Wireless LAN Driver on Nucleus Specifications

eInfochips' 802.11 Driver is the software layer for the LLC (Logical Link Control). It communicates with the MAC (Medium Access Control) below it and the OS and the overlying network layer protocol at the top.

The software layer is compliant to IEEE 802.11 standards. It can be used in PCs, laptop computers, high-end PDAs or other compatible devices.

Block Diagram of 802.11 Stack with NUCLEUS Net

Features

• Designed and developed to be fully integrated with the Nucleus RTOS networking environment (Nucleus NET)
• Modular design provides ease of customization and is effective in ensuring shorter time to market
• Supports up to 11 Mbps data rate
• High level, robust Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
• Establishes and maintains the data communication link with MAC Layer, uses the services of the MAC Layer to provide services to the Network Layer and provides reliable data transfer mechanism
• Interfaces with the generic bus (ISA bus) for communicating with the MAC
• Enhancements and upgrades to confirm to latest specification revisions are possible
• Since the driver is written in ANSI 'C', it facilitates quick migration and can be readily ported to work with any processor and Operating System and 802.11 hardware
• Dynamic MAC configuration ability