There
were over 50 people in attendance (some leaving and returning depending
on the demands of Intel's Centrino testing running concurrently). We
also had folks going to visit the interoperability plugfest in
the room next door.
People
from the following organizations attended:
AT&T
Wireless, Boeing, Cingular Wireless, Distributed Mgmt Task Force (DMTF)/Cisco,
Ecutel, Financial Times Interactive Data, Fujitsu Laboratories/MCPC,
Hewlett-Packard, Hughes Network Systems, IBM, ipUnplugged, Kyocera Wireless,
Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, MITRE, Medtronic PhysioControl, Motorola,
NetMotion Wireless, The Open Group, Pacific Gas and Electric, Raytheon,
Rysavy Research, Sierra Wireless, Tertius Intelligence Services, US
Dept of Defense/DISA, Verizon Wireless and Wheatstone Consulting.
Richard
Paine, Boeing, "Boeing Secure Mobile Architecture."
Richard
Paine presented on Boeing's use of wireless networking, which emphasizes
WLANs, and the eventual use of voice over IP. He described Boeing's
wireless security architecture, and described the key issues Boeing
is addressing.
Jan
Forslow, CTO, ipUnplugged, "IP mobility in Enterprise
Environments."
Jan
Forslow described business uses cases for IP mobility, the market
drivers, the needs for stable IP addresses while mobile, and various
strategies to achieve this. He described the mobility solution that
ipUnplugged developed for Vodafone that uses Mobile IP and IPSec protocols.
George
McQuillister III , Mobile Computing Architect, Pacific Gas and Electric
Co., "Wireless Data Networks, A California Gas and Electric Utility
Perspective."
George
McQuillister described how PG&E uses wireless technology, what
their approach is for making network and technology selections. He also
described what they see as the major wireless technology challenges.
Edward
Kemon, The MITRE Corporation, "Department of Defense Wireless
Policy Development, Status Briefing."
Edward
Kemon presented on a new Department of Defence wireless policy statement
that seeks to establish minimum thresholds, promote interoperability
and educate users.
Panel
Discussion
We held a panel discussion to surface issues for
discussion at the next day's meeting. The panel included Richard Paine, George
McQuillister, Edward Kemon and Emil Sturniolo.
Taxonomy
Discussion
Emil
Sturniolo led a discussion that continued from the previous day's PCCA
meeting to define common terms used in the industry. The MMF is soliciting
definitions of these terms to gain a common set of definitions with
our liaison partners (the PCCA, MCUG,
MDA and DMTF).
