IEEE Study Group Looking at Connected Cars

The IEEE 802.19TM Wireless Coexistence Working Group established a study group on “Wireless Automotive Coexistence,” IEEE said Tuesday. “The IEEE 802.19 working group has been developing standards for coexistence between wireless standards of unlicensed devices,” said Alaa Mourad, chairman of the Wireless Coexistence study group in a news release. “However, with an uprise in connected cars, we’re seeing the need to develop standards focused on wireless automotive coexistence.” The group will examine the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, interference between IEEE 802.11 devices and interference between 802.11 and 802.15/Bluetooth devices, IEEE said.