Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction
- 1.1 General
- 1.2 Acceptance
- 1.3 Structure and Goal
- 1.4 Research Methodology
- 1.5 Target Audience
2.0 Universal Serial Bus
- 2.1 General
- 2.2 Major Features
- 2.3 Market Estimate
3.0 Evolution to Wireless
- 3.1 General
- 3.2 Major Features
- 3.3 Protocol
- 3.4 Issues
- 3.5 Bluetooth v3 and WUSB
- 3.6 Market
- 3.6.1 General
- 3.6.2 Market Estimate
- 3.7 Vendors
- Belkin (BT, Cable-free and 802.11n)
- D-Link (CW-UWB)
- Dell (WUSB)
- IOgear-Realtek Semiconductor (CWUSB, WUSB)
- Icron (802.11g WUSB)
- Freescale WUSB
- Magic Control Technology (CWUSB)
- NEC Electronics (CWUWB)
- NXP (CWUSB)
- Olidata (CWUSB)
- Realtec-Fujitsu (CWUSB)
- Samsung Techwin/Samsung (CWUSB)
- Skycom (CWUSB)
- Synopsys (CWUSB)
- Wisair-Cables Unlimited (CWUSB)
4.0 UWB: Technology and Market Specifics
- 4.1 History
- 4.2 Definition
- 4.3 Spectrum Allocation
- 4.4 Major Features
- 4.4.1 Communications Features
- 4.5 Standards and Regulations
- 4.5.1 Multiband OFDM
- 4.5.2 DS-UWB
- 4.5.3 Comparison
- 4.5.4 IEEE
- 4.5.5 FCC and ETSI
- 4.5.6 ECMA International
- 4.5.7 European Regulators
- 4.5.8 Worldwide
- 4.5.9 Comparison
- 4.5.9.1 Impulse Radio- Pulse Link, Time Domain
- 4.5.9.2 DS-CDMA - Motorola/Freescale and other
- 4.5.9.3 Multi-Band OFDM (FH) - MBOA
- 4.6 Applications
- 4.6.1 General
- 4.6.2 Home Security-UGS
- 4.6.3 Phones
- 4.6.4 RFID
- 4.6.5 Communications and Imaging
- 4.6.6 WPAN
- 4.6.7 Imaging systems
- 4.6.8 Vehicular Radar Systems
- 4.6.9 Ranging
- 4.6.10 Public Safety
- 4.7 Applications Summary
- 4.8 Issues
- 4.9 UWB Market
- 4.9.1 General
- 4.10.2 Forecast
- 4.10.2.1 Conditions
- 4.10.2.2 Drivers
- 4.10.2.3 Analysis
- 4.10.3 Comments
- 4.11 Industry: UWB
- Aether Wire & Location (localization sensors)
- AirGate (sensors)
- Alereon (chipsets, WUSB)
- Artimi (merged with Staccato - November 2008; WUSB)
- BBN (UWB radio, first responders)
- Camero (radar, equipment for first responders)
- Faraday Technologies (Chipsets, WUSB)
- Focus Enhancement (WUSB, chipsets; in 2009, filed for bankruptcy)
- Fujitsu Components (antennas, filters)
- Gemtek(CWUSB)
- General Atomics (chipsets, WUSB)
- Intel (ICs)
- Multispectral (RFID and others; acquired by Zebra Technologies in 2008)
- Parco (RFID-Health Care)
- Pulse~ Link (chipsets)
- Sigma Designs (chipsets)
- Staccato (chipsets, WUSB)
- Stonestreet One (SW, WUSB)
- Time Domain (chipsets-fusion of communications & radar)
- Toshiba (Wireless USB)
- Tzero (chipsets; shut the doors in 2009)
- Ubisense (RFID-tracking)
- Wisair (chipsets, WUSB)
- WiQuest (chipsets, WUSB)-Closed Doors in 2008
5.0 IEEE 802.15.1 (Bluetooth-BT)
- 5.1 BT Protocol Stack
- 5.1.1 Transport layer
- 5.1.1.1 Radio Layer
- 5.1.1.2 Baseband and Link Manager Layers
- 5.1.1.3 Middleware Layer
- 5.2 Profiles
- 5.2.1 Power Consumption-ULP
- 5.3 Bluetooth Security
- 5.4 Highlights
- 5.4.1 The Standard:
- 5.4.2 The Technology:
- 5.4.3 Evolution
- 5.5 Market Estimate
6.0 IEEE 802.11n
- 6.1 WLAN Standardization
- 6.1.1 History- Phased Approach
- 6.2 802.11n Status
- 6.3 Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC)
- 6.4 Standard Evolution
- 6.4.1 Draft v. 1.0
- 6.4.2 Draft v. 2.0
- 6.4.3 Draft v.3.0-v. 4.0 and Other
- 6.5 WiFi Alliance
- 6.6 802.11n Technology
- 6.6.1 Advanced Technologies: MIMO and Others
