Survey of Wireless Networking
InfraRed - Ir
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IrDA Data Protocols
IRDA Mandatory Protocols
IrDA Physical Signaling Characteristics
IrDA Link Access Protocol Characteristics
IrDA Link Management Protocol Characteristics
IrDA Optional Protocols
Notes:
Mandatory protocols
PHY (Physical Signaling Layer)
IrLAP (Link Access Protocol)
IrLMP (Link Management Protocol and Information Access Service (IAS))
Characteristics of Physical IrDA Data Signaling
Range: Continuous operation from contact to at least 1 meter (typically 2 meters can be reached).
Bi-directional communication is the basis of all specifications.
Data transmission from 9600 b/s with primary speed/cost steps of 115 kb/s and maximum speed up to 4 Mb/s.
Data packets are protected using a CRC (CRC-16 for speeds up to 1.152Mb/s and CRC-32 at 4 Mb/s)