IEEE 802.15

IEEE 802.15 is the IEEE working group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs). The working group is developing standards for short- range communicatons of devices within a personal operating space. A personal wireless network consists of mobile devices such as a handheld or pocket computer, PDA, mobile phone and wireless microphone.

IEEE 802.15 consists of a number of working groups:

• 802.15.1(Standardization Task Group)
  
  • Standardization of Bluetooth
• 802.15.2 (Recommended practice)
  
  • Coexistence of WPAN and WLAN devices
• 802.15.3 (High Rate WPAN)
  
  • High-rate (>20 Mbit/s) WPANs
  • IEEE 802.15.3a is a standard for UWB devices
  • IEEE 802.15.3c is a standard for gigabit wireless (> 2 Gbit/s) in the 60 GHz band
• 802.15.4 (Low Rate WPAN)
  
  • Low-rate WPANs (up to 200 kbit/s)
  • Standardization of ZigBee