Certified Wireless USB to Support Higher UWB Frequencies.BEAVERTON, Ore. -- The USB Implementers Forum The USB Implementers Forum, USB-IF, is a non-profit organisation to promote and support the Universal Serial Bus. Its main activities are the promotion and marketing of USB, Wireless USB, USB On-The-Go, and the maintenance of the specifications, as well as a compliance program. today announced that it will add support for ultra-wideband frequencies above 6 GHz to the Wireless USB specification Certified Wireless USB (W-USB for short) is the specification of a wireless extension of the USB standard which intends to further increase the availability of general USB-based solutions. It is maintained by the WiMedia Alliance, and as of 2007 the current revision (1. by the middle of 2007 as an addition to its existing support for frequencies below 5 GHz. "Adding support for the upper UWB (Ultra-WideBand) A wireless technology that uses less power and provides higher speed than 802.11 Wi-Fi networks or first-generation Bluetooth products. UWB is expected to provide wireless video transmission for home theater systems, cable TV, auto safety and bands is a natural progression for Certified Wireless USB The wireless version of the universal serial bus (USB). Using ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, wireless USB is designed to provide the same 480 Mbits/sec data rate as USB 2.0 within two meters (6.6 ft.) or 110 Mbps within 10 meters (33 ft.). . We plan to have the specification extensions completed before the radios are ready, so that new products that require these frequencies can get to market as quickly as possible," said Jeff Ravencraft, chairman and president of the USB Implementers Forum. "Wireless USB support for frequencies above 6 GHz enables and accelerates market growth," said Dave Fisher, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Wireless, with Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. Residential Gateway and Embedded Systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. Business Unit. "Upper band operation is a welcome development for the handset and consumer electronics industries as it provides flexibility for product implementations, and lets those products leverage existing USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. infrastructure for added high-speed wireless connectivity." "Worldwide adoption for Ultra-wideband across diverse applications continues to be a top priority for both USB-IF and WiMedia Alliance (WiMedia Alliance, Inc., San Ramon, CA, www.wimedia.org) A membership organization founded in 2002 that is devoted to the development of short-range, ultra-wideband (UWB) transmission. . This advancement illustrates our successful efforts," said Stephen Wood, president of the WiMedia Alliance. "The entire UWB ecosystem takes another step forward with the addition of these higher frequencies in the Wireless USB specification." The Wireless USB Promoter Group developed the Wireless USB 1.0 specification to provide the speed and ease-of-use of Hi-Speed USB without the wires. To help ensure interoperability between products, the USB-IF has developed a comprehensive compliance and logo program for Wireless USB products. The first Wireless USB products are expected to ship by the end of this year. The USB-IF will extend its compliance and logo program to cover the upper UWB bands as those products come to market, which is projected to be in 1H'08. About Certified Wireless USB Certified Wireless USB is the first high-speed wireless personal interconnect technology combining the speed and security of wired Hi-Speed USB with the ease-of-use-of wireless technology. It is backward compatible with wired USB, allows users to connect up to 127 devices and delivers a bandwidth of up to 480Mb/s at 3 meters and 110Mb/s at 10 meters. Certified Wireless USB is based on the WiMedia Alliance Ultra-wideband Common Radio Platform. The Wireless USB Promoter Group, consisting of seven companiesCoAgere Systems, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Microsoft, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , NXP Semiconductors and SamsungCodefined the core Certified Wireless USB specification with the support of more than 100 contributor members. The group has now transitioned the specification's management to the USB-IF, the supporting governing body of USB specifications. If a company intends to build and ship a product based on the Certified Wireless USB specification and wants to obtain a license, it should become an adopter member of the organization and license the logo. Download the adopter agreement and the license agreement by visiting: http://www.usb.org/wusb/. About the USB-IF The non-profit USB Implementers Forum, Inc. was formed to provide a support organization and forum for the advancement and adoption of USB technology. The USB-IF facilitates the development of high-quality compatible USB devices, through its logo and compliance program and promotes the benefits of USB and the quality of products that have passed compliance testing. Further information, including postings of the most recent product and technology announcements, is available by visiting the USB-IF Web site at www.usb.org. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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