IEEE 802 LMSC
OFFICIAL TUTORIAL REQUEST FORM
TUTORIAL SPONSOR (WG Chair):
Stuart Kerry
DATE SUBMITTED:
January 19, 2004
Requester Name & Email: Fanny Mlinarsky, fanny_mlinarsky@azimuthsystems.com
1. TITLE OF TUTORIAL: Wireless Performance Metrics
2. NAME OF PRESENTERS, THEIR AFFLIATIONS AND CONTACT INFO:
Don Berry, Microsoft, donbe@microsoft.com
Jason Trachewsky, Broadcom, jat@broadcom.com
Gerard Goubert, University of New Hampshire, gwg@iol.unh.edu
Bob Mandeville, Iometrix, bob@iometrix.com
Fanny Mlinarsky, Azimuth Systems, fanny_mlinarsky@azimuthsystems.com
3. ABSTRACT.
The surge of wireless networking has been largely confined to the SOHO market,
where performance has taken a second place to cost. The new target for the wireless
industry is the lucrative enterprise market, where network performance translates into
bottom-line advantage by directly impacting productivity. So, how well do 802.11
wireless networks support enterprise data and voice applications? Standard
benchmarking techniques developed in the wired environment won’t give the right
answer simply because protocols dealing with mobility and open air transmission do
not exist in the wired world. The intricate 802.11 protocols call for a host of new
metrics. A rough count shows that wireless metrics outnumber traditional metrics five
to one. This tutorial will provide an overview of the work being done by the new WPP
study group defining benchmarks to help the vendor and corporate end user
community objectively characterize the performance and interoperability of 802.11
products in the dynamic and inherently unstable wireless environment. This work
aims to give the corporate IT managers deploying wireless networks the same solid
set of standard benchmarks that they have for Ethernet today.
4. ALLOCATED DAYS AND TIMES: (Please indicate your 1st and 2nd choices below.
All tutorials are scheduled on a first come first basis).
DAY/TIME:
Enter 1 or 2:
Monday
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
*Other:
6:30-8:00 p.m.
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8:00-9:30 p.m.
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6:30-8:00 p.m.
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8:00-9:30 p.m.
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_______________ (*Must be approved by 802 Executive Committee)
5. DEADLINE DATE:
All official tutorial request forms must be submitted at least 45 days prior to the
start of the next IEEE 802 LMSC Plenary Meeting. Please refer to the future
meetings list on the IEEE 802 Web Site at: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/meeting/
6. APPROVAL AND CONFIRMATION:
All official tutorial requests must sent to Dawn Slykhouse at 802info@ieee.org for final
approval and confirmation with copies to Buzz Rigsbee everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com and
to Paul Nikolich. A confirmation of your request indicating time slot assigned will
be sent within 10 days of your submission.