- 6.6.1.1 General
- 6.6.1.2 MIMO
- 6.6.1.3 Directions
- 6.6.1.3.1 “True MIMO”
- 6.6.1.3.2 BeamFlex
- 6.6.1.3.3 Atheros
- 6.6.2 Spatial Multiplexing
- 6.6.3 OFDM
- 6.6.4 Channel Bonding
- 6.6.5 Packet Aggregation
- 6.7 Major Features
- 6.7.1 Specifics
- 6.7.2 Channel Bandwidth
- 6.7.3 Security
- 6.7.4 Adaptation
- 6.8 Benefits and Applications
- 6.8.1 Benefits
- 6.8.2 Applications
- 6.9 Market
- 6.9.1 General: Drivers
- 6.9.2 Market Forecast
- 6.9.2.1 Model Assumptions
- 6.9.2.2 Forecast
- 6.9.2.2.1 Chipsets
- 6.9.2.2.2 Equipment
- 6.10 Industry
- Aerohive (APs)
- Aruba (AP)
- Asus (Router)
- Atheros (Chipsets, WUSB)
- Buffalo (Router, AP)
- Belkin (Routers, Adaptors, WUBS)
- Broadcom (Chipsets, WUSB)
- Cisco (AP)
- Colubris (AP)
- D-Link (Routers, WUSB)
- Encore (WUSB Adapter)
- Edimax (Router, WUSB Adapter)
- Extreme (AP)
- Extricom (AP)
- Gemtek (Router)
- Intel (Chipsets)
- Linksys (Routers, WUSB)
- Marvell (Chipsets)
- Meru (Family of Products)
- Metalink (Chipsets)
- Motorola (Tools, AP)
- NEC (Router)
- Netgear (Router, AP)
- RedPine (Chipsets)
- Ruckus (AP)
- Ralink (Chipsets)
- Qualcomm (Chipsets)
- Siemens (AP)
- SiGe (Chipsets)
- TopCom (Router)
- Trapeze (SW, platforms)
- TrendNet (Routers, AP, WUSB)
- ZyXel (AP, Router, WUSB)
7.0 Conclusions
FIGURES:
- Figure 1: Addressable Market - USB Products Shipments (Bil. Units)
- Figure 2: Addressable Market: USB Products sale (US$B)
- Figure 3: WUSB Connectivity
- Figure 4: Addressable Market: WUSB Products Sales ($M)
- Figure 5: Addressable Market: WUSB Products Sales (Mil. Units)
- Figure 6: UWB Spectrum
- Figure 7: OFDM Frequency Segments
- Figure 8: DS-UWB Spectrum Characteristics
- Figure 9: Spectrum Regulations-UWB
- Figure 10: ETSI Documents (Examples)
- Figure 11: Spectrum Illustration
- Figure 12: Europe
- Figure 13: Japan and Korea
- Figure 14: Canada
- Figure 15: Market Estimate: UWB Circuitry ($B)
- Figure 16: Market Estimate: UWB IC Shipments (Unit M)
- Figure 17: Estimate of UWB Market - Communications Applications ($B)
- Figure 18: UWB IC-WSN-UGS Market Segment ($M)
- Figure 19: Bluetooth Protocol Stack
- Figure 20: Piconets Illustration
- Figure 21: Estimate - BT Market (Modules Shipped in Million)
- Figure 22: BT Market Estimate - Modules Sales ($US M)
- Figure 23: BT Market Geographical Segmentation
- Figure 24: Basic two-antenna MIMO system with two-stream SDM example
- Figure 25: 802.11 Protocol Family MAC Frame Structure
- Figure 26: Addressable Market: Worldwide WiFi Chipsets Shipping (Unit M)
- Figure 27: Addressable Market: 802.11n Chipsets Worldwide Shipping (Unit M)
- Figure 28: Addressable Market: WiFi Chipsets Worldwide Shipping ($B)
- Figure 29: Addressable Market: 802.11n Chipsets Worldwide Shipping ($B)
- Figure 30: Market Geography: 802.11 Chipsets Production
- Figure 31: Market Estimate: 802.11n Equipment Shipping ($B)
- Figure 32: Addressable Market: 802.11n Equipment Sales (Unit M)
TABLES:
- Table 1: Comparison: DS-UWB and MB-OFDM
- Table 2: FCC Emission Limits
- Table 3: Comparison
- Table 4: UWB Applications: Summary
- Table 5: UWB Market Segments
- Table 6: Bluetooth Profiles
- Table 7: 802.11 Standards Characteristics
- Table 8: Comparison of Different 802.11 Members Transfer Rates
- Table 9: 802.11n Advantages
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