"In the past we have seen a number of wireless connectivity technologies without well-identified applications, and now we have applications adopting technologies," says Dr Kirsten West, Principal Analyst of WTRS. "What we are seeing is a continuing adoption by groups that define application profiles of these technologies. We are now getting applications that take the basic radios and develop a solution with them ahead of the standards groups, such as wireless HDMI, providing perhaps an even bigger catalyst for end product adoption."
The WTRS Wireless Connectivity Technology Trends Report findings include:
(1) The addition and integration of WiFi to Bluetooth and its potential to enable WiFi to penetrate the mobile phone market more strongly
(2) The pre-802.11n standard end product market will be regulated by a WiFi Alliance-run, pre-n interoperability certification program
(3) Analysis of Wireless Connectivity use cases by technology
(4) An analysis of the emergence of WirelessHD and the underlying SiBeam technology
(5) Wireless Connectivity market makers
(6) The Certified Wireless USB radio chipset companies who are capable of addressing the regulatory requirements of the global market
(7) The regulatory influences on the productization of Certified Wireless USB
(8) Metro WiFi as a stimulant of general end-user wireless adoption
(9) Analysis of the Certified Wireless USB I/F, WiMedia Alliance, Bluetooth SiG, WiFi Alliance, and WirelessHD
Wireless Connectivity is the mechanism for utilizing wireless technologies as the underlying platform to deploy networks for data and multimedia content delivery over distances confined to 30 meters. Examples of technologies and protocols included in the "Wireless Connectivity" area are applications of Bluetooth, UWB (including DS-UWB from GiT and others, CW-UWB from PulseLink, and MB-OFDM UWB from the WiMedia Alliance), millimeter wave wireless from SiBeam, the IEEE 802.11 family, and IEEE 802.11n.
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WTRS Wireless Connectivity Technology Trends Report Winter 2008
55 pages
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