 is chartered with codifying the physical characteristics and protocols used to construct small, low-power, ad hoc networks used for wireless interconnection of personal electronic devices

Keywords

IEEE standards; personal communication networks; protocols; standardisation; telecommunication standards; Bluetooth specification; IEEE P802.15 Working Group; IEEE Project 802.15; low-power ad hoc networks; personal area network standards; personal electronic devices; physical characteristics; protocols; standardization; wireless interconnection; wireless personal area networks; Ad hoc networks; Bluetooth; Personal area networks; Standardization; Wireless application protocol; Wireless personal area networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Personal Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9916

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/98.824574

Filename

824574