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Chapter 3

 

Architectural Overview

Wireless Universal Serial Bus Specification, Revision 1.0

3.10Wireless USB Host: Hardware and Software

The Wireless USB host has extended responsibilities beyond those of a wired USB host. The Wireless USB host must be a responsible MAC Layer device and ensure that all connected wireless USB devices also behave as responsible MAC Layer devices. This may mean helping devices to beacon properly and having devices relay beacon information to the host. Chapter 4 describes this behavior.

Many Wireless USB hosts will need mechanisms to share the UWB radio with other applications running on the host. For instance, on a standard PC the radio will be shared between the Wireless USB application and a wireless networking application. Rules and mechanisms for radio sharing are beyond the scope of this spec, but radio sharing is a required feature of Wireless USB hosts.

Wireless USB hosts are also responsible for coexisting with other UWB devices (including other Wireless USB hosts) in accordance with orderly rules for interference mitigation and bandwidth allocation. Wireless USB hosts follow policies set forth for these behaviors in the WiMedia WiMCA specification (see reference [7]). Wireless USB hosts are also responsible for managing the cluster such that Wireless USB device behavior follows the WiMCA policies. Wireless USB devices do not require explicit knowledge of the WiMCA policies.

In this specification, requirements for Wireless USB Hosts cover hosts that are implemented as part of standard PCs (notebooks, desktops, …). Wireless USB Hosts that are not standard PCs (portable devices, embedded hosts) may choose to implement a subset of the requirements. Defining the requirements for these ‘limited hosts’ is outside the scope of this specification.

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Chapter 3

 

Architectural Overview

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