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 Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject: Wi-Fi Direct |
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| Quote: | Wi-Fi Alliance® announces groundbreaking specification to support direct Wi-Fi connections between devices
Upcoming Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Wi-Fi Direct program will make it easy to connect devices directly to one another in a new kind of Wi-Fi network
Austin, Texas, October 14, 2009 - Wi-Fi devices will soon be able to connect in a new way that makes it more simple and convenient than ever to do things like print, share and display. The Wi-Fi Alliance is nearing completion of a new specification to enable Wi-Fi devices to connect to one another without joining a traditional home, office, or hotspot network. The Wi-Fi Alliance expects to begin certification for this new specification in mid-2010, and products which achieve the certification will be designated Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct.
The specification, previously code-named "Wi-Fi peer-to-peer," can be implemented in any Wi-Fi device, from mobile phones, cameras, printers, and notebook computers, to human interface devices such as keyboards and headphones. Significantly, devices that have been certified to the new specification will also be able to create connections with hundreds of millions of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED legacy devices already in use. Devices will be able to make a one-to-one connection, or a group of several devices can connect simultaneously.
"Wi-Fi Direct represents a leap forward for our industry. Wi-Fi users worldwide will benefit from a single-technology solution to transfer content and share applications quickly and easily among devices, even when a Wi-Fi access point isn't available," said Wi-Fi Alliance executive director Edgar Figueroa. "The impact is that Wi-Fi will become even more pervasive and useful for consumers and across the enterprise."
The specification targets both consumer electronics and enterprise applications, provides management features for enterprise environments, and includes WPA2® security. Devices that support the specification will be able to discover one another and advertise available services. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct devices will support typical Wi-Fi ranges and the same data rates as can be achieved with an infrastructure connection, so devices can connect from across a home or office and conduct bandwidth-hungry tasks with ease.
"With Wi-Fi technology already shipping in millions of consumer electronics devices and handsets every year, this is a terrific innovation for the industry," said Victoria Fodale, senior analyst and market intelligence manager at In-Stat. "Empowering devices to move content and share applications without having to join a network brings even more convenience and utility to Wi-Fi-enabled devices."
The Wi-Fi Alliance plans to publish its peer-to-peer specification upon completion, and will begin certifying devices for the Wi-Fi Direct designation in 2010. Only Wi-Fi Alliance member companies will be able to certify devices to the new specification. |
Not sure exactly how this would benefit a 3G/4G Router - but it seems that many other devices could connect to it easier then they do now?
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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Seems to be a smarter ad-hoc mode, we will probably see MAC based IP addresses and simple p2p networks being created, also combined with mDNS and UPnP we can have clients with internet access advertise a shared connection, simple mobile office networks "thrown" together where the wifi printer and computers all create a smart ad-hoc network.
gaming devices as well, might even see a game that is a mobile cross-platformer, walk in to a McD's and see kids all playing the same game between iPhone/pod, nintendo, zune, and ???
with routers it would be a simple setting to click, and then when you come near or into a defined wifi-direct network it connects in and is the internet connection, no clients needing to refresh their IP's and all.
So lets say you laptop and 3G router are your work and home small-busness computers, but at work you have printers, a wifi enabled projector, and VoIP gear, and at home you have another laptop, small printer, xbox, and a wifi enabled TV, your laptop and router would automatically "mesh" into either network, no profile or settings to change.
apply all that to your Car's GPS/jukebox, yeah! |
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