Term Paper "Wireless USB"
Term Paper "Wireless USB"
Wireless USB
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Abstract:
Wireless USB is a short-range, high-bandwidth wireless radio
communication protocol created by the Wireless USB Promoter
Group. Wireless USB is sometimes abbreviated as "WUSB",
although the USB Implementers Forum discourages this
practice and instead prefers to call the technology "Certified
Wireless USB" to differentiate it from competitors. Wireless
USB is based on the WiMedia Alliance's Ultra-Wideband
(UWB) common radio platform, which is capable of sending
480 Mbit/s at distances up to 3 meters and 110 Mbit/s at up to
10 meters. It was designed to operate in the 3.1 to 10.6 GHz
frequency range, although local regulatory policies may restrict
the legal operating range for any given country
1.0 INTRODUCTION
able to process vast amounts of data, users need to et more and more
data into and out of the PCs. USB 2.0 was defined in 2000 to provide a
third transfer rate of 480Mbps while retaining backward compatibility.
Of course, losing the cable also means losing the power for
peripherals. For self powered devices, this isnt an issue. But for
portable, bus-powered devices, Wireless USB presents some
challenges where creative minds will provide innovative solutions that
meet their customers needs. USB (wired or wireless) continues to be
the answer to connectivity for the PC architecture. It is a fast, bidirectional, isochronous, low-cost, dynamically attachable interface
that is consistent with the requirements of the PC platform of today and
tomorrow. Wireless USB is used in game controllers, printers,
scanners, digital cameras, MP3 players, hard disks and flash drives. It
is also suitable for transferring parallel video streams.
Wires are restrictive. Once plugged into a socket we cannot move the
device around like what we can do with wireless or mobile devices.
This restriction to free movement is a hindrance to the modern ideas of
mobile offices.
on their own power, almost always battery power, the high power
consumption becomes a big drawback.
Topology will support a dual role model where a device can also
support limited host capabilities. This model allows mobile devices to
access services with a central host supporting the services (i.e., printers
and viewers). This model also allows a device to access data outside an
existing cluster it may currently be connected to by creating a second
cluster as a limited host.
6.0 PERFORMANCE
comparable to the current wired USB 2.0 standard. With 480 Mbps
being the initial target, WUSB specifications will allow for generation
steps of data throughput as the ultra wideband radio evolves and with
future process technologies, exceeding limits of 1 Gbps.
The specification is intended for WUSB to operate as a wire
replacement with targeted usage models for cluster connectivity to the
host and device-to-device connectivity at less than 10 meters. The
interface will support quality delivery of rich digital multimedia
formats, including audio and video, and will be capable of high rate
streaming (isochronous transfers).
WUSB security will ensure the same level of security as wired USB.
Connection level security between devices will ensure that the
appropriate device is associated and authenticated before operation of
the device is permitted. Higher levels of security involving encryption
should be implemented at the application level. Processing overhead
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8.0 CONCLUSION
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