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Wireless Interconnects 2007: Nirvana for PCs or Chaos?

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: July 2007
Product Code: R97-2865
Description
PC, CE, and PAN wireless interconnects and digital data are helping mobile computing reach the next level. As technology reaches a new evolutionary stage, the terms “computing” or “computer” are no longer associated primarily with the educational or business sectors. Demand for digital data through high-speed wireless connections is pressuring companies to adopt new wireless interconnects and bring value to companies and their products, as well as to simplify the interconnect technology.

The dream—wireless connectivity across different CE, PC, network equipment, peripherals, and Internet-access equipment devices—is close to becoming a reality.

Some hurdles and concerns are still unresolved, and they need to be addressed to achieve the wireless dream. This report focuses on issues and trends, which will hinder or help high-speed wireless interconnects become a reality. Forecasts to 2011 and expected product availability timelines are also included in this report. Detail about upcoming technology trends, overviews, and competition between technologies are covered as well.

This report addresses underlying technology issues and draws conclusions. In addition, we discuss the trends in PC segments and the issues concerning chip, PC, CE, NE, and peripherals companies related to upcoming wireless interconnect technologies.

Are PCs going to play the same role, industry-wide, in the adoption of new digital interconnect technologies as they did in the past?
Table of Contents
Executive Summary

PC Market Overview

Introduction

Technology Overview

Wireless Ultrawideband (WUWB)

Forecast

Wireless 1394

Wireless USB

Forecast

Bluetooth

Forecast

WiNET

WLAN

Forecast

Infrared (IR)

Technology Comparisons

Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)

UWB (OFDM, CWave)

MB-OFDM

CWave

Comparison

Data Protocol/Standard

Conclusion

Methodology

Glossary

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List of Tables

Table 1. Challenges for PC Wireless Interconnects

Table 2. PC Forecast for Desktop and Mobile PCs

Table 3. Description of Application Layer Frames and the Data (Text, Picture, Voice, Video, Metadata) Transfer Rates Needed to Successfully Execute a Command

Table 4. Data Flow Model

Table 5. Network Model

Table 6. Overall Wireless UWB Penetration in PCs and PC Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Handheld Devices, and Digital Handsets (Units in Thousands)

Table 7. Total WUSB-Enabled Device Summary Forecast (Units in Thousands)

Table 8. Wireless USB ASP Forecast

Table 9. Bluetooth Over UWB Summary Forecast

Table 10. Draft n/802.11n Chipset Shipments by Device Segment (Units in Thousands)

Table 11. Wi-Fi Technologies Comparison

Table 12. Comparative Table Between UWB and 802.11n Technologies

Table 13. Comparative Table Between UWB and 802.11n Technologies

Table 14. Large File Transfer

Table 15. Overall Wireless Interconnects and PC Growth (Units in Thousands)

List of Figures

Figure 1. Worldwide PC Unit Shipments Forecast (in Millions)

Figure 2. Convergence and/or Integration of Legacy Data Standards With the UWB Radio Standard

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