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USB-IF Completes Media Agnostic USB Specification

Verfasst vonDr@

New spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­on allows wire­less devices and docking sta­ti­ons to com­mu­ni­ca­te over the USB pro­to­col wit­hout a phy­si­cal USB connection

BEAVERTON, Ore. – March 18, 2014 – Today the USB Imple­ment­ers Forum (USB-IF) announ­ced the com­ple­ti­on of the Media Agno­stic (MA) USB v1.0 spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­on. This spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­on is now available for down­load on the USB-IF website.

The MA-USB spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­on is desi­gned to enable devices to achie­ve wire­less giga­bit trans­fer rates while lever­aging exis­ting USB infra­struc­tu­re. The spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­on allows wire­less devices and docking sta­ti­ons to com­mu­ni­ca­te over the USB pro­to­col, wit­hout the need for a phy­si­cal USB con­nec­tion. MA-USB sup­ports mul­ti­ple media types, inclu­ding Wi-Fi® ope­ra­ting in 2.4 and 5 Ghz; WiGig ope­ra­ting in 60Ghz; WiMe­dia UWB radi­os ope­ra­ting bet­ween 3.1–10.6Ghz, and other exis­ting or new wired or wire­less media types that want to use the USB pro­to­col as the trans­port. MA-USB is com­pli­ant with Super­Speed USB (USB 3.1 and USB 3.0) and Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0).

The USB-IF uti­li­zed the WiGig® Seri­al Exten­si­on (WSE) v1.2 spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­on from Wi-Fi Alli­ance® as the initi­al foun­da­ti­on for the MA-USB spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­on. Pro­ducts that incor­po­ra­te MA-USB as an under­ly­ing ingre­di­ent tech­no­lo­gy can iden­ti­fy MA-USB sup­port with the USB-IF’s ingre­di­ent brand “Powered by MA-USB™.” Use of the ingre­di­ent brand will requi­re that pro­ducts pass the USB-IF cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on pro­gram for MA-USB. Pro­ducts that are “Powered by MA-USB™” give con­su­mers more fle­xi­bi­li­ty to wire­less­ly con­nect their USB-enab­led devices.

“We share a com­mit­ment with the USB-IF to enhan­ce wire­less con­nec­ti­vi­ty,” said Edgar Figue­roa, pre­si­dent and CEO of Wi-Fi Alli­ance. “The com­ple­ti­on of MA-USB sup­ports our efforts to deli­ver wire­less data, dis­play and audio appli­ca­ti­ons, all while pro­vi­ding the best user experience.”

The MA-USB v1.0 spe­ci­fi­ca­ti­on along with the MA-USB Adop­ters agree­ment is now available on the USB-IF web­site. Visit the USB-IF web­site for more information.

About the USB-IF

The non-pro­fit USB Imple­ment­ers Forum, Inc. was for­med to pro­vi­de a sup­port orga­niza­ti­on and forum for the advance­ment and adop­ti­on of USB tech­no­lo­gy. The USB-IF faci­li­ta­tes the deve­lo­p­ment of high-qua­li­ty com­pa­ti­ble USB devices through its logo and com­pli­ance pro­gram, and pro­mo­tes the bene­fits of USB and the qua­li­ty of pro­ducts that have pas­sed com­pli­ance test­ing. Fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on, inclu­ding pos­tings of the most recent pro­duct and tech­no­lo­gy announce­ments, is available by visi­ting the USB-IF web­site at www.usb.org.

About Wi-Fi Alli­ance®

Wi-Fi Alli­ance® is a glo­bal non-pro­fit indus­try asso­cia­ti­on – our mem­bers are the world­wi­de net­work of com­pa­nies that brings you Wi-Fi®. The mem­bers of our col­la­bo­ra­ti­on forum come from across the Wi-Fi eco­sys­tem and share a visi­on of seam­less con­nec­ti­vi­ty. Sin­ce 2000, the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ seal of appr­oval desi­gna­tes pro­ducts with pro­ven inter­ope­ra­bi­li­ty, indus­try-stan­dard secu­ri­ty pro­tec­tions, and the latest tech­no­lo­gy. Wi-Fi Alli­ance has cer­ti­fied more than 18,000 pro­ducts, deli­ve­ring the best user expe­ri­ence and encou­ra­ging the expan­ded use of Wi-Fi pro­ducts and ser­vices in new and estab­lished mar­kets. Today, bil­li­ons of Wi-Fi pro­ducts car­ry a signi­fi­cant por­ti­on of the world’s data traf­fic in an ever-expan­ding varie­ty of appli­ca­ti­ons. www.wi-fi.org