The Wi-Fi Alliance has moved forward with plans to set up a certification process for the 60 GHz-based WiGig technology beginning with a certification brand and corresponding certification process signifying interoperability between devices.
The trade organization unveiled the WiGig Certified brand for products it says are approved in its forthcoming interoperability program. Products with that logo are expected to begin entering the market next year. Those products are expected to provide “multi-gigabit speed, low latency traffic, and security-protected connectivity between nearby devices,” according to the Wi-Fi Alliance.
In addition to the validating interoperability, the Wi-Fi Alliance said it has several certification projects for WiGig deployments using data, display and audio applications. Those projects include working with the Video Electronics Standards Association on the WiGig display extension specification, and the transfer of the WiGig serial extension specification to the USB Implementers Forum to be used as the basis for the media agnostic USB specification.
The Wi-Fi Alliance announced earlier this year plans to absorb the Wireless Gigabit Alliance to bring together the WiGig Alliance’s work on the 60 GHz technology and the Wi-Fi Alliance’s efforts to develop an interoperability certification for technology in that band. The WiGig standard is being developed to provide short-range, multi-gigabit connectivity for applications like high-definition display extensions, peripheral connectivity and input/output cable replacement.
IMS Research noted last year that they expected more than one million WiGig devices in its first year, while ABI Research predicts that 1.8 billion devices sporting both Wi-Fi and WiGig technology will have been shipped by 2016.
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