User's Manual

I. Introduction
i. Overview
AzureWave Technologies, Inc. introduces the first IEEE 802.11b/g/n WLAN module Card
-AW-NU173. By using AW-NU173, the customers can easily enable the Wi-Fi embedded
applications with the benefits of high design flexibility, short development cycle, and quick
time-to-market.
Compliance with the IEEE 802.11b/g/n standard, the AW-NU173 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-NU173. In addition to the support of WPA/WPA2 and WEP
64-bit and 128-bit encryption, the AW-NU173 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-NU173 support 802.11e Quality of
Service (QoS).
The AW-NU173 supports USB for WLAN to the host processor.
ii. Features
 USB interfaces support for WLAN
 Multiple power saving modes for low power consumption
 IEEE 802.11i for advanced security
 Quality of Service (QoS) support for multimedia applications