page_title: Infrared Data Association
section_title: Specifications
hierarchical_section_title: Infrared Data Association / Specifications
caption_attribution_description: English: IrDA protocol stack including IrPHY, IrLAP, IrLMP, TinyTP, IrCOMM, IrOBEX, IrUSB...
context_page_description: The Infrared Data Association is an industry-driven interest group that was founded in 1993 by around 50 companies. IrDA provides specifications for a complete set of protocols for wireless infrared communications, and the name "IrDA" also refers to that set of protocols. The main reason for using the IrDA protocols 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 telephones, laptops, cameras, printers, and medical devices. Main characteristics of this kind of wireless optical communication is physically secure data transfer, line-of-sight and very low bit error rate that makes it very efficient.
caption: IrDA protocol stack
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