Infrared Data Association
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The Infrared Data Association (IrDA) is an industry driven interest group which provides specifications for wireless infrared communications protocols.
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Description
The name "IrDA" also refers to that set of protocols. See Free-space optical communication.
The main reason for using IrDA had been wireless data transfer over the “last one meter” using point and shoot principles.
Thus, it has been implemented in portable devices such as mobile phones, laptops, cameras, printers, medical devices.
Characteristics of this kind of wireless optical communication include:
- Physically secure data transfer
- Line-of-Sight (LOS)
- Very low bit error rate (BER), making it very efficient
History
The IrDA was founded in 1993 by around 50 companies.
See also
External Links
- Infrared Data Association @ Wikipedia
