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1. General Description
1-1. Product Overview and Functional Description
AzureWave Technologies, Inc. introduces the IEEE 802.11ac/a/b/g/n 1X1 WLAN & Bluetooth NGFF
module --- AW-CM286NF. The module is targeted to mobile devices including Notebook, TV, Tablet
and Gaming Device which need small package module, low power consumption, multiple interfaces
and OS support. By using AW-CM286NF, the customers can easily enable the Wi-Fi, and BT embedded
applications with the benefits of high design flexibility, short development cycle, and quick time-to-
market.
Compliance with the IEEE 802.11ac/a/b/g/n standard, the AW-CM286NF uses Direct Sequence Spread
Spectrum (DSSS), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK and
QAM baseband modulation technologies. A high level of integration and full implementation of the power
management functions specified in the IEEE 802.11 standard minimize the system power requirements
by using AW-CM286NF. In addition to the support of WPA/WPA2 and WEP 64-bit and 128-bit
encryption, the AW-CM286NF also supports the IEEE 802.11i security standard through the
implementation of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)/Counter Mode CBC-MAC Protocol (CCMP),
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) with Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), Advanced Encryption
Standard (AES)/Cipher-Based Message Authentication Code (CMAC), and WLAN Authentication and
Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI) security mechanisms.
For the video, voice and multimedia applications the AW-CM286NF support 802.11e Quality of Service
(QoS). The device also supports 802.11h Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) for detecting radar
pulses when operating in the 5GHz range.
For Bluetooth operation, AW-CM286NF is Bluetooth 4.2 (supports Low Energy).
AW-CM286NF supports SDIO for WLAN and BT to the host processor.
AW-CM286NF module adopts Marvell’s latest highly-integrated dual-band WLAN & Bluetooth SoC---
88W8887. All the other components are implemented by all means to reach the mechanical specification
required.