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Wireless USB Promoter Group Enlists Contributors for WUSB 1.1

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Wireless USB 1.1 Promoter Group Web Site Goes Live. Completion of WUSB 1.1 specification is planed for the middle of 2009.

(via Press Release from USB-IF – March 3, 2009) Beaverton, Oregon – In an effort to drive toward the completion of a Wireless USB 1.1 specification by the middle of 2009, the Wireless USB Promoter Group is soliciting contributors to the Wireless USB 1.1 specification definition.

Wireless USB personal connectivity is bringing the convenience and mobility of wireless communications to high-speed interconnects for multimedia consumer electronics, PC peripherals and mobile devices. WUSB 1.1 will feature improved power efficiency, enhanced association methods for easy first time association of a host and a device and will add UWB upper band support for radio operation at frequencies at 6 GHz and above. The Wireless USB 1.1 revision will continue to deliver the benefits of the original standard including high-speed wireless connectivity, security, and ease-of-use, while maintaining backward compatibility.

The Wireless USB Promoter Group public web site outlines the process to become a Wireless USB 1.1 contributor to the specification review. The requirements for a contributor company are that a company must be a USB-Implementers Forum member and sign a Wireless USB 1.1 Supplement Contributor agreement. Once a company has joined, it will obtain access to the contributors’ area on the Web site where the current draft of the Wireless USB 1.1 specification is posted for review. With the expanded contributor companies, the objective is to take the draft specification to completion and output the final Wireless USB 1.1 specification.

The WUSB Promoter Group, consisting of Hewlett-Packard Company, Intel Corporation, LSI Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, NEC Corporation, ST-Ericsson and Samsung Electronics Ltd., is committed to deliver a solution that preserves the existing USB class driver infrastructure, familiar USB usage models, as well as the, look-and-feel and ease-of-use of wired USB.

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 Web site at www.usb.org

USB-IF Contact Information:
USB Implementers Forum
3855 SW 153rd Drive
Beaverton, OR 97006
U.S.A.
e-mail: press (-at-) usb.org
Joe Saylor – phone: +1 503 619-0656
Blair Cook – phone: +1 503 619-0570

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