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Electromagnetic Compatibility Society 7:00 PM, Wednesday, 11 April Interoperability and Band Crowding (Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11 and Home RF How do they play together?) H. Stephen Berger, TEM Consulting The popularity and effectiveness of wireless connectivity for voice and data communication is well established. Today the use of wireless technology is exploding. With success new problems and challenges emerge. Particularly in the unlicensed bands, with the 2.4 GHz ISM band being most prominent, heavy demands are being made of a relatively limited spectrum space. Increasingly sophisticated equipment, with growing bandwidth demands are proliferating in the market. The result is that significant concern has been raised about band crowding and the interoperability of these diverse systems. In the past few years the FCC has made provisions for broadband wireless transmissions. Wireless networking systems, such as HomeRF, Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11, may now operate at speeds over 10 MBs. These actions by the FCC were made in response to clear market demand and public benefit from broadband systems. However, the success of these systems creates new problems. What happens when HomeRF, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11 and other systems proliferate and are commonly found in close proximity to each other? How many of these systems can interoperate and share the same spectrum space? The issues are real and have become the subject of a great deal of attention. Within the IEEE two studies are currently being conducted. IEEE 802.15.2 is a task group, charged with investigating the interoperability issues between IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth complaint products. The IEEE EMC Society Standards Development Committee and Spectrum Management committee are monitoring the more general question of band crowding and what remedies may be available. This talk will review the current findings of these studies and the remedies being investigated. Mr. Berger is president of TEM Consulting, an engineering services and consulting firm dealing in regulatory compliance and EMC. Before forming TEM Consulting Mr. Berger was a project manager at Siemens Information and Communication Mobile, in Austin, Tx., where he is responsible for standards and regulatory management. He has worked in EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) and RF Safety for 20 years. More recently he has been active in the area of Disability Access to telecommunications and information technology products. He is the current chair of the IEEE EMC Society Standards Development Committee, president of AAES (Association of Access Engineering Specialists and 1st Vice President of NARTE (National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers). He has written numerous technical papers and holds several patents in the area of EMC and Access technology. This meeting of the IEEE Central New England Chapter of the EMC Society (CNEC, EMCS) will be held on Wednesday April 11,2001at EMC Corporation, 42 South Street, Hopkinton in the Corporate Auditorium Training Center Building. The technical presentation will commence at 7PM,and refreshments will be available at 6PM. Directions: From Rte. 495 North or South take exit 21b to South Street. At first traffic light make left turn (Note: This is on South direction side of Rte.495). EMC Corporation is at second driveway on right. For further information contact John Clarke at (508) 362-7195 or the meeting host Boris Shusterman at (508) 435-1000 ext.77517.If neither available leave message and calls will be returned. http://www.ieee-boston.org/electromagnetic%20compatibility.htm#April%2011 <<Electromagnetic Compatibility.url>>
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