WPAN: IEEE 802.15 – Future
Developments 1
n 802.15-2: Coexistance
Coexistence of Wireless Personal Area Networks (802.15) and Wireless
Local Area Networks (802.11), quantify the mutual interference
n 802.15-3: High-Rate
Standard for high-rate (20Mbit/s or greater) WPANs, while still low-
power/low-cost
Data Rates: 11, 22, 33, 44, 55 Mbit/s
Quality of Service isochronous protocol
Ad hoc peer-to-peer networking
Security
Low power consumption
Low cost
Designed to meet the demanding requirements of portable consumer
imaging and multimedia applications