Technical Publications

In this section you will find a variety of papers and links to other resources that could assist you in your development efforts.  IrDA is not the owner of these documents or resources but brings them to you as a courtesy.

IrDA Newsletters

IrDA Product Qualification Documents:

IrReady Qualification Program Reference Document
The IrSimple Product Qualification Program Reference Guide

Tutorials or Courses:
Extended Systems Offers Developer Seminars
Extended Systems invites you to attend a 2-day developer seminar on how to integrate the IrDA protocol stack from Extended Systems (XTNDAccess IrDA SDK) into an embedded device. Extended Systems Developer Seminars offer a chance to learn from our knowledgeable staff, experience hands-on demonstrations and have the opportunity to talk with our engineers about specific protocols, profiles and applications.

Rapid Heterogeneous Connection Establishment: Accelerating Bluetooth Inquiry Using IrDA 

Plastics for IR Data Transmissions Windows by Novalog

 Technical White Papers by Professor A. C. Boucouvalas such as:

• A Study of Link Processing Time and Propagation Delay For IrDA Links at Gbit/s Data Rate 
• IrDA IrLAP Optimization with Physical Layer Consideration 
• OBEX Performance Evaluation and Parameter Optimization For Speed IrDA Links
• Effects of Tandem Alignment Sway on the Performance IrDA Handheld Devices

Microsoft IrDA Infrared Support Page

A Summary of Short-Range Wireless in 2003 By Glade Diviney, Embedded R&D Manager, Extended Systems, Inc. 

An Introduction to Short-Range Wireless Data Communications  By Glade Diviney, Embedded R&D Manager, Extended Systems, Inc.

IrDA and Bluetooth: A Complementary Comparison  By Dave Suvak, Extended Systems, Inc.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Infrared Financial Messaging (IrFM) By H.R. Damon González, Jr.,

Photoparametic Up-Converter for Millimetre-Wave Fibre-Radio System. Warwick University 

Service Differentiation Support In Optical WAN, Warwick University 

Elliptical and Parabolic Total Internally Reflecting Optical Antennas for Wireless Infrared Communications,  Warwick University 

A New System for Imaging of Multipaths, Oxford University

 Integrated Optical Wireless Transceivers, Huddersfield University, Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College 

 The application of Spreading Sequences to Indoor Wireless Infrared Transmission,  University of Leeds

An Experimental Receiver Architecture for Diffuse Indoor Infrared Environments, Sheffield Hallam University

 An Introduction to IrDA Control, by Robert Stuart, Sharp

Implementing An IrDA Control Peripheral, by Robert Stuart, Sharp

The IrDA Standards for High Speed Infrared Communication by Ian Miller, Martin Beale, Bryan Donoghue, Kirk Lindstrom and Stuart Williams.

The IrDA Platform by Stuart Williams

IrMC: Infrared Solutions for Mobile Communications by Charles D. Knutson,

Infrared Data Communications with IrDA by Charles D. Knutson, Ph.D. and Glade Diviney.

On-Demand TCP: Transparent Peer to Peer TCP/IP Over IrDA Source White Papers on ZDNET.com
Transparent Peer to Peer TCP/IP over IrDA Source White Papers on ZDNET.com

Creating an End-To-End Digital Payment System by H.R. Damon Gonzalez, Jr., Vice President, CrossCheck, Inc., Ronald J. Brown, CEO, Personal Solutions Corporation, and Lawrence Faulkner, IrDA.

What Impact does Window Size Have on Throughput?

Connecting Windows and Non-Windows Devices with IrDA  by Ryan Woodings, Derek Joos, Trevor Clifton, Charles D. Knutson - Brigham Young University

Tech On-LineTechnical White Papers:
The technical papers provided in this section are provided as a courtesy.  IrDA is not responsible for the content or maintaining these papers.

 

 

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