Re: [dtn-interest] Fwd: MIPI Alliance September 2012 Member Newsletter

[Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>]

Hi Michael,

On 09/11/2012 06:36 PM, Michael Snell wrote:
> Gentles, all--
> 
> Forrest Warthman (who authored the 2003 "DTN Tutorial" and the 2012 update
> to that document) is asking whether or not DTNRG would be interested in
> participating in the development of standards for sensors in mobile
> environments by joining in a working group of the  Mobile Industry
> Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance. If anyone is interested (and I don't
> see how someone on this list would not be), please respond...

DTNRG doesn't do that kind of thing as an entity, nor does the
IRTF nor IETF.

This also seems to be a fairly closed [1] and expensive [2]
club. There is scope for such organisations of course, but I
suspect that there're not so many on this list that'd find it
useful enough to be affordable.

Cheers,
S.

[1] "Specifications are available to MIPI members only" says
    http://mipi.org/specifications/battery-interface
[2] http://mipi.org/join-mipi/membership-model

> 
> I've cc'd Forrest.
> 
> Mike Snell
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Warthman Associates <[e-mail]>-
> Date: Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:45 AM
> Subject: Fwd: MIPI Alliance September 2012 Member Newsletter
> To: Mike Snell <[e-mail]>
> 
> 
> Mike,
> 
> For the past seven years, my technical writing group has been editing
> standards specifications for the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI)
> Alliance, a large group of companies producing products for the cell phone
> industry.
> 
> The Alliance is now forming a new group focused on sensors in mobile
> environments. Do you think the DTN group would be interested in joining
> this MIPI group? If so, I invite you to contact them.
> 
> Forrest
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> *From: *"Peter Lefkin" <[e-mail]>
> *Subject: **MIPI Alliance September 2012 Member Newsletter*
> *Date: *September 11, 2012 9:00:19 AM PDT
> *To: *"[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
> *Reply-To: *[e-mail]
> 
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> SEPTEMBER 2012 MEMBER NEWSLETTER
>  SEPTEMBER 2012
>    SENSOR BOF CALL SCHEDULED FOR 14 SEPTEMBER
> 
> The Sensor Birds of a Feather (BoF) Group will hold its first
> teleconference on 14 September at 8am PDT to discuss the technical
> requirements surrounding a potential interface. Click
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> In addition, the group will meet on 18 October, during the MIPI F2F meeting
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> MIPI WELCOMES 15 NEW MEMBERS DURING JULY/AUGUST
> 
> The summer months were not slow for membership in MIPI Alliance. 15 new
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> of MIPI member companies to 240. A complete list of new members since June
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> *New MIPI Member Companies*
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> Richtek Technology Corp.
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> Guangdong Nufront CSC Co.
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> Alcor Micro Corp.
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> Newlans, Inc.
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> CamPlex LLC
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> HCL Technologies Ltd.
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> Lytro, Inc.
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> BYD Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
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> M31 Technology Corp.
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> RECENT MIPI ECOSYSTEM SURVEY PROVIDES INSIGHT AND OPPORTUNITIES
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> BoF participants will meet to discuss the requirements related to
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> interfaces don't appear to be very scalable, and they are frequently not
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