WIRELESS

UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS

(WUSB)

ARKAPRAVA SADHU

CONTENTS
Introduction
Reasons

for W-USB
Features of W-USB
Topology
Protocol Stack
PHY Design
MAC Design
Security Design
Conclusion

INTRODUCTION
Wireless

USBis a short-range, highbandwidthwirelessradio

communication protocol.
It is based on the WiMedia
Alliance'sUltra-Wide Band(UWB)
common radio platform.
W-USB is defined as a bus, albeit
logical and not physical, which can
simultaneously connect ahostwith
a number of peripherals.

INTRODUCTION
It

has the capability of sending

frames at 480Mb/sat distances
up to 3 metres and 110 Mb/s at
up to 10 metres.

The

host divides the available

bandwidth through atimedivision multiple access(TDMA)
strategy.

REASONS FOR WUSB

Wired

Issues

Wires are restrictive

Multiple Wires can be a hassle
Wires slower than wireless solutions
Current

Wireless Solutions Inadequate

Bluetooth
Bandwidth of 3 Mbps not enough for higher
demand applications (Video, HDTV, Monitor)

Wi-Fi
Expensive
Too much Power usage

FEATURES OF WUSB
Wireless

version of USB
Maximum speed of 480 Mbps
High Bandwidth
Low Power Usage
Low Cost
Small Physical Implementations
High level of security
Backward compatible with wired USB devices
Interoperable across Consumer Electronics,
Mobile devices and Personal Computing
Platforms.

TOPOLOGY
WUSB

supports a hub-and-spoke
topology.
The relationships between devices
and host are called as clusters.
Connections are point-to-point.
WUSB host can connect to a
maximum of 127 wireless USB
devices.
High spatial capacity
Dual Role Model

PROTOCOL STACK

PHY DESIGN
The

PHY contains three functional

entities:

Physical Medium Dependent functionality

Convergence of radio devices.
Layer management functionality.
Transmits a waveform from the

output of an IFFT function to produce

an OFDM symbol.
Coding of inputs to IFFT provides a
range of data rates: 53.3, 80, 106.7,
160, 200, 320, 400 and 480 Mb/s.

PHY DESIGN
It

operates in the frequency

range of 3.1 to 10.6 GHz.

This

range is divided into 14

frequency bands, each 528 MHz
wide.

PHY DESIGN
The

figure shows a 3 band

hopping channel in Band Group 1.

FRAME STRUCTURE
A

PPDU consists of: Preamble,

Header and Payload.
The Header is sent at a data rate
of 39.4 Mbps
The PSDU is sent at desired data
rate.
PLCP
Preamble

PLCP
Header

PSDU Payload

MAC DESIGN
Defines

the Channel Access Control

Also defines data transfer and
system management services
Other features like:
Distributed Reservation Protocol (DRP)
Prioritized Contention Access (PCA)
Power

Saving Mechanisms
Non secure and secure,
authenticated frame exchange

SECURITY DESIGN
Security

needed due to crowded

environments
The payload contains a additional
20 bytes for security: Security
header of12 bytes and Message
Integrity Code of 8 bytes
Two major process: Association
and Encryption
Association process is of two
types: Cable model and Numeric

SECURITY DESIGN
Cable Association Process:

SECURITY DESIGN
Numerical Association Process:

SECURITY DESIGN
Encryption:

WUSB uses the AES-128 algorithm

Devices are authorized to communicate
using the connection context
During each session, the devices derive
session key (PTK)
Wimedia devices do not encrypt the PHY
and MAC header information
This allows devices to identify framing
and routing information for each packet.

FUTURE EXPECTATIONS
Transparency Market Research:
Driven

by the global trend towards the

wireless connectivity, WUSB Devices will
reach to 11.02 million units in volume sales
by 2018

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