Considerable research was done using the Internet. Information from various Web sites was studied and analyzed. Evaluation of publicly available marketing and technical publications was conducted. Telephone conversations and interviews were held with industry analysts, technical experts and executives. In addition to these interviews and primary research, secondary sources were used to develop a more complete mosaic of the market landscape, including industry and trade publications, conferences and seminars.
The overriding objective throughout the work has been to provide valid and relevant information. This has led to a continual review and update of the information content.
Target Audience
This report is important to a wide population of researches, technical and sales staff involved in the developing of wireless services and products. It is recommended for both end users and vendors that are working with related technologies. The report also helps to understand issues associated with relationship between WUSB and other technologies.
Wireless USB combines the benefits of wired USB with the convenience of a wireless technology. This report addresses the development of a wireless USB, and in particular it concentrates on several radio technologies on which WUSB can be built (in the WPAN environment). The WUSB market comprises of at least two major groups.
They are:
A group based on the certified by the USB-IF technology-CWUSB
A group that includes WUSBs based on any other technology (such as CableFree, Bluetooth or IEEE 802.11 and other).
1. By using MB-OFDM UWB radio defined by the WiMedia Alliance, WUSB may deliver signaling rates up to 480 Mbps at three meters (and up to 110 Mbps at 10 meters). As a personal area wireless technology, Certified Wireless has been designed for high-throughput, short-range communication.
WUSB has many significant advantages compared to other personal area wireless technologies. Foremost is the existing strength of the certified USB brand among consumers and the investment that manufacturers have in the USB architecture. Certified Wireless USB extends this existing and well-understood infrastructure rather than completely uprooting it and replacing with something new.
The CWUSB specification was developed by seven promoter companies-Agere Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, Philips Semiconductors, and Samsung. Over 150 other companies have since become contributors to the CWUSB specification.
The report analyzes the UWB technology and market-the WiMedia version of this technology is a basis for CWUSB. It also shows that currently the UWB industry is not stable: several companies stopped operations in 2008-2009; the WiMedia Alliance decided to stop its activity and to transfer the technological intelligence to the USB-IF and Bluetooth SIG.
2. In this climate of uncertainty, it is worthwhile to take also a look at the second group of WUSB. The report analyzes technological properties and markets for Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11n as they relate to the WUSB development; and it extends the UWB analysis to other than WiMedia versions.
The report also provides results of the survey of a large group of vendors’ products supplying WUSB/CWUSB and related devices.
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