Company Confidential
Preliminary Product Specifications
Wireless LAN /Bluetooth Combo Mini-PCI Card
IEEE 802.11g + Bluetooth 1.1
MWL-41G2
Delta Mobile Software, Inc.
Company Confidential
Revision History
VERSION
0.1
0.2
0.9
1.0
1.01
1.1
REASON FOR
REVISION
Initial Spec
Adopted Prism
Frisbee
Draft proposal
802.11g draft 6.1-
>8.1
802.11g standard
ratified
Type and text review
ISSUE DATE
Feb 25
th
, 2003
Mar 28, 2003
Apr 1, 2003
May 20, 2003
Jun 20, 2003
July 15, 2003
APPROVED BY
Jamie Chu
Jamie Chu
Jamie Chu
Jamie Chu
Jamie Chu
Jamie Chu
1
Company Confidential
Table of Contents
1. Introduction.................................................................................................4
1.1 Product Features.........................................................................5
2. Hardware Platform......................................................................................7
2.1 Hardware Architecture........................................................................7
2.2 The major internal components and external interfaces.....................8
2.2.1 WLAN........................................................................................8
2.2.2 The major internal components and external interfaces..........10
2.3 Feature and Requirement..................................................................12
2.3.1 General Requirement - WLAN................................................12
2.3.2 Engineering Requirement.........................................................13
2.3.3 Antenna....................................................................................15
2.3.4 LEDs:........................................................................................15
2.4 Bluetooth Performance.......................................................................15
2.4.1 Range........................................................................................15
2.4.2 Frequency.................................................................................16
2.4.3 Power consumption..................................................................16
2.4.4 RF Output power......................................................................16
2.4.5 Receiver sensitivity..................................................................16
2.5 IEEE Compliance Requirements......................................................16
2.6 EMI Requirement..............................................................................16
2.7 Compatibility Requirement...............................................................17
2.8 Requirements of Reliability, Maintainability and Quality................17
2.9 Mechanical Design Requirement......................................................17
2.9.1 Device Outlook (preliminary)..................................................17
2.9.2 Dimension................................................................................18
2.10 Power Consumption........................................................................18
2.11 Environmental Specifications.........................................................18
2.12 Product Deliverable.........................................................................18
3. Software Features......................................................................................20
3.1 Overview...........................................................................................20
3.2 Information........................................................................................20
3.3 Configuration....................................................................................21
2
Company Confidential
3.4 Security.............................................................................................21
3.5 Diagnostics........................................................................................22
4. Development Schedule.............................................................................22
Scope
This document describes the hardware architecture for the wireless mini-PCI module MWL-41G1 and
its software specifications.
1. Introduction
This document is to specify the product requirements for
MWL-41GB1,
802.11g compliant mini-PCI
module based on Intersil Prism Frisbee and Bluetooth 1.1 Enable USB interface based on MBT4101M
Class 2 CSR based module.
This Bluetooth USB module (MBT4101M) is used to transmit/receive messages to/from other
Bluetooth devices. Based on Bluetooth connection, the messages can be directed at a specific device, or
can be broadcasted to all devices.
The design of the Bluetooth module will closely adapt the Bluetooth module (MBT4101). That is
connected to the host processor via a Bluetooth HCI link. As an effort to the interface connection to the
whole notebook systems, it can be directly soldered on the Notebook motherboard and routed to the
interface of the main board in the notebook systems.
This Bluetooth module is Bluetooth BQB qualified, power level of the class 2/3 and consists of either a
connector connecting to the external high gain antenna, or a on-board chip antenna.
IEEE802.11g mini PCI :
Following standard 32-bit PCI standard, plus Microsoft Windows compliant device driver and
installation utility, this product is an ideal for notebook computer system integration. Built-in security
mechanism includes WEP 64/128, AES engine and WPA. Hardware-based WEP provides good
performance and secure communications.
3
Company Confidential
Bluetooth USB module:
Because Bluetooth enable products provide much more flexible applications than Wireless Lan
did.Next generation design of the Laptop mini-PCI would be possible to combine Bluetooth enable
function .. The benefit it would bring is mechanical design flexibility. Design team would not worry
about what BT daughter card dimension is, just because there is no industrial mechanical standard for
BT module.
Bluetooth and Wlireless Lan Coesostence(AFH-Adaptive Frequeny Hopping)
Adaptive Frequency Hopping goes a long way to solving the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi co-existence problem.
To deliver simultaneous operation of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless technologies in PCs, CSR and
Intersil has developed Coexistence Technology, a unique collaborative real-time communications
interface at the MAC layer that is transparent to the user. Data can be transmitted without interference
while optimizing throughput, range and responsiveness. This enables Bluetooth applications such as
mouse, keyboard, printing, file transfer and portable device synchronization to run at the same time the
user is connected to the network over Wi-Fi.
1.1 Product Features
WLAN IEEE802.11g
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Compatible with IEEE 802.11g high rate standard to provide wireless speeds of 54Mbps data
rate with OFDM modulation.
Backward compatible with IEEE 802.11b high rate standard to provide wireless speeds of
11Mbps data rate with CCK modulation.
Dynamic date rate scaling at 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9 Mbps in OFDM mode
Dynamic date rate scaling at 11, 5.5 Mbps in CCK mode;2 and 1Mbps in DQPSK and DBPSK
mode.
32-bit mini-PCI Interface, Type 3B
Maximum reliability, throughput and connectivity with automatic fallback, auto-switch between
OFDM and CCK.
Supports wireless data encryption with 128-bit WEP and WPA standard for security
Reserved on-board dual Hirose RF connector for antenna extension
4