Colin Zou wrote:
This project will deliver a framework (including a security
sub-framework), some device drivers and a config tool to support
wireless USB on opensolaris.
Wireless USB (WUSB), please refer to www.usb.org, will make USB
devices much easier to use. It will become the preferred choice of the
wireless connections between a computer and its peripheral devices,
like keyboard/mouse, flash disk, DVD player, printer, handheld,
mobile, etc. It allows easy connection and data exchanging at high
speeds (as fast as USB2.0) without cables. Because no physical ports
are required, it is no longer a problem of finding a USB port on the
box. It is a great improvement to USB devices and we can foresee that
WUSB products would be used in business and home environments in the
near future. A lot of demos were showed in "Certified Wireless USB
Developers Conference" held in June, 2006.
There is an open industry standard available in usb.org since May,
2005. Several developers conferences were held in the passed year.
Now, there are already USB device vendors announced their product
roadmaps. It is expected that some WUSB products will be formally
released by the end of this year or earlier. It will be nice if
solaris can support this new generation of USB devices.
Besides WUSB host controller on the main board, WUSB spec also
introduces two kinds of adapters to make it possible to enable WUSB
support without update your PC boxes. If plug a host adapter (like a
flash disk size) to one of the USB2.0 ports on the box, then, as far
as the hardware ability is concerned, your PC box can connect with any
WUSB devices. If you also have a device adapter, then by plugging your
USB2.0 devices to the adapter, they can connect with the host without
a cable. Therefore, this technology is easy for users and the tendency
is clear that it will be popular in the near future.
Communities this project is related to: Device Drivers, Desktop, Laptop.
This project would have a mailing list, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Colin Zou
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