A byte-level frame generator from Ellisys is available. Known as the UWB generator 320, this product transmits WiMedia UWB and Certified Wireless USB frames over the air to provide developers with a powerful new test methodology to maximize the quality of protocol implementations and swiftly meet UWB R&D challenges. The UWB generator 320 helps verify product and component reliability by generating reproducible traffic, timing and error scenarios. Containing a specialized processor designed specifically for WiMedia and Certified Wireless USB protocols, it produces sequences of arbitrary frames with programmable interframe delay and then waits for any response frame or event. The processor's instruction set enables developers to emulate wireless USB hosts and devices, as well as various WiMedia-based devices. Integrated with Ellisys' UWB and Certified Wireless USB protocol analysis software, Explorer 300, users can reproduce previously recorded scenarios or modify them for testing corner cases and recovery mechanisms.
www.ellisys.com

The AirCom series UWB analyst is a wireless USB/UWB protocol analyzer/exerciser development solution that is based on Certified Wireless USB. Designed by Catalyst Enterprises, it assists developers in the design, debug and characterization of silicon, devices and software.

The AirCom series provides capture, trigger, filter and display capabilities for wireless USB/UWB frames, packets, transactions, transfers, payloads and events. This compact, highly portable system is controlled by a separate PC connection via USB 2.0 or Ethernet (LAN). Visibility is provided for WiMedia-capable UWB radio traffic and Certified Wireless USB protocol, including various post-capture analysis and filter tools to enable fast drill-down and captured traffic. An optional integrated traffic generation feature provides users with the ability to generate traffic patterns.
www.getcatalyst.com

Wisair's second-generation hub reference design is based on Certified Wireless USB. It offers increased range, throughput and coverage compared to competing solutions, as well as the company's own first-generation design. This four-port wireless USB hub features a reduced board size of 38 mm × 93 mm and supports a shorter dongle adapter, which is the UWB wireless interface that plugs into the PC, of 23 mm x 69 mm. It incorporates a range of technology including dual antennas for enhanced coverage and range, automatic rate adaptation for improved link robustness and coverage, automatic radio channel selection to ensure channel selection free from additional UWB devices, and LEDs to indicate power, association and activity. It also provides up to 480 Mbps data rates.

The hub is designed to bring wireless connectivity to existing wired USB devices. Communicating with the Wisair host dongle at the PC side, it enables high-speed wireless communication between any USB peripheral device and a PC host. The advanced performance characteristics of Wisair's second-generation hub reference design make it suitable for a range of UWB solutions for consumer, PC and mobile applications based on Certified Wireless USB.
www.wisair.com

The optimized, standard CMOS TZ 7000 chipset from Tzero Technologies is a complete wireless system capable of delivering broadcast-quality video over wireless networks. It is comprised of the TZ 7110 integrated baseband mixed-signal system-on-a-chip (SoC), including the physical (PHYs) and medium-access control (MAC) layers; the TZ 7210 RF chip, and single and multiple antenna solutions optimized for cost and performance. Embedded firmware and application software provide support for Windows, Linux and other host operating systems.

The TZ 7000 chipset solution uses non-line-of-site operation that enables devices to communicate wirelessly through walls to extend across multiple rooms. It features performance up to 10 million times greater than other wireless networks and transmission speeds of up to 480 Mbps. It can carry three or more high-definition video streams across a 20-meter range while running at 100 Mbps.

The TZ 7000 UWB chipset is complemented by Tzero's UWB mini-PCI reference design, which speeds the time-to-market launch of UWB-based audio/video systems. The reference design uses IP connectivity to enable multiple peer-to-peer connections and supports single- and multiple-antenna configurations. It comes in PCI, mini-PCI and PC formats. Both the Tzero UWB mini-PCI reference design and the TZ 7000 UWB chipset solution are available in production quantities.
www.tzerotech.com

The CWave UWB chipset from Pulse~Link is ideal for use in whole-home distribution of HDTV content, high-quality multichannel audio and high-speed data across in-home coax and wireless networks. The PL3100 chipset is a complete solution including all RF, analog, baseband and MAC functions. It consists of three microchips: the PL3130 baseband and MAC in 0.13 micron CMOS, the PL3120 RFIC front-end in 0.18 micron SiGe and the PL3110 UWB LNA in 0.18 micron SiGe. The PL3130 baseband and MAC features an IEEE 802.15.3 MAC and CWave gigabit performance baseband. The PL3120 RFIC front-end comprises the transmitter and receiver functions. The PL3110 LNA is an optional low-noise UWB amplifier that connects to the antenna for extended range and enhanced performance. The 802.15.3 MAC supports isochronous and asynchronous functionality with a fully deterministic QoS and additional support for multiple overlapping piconets.

The CWave signal traverses existing RF splitters, coexists with all legacy CATV, satellite and other signals already carried on the coax, and requires no changes to existing in-home coax cable wiring. Whole-home multimedia networks can be enabled without incurring the heavy costs or the trouble of installing new wiring. By bridging its wireless and wired communications technologies, CWave enables high data rate transmissions to be distributed throughout the home via coax then wirelessly connects peripheral devices in each room. Its benefits and applications include the ability to eliminate the array of wiring behind today's home entertainment centers, as well as the ability to connect devices such as set-top boxes, DVD players, personal video recorders, home theater systems, TVs and PCs throughout the home.
www.pulselink.com

The Anritsu VNA Master MS2024A and MS2026A portable handheld vector network analyzers (VNAs) can make vector corrected one-port and one-path two-port measurements from 2 MHz to 6 GHz. These measurement capabilities, a light weight (6.4 pounds) and a three-plus hour battery life makes them suitable for use in deploying, verifying and troubleshooting WLAN, UWB, WiMAX and Bluetooth applications. Both the MS2024A/MS2026A create significant time savings for engineers who conduct frequency and distance-to-fault (DTF) measurements. They also ensure highly accurate measurements, as the MS2024A/MS2026A's RF immunity rejection of up to +17 dBm allows for precise measurements — even in RF-rich environments.

Characteristics of the VNA Master include selectable output power at 0 dBm and -35 dBm, and an optional variable +12 V to +24 V bias tee, which eliminates the need for external supplies and attenuators when making two-port gain measurements of tower-mounted amplifiers (TMAs). The VNA Master also flaunts a sweep speed of 2 ms/data point. Additional features include user-friendly interfaces and user-intuitive menu structures. The MS2024A/MS2026A has also been designed to minimize keystrokes for key measurements and often-used features.

The MS2024A, with a frequency range of 2 MHz to 4 GHz, starts at $13,125. The MS2026A, which extends the frequency coverage to 6 GHz, has a starting price of $15,645.
www.anritsu.com

NEC Electronics America is offering a host controller product based on Certified Wireless USB technology. The uPD720170 enables high-speed, wireless transmission of data between personal computers (PCs) and PC peripheral devices such as printers, external storage equipment and digital cameras, and is suitable fore use in mobile phones and other consumer-type electronic devices. It provides wireless connectivity at data transfer rates up to 480 Mbps within a range of three meters. It supports eight data transfer rates (from 53.3 Mbps to 480 Mbps) and four data transfer types (control, bulk, interrupt and isochronous), and can connect up to 32 physical devices simultaneously. The uPD720170 host controller is based on the WiMedia MAC and WiMedia MAC-PHY interface specifications, as well as the wireless host controller interface (WHCI) specification developed by Intel with support from Microsoft, NEC, Philips, Texas Instruments and other experts in Certified Wireless USB technology and the WiMedia Alliance's ultrawideband (UWB) common radio platform.
www.am.necel.com