EE Times says two different wireless standards are in the works on the same 60-GHz spectrum. The two groups will meet later this month in an effort to avoid a fight during a major standards gathering in July.
The planned June 19 meeting likely will be one of the first volleys in a protracted battle to define the future of high bandwidth, short range wireless networking for emerging markets such as home networks.
- The IEEE 802.11 VHT study group is trying to pave the road map for WiFi.
- The IEEE 802.15.3c effort is aimed at sending uncompressed high definition video between a set-top box and a wall-mounted LCD TV.
According to the rules of the IEEE, the newer VHT group must show it has technologies and market applications that are sufficiently different from the ongoing work of the .3c effort to gain approval from senior IEEE staff to draft its standard.
Both will operate in the unlicensed 60GHz band, from 57-64 GHz. WirelessHD, promoted by companies like SiBEAM, operate in the 60 GHz range for uncompressed HD video distribution at rates above 1 Gbps. The WirelessHD Consortium - including firms such as Panasonic, Samsung and Sony have completed the WirelessHD (WiHD) standard Version 1.0 for data rates of up to 4Gbps.
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