WiMedia Alliance Certifies First Ultra-Wideband Products
October 26, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The WiMedia Alliance certified 12 silicon products on its ultra-wideband (UWB) Common Radio Platform.
Platforms from Alereon Inc., Artimi Inc., Intel Corp., Realtek Semiconductor Corp., Staccato Communications, Tzero Technologies, WiQuest Communications and Wisair completed both phases of the alliance's compliance and interoperability testing, paving the way for the introduction of WiMedia-based end-user devices in the personal computing, consumer electronics and mobile device markets, said the WiMedia Alliance.
Silicon certified on the WiMedia platform provides the foundation for high-speed wireless protocols including next generation Bluetooth and wireless universal serial bus (USB).
Using the WiMedia specifications, these applications are designed to provide low power consumption and data rates of up to 480 Mbps in the wireless personal area network (WPAN), according to the WiMedia Alliance.
The WiMedia Alliance held a series of interoperability testing events since its certification program was launched in early 2006.
WiMedia certified platforms undergo two phases of testing against the alliance's international UWB standards, which are International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 26907 and 26908.
In the first phase, vendors test and "register" physical layer implementations (PHYs) based on the WiMedia PHY specification. Registered PHYs are then combined with a media access control (MAC) layer and submitted for certification as a complete platform.
Platforms that successfully complete each level of the certification program are granted official platform certification. This designation ensures that certified platforms will coexist with other certified platforms and perform as expected according to specifications.
Source: WiMedia Alliance.