Easy Wi-Fi Product Overview
Easy Wi-Fi is a unique solution that makes Wi-Fi devices easy to set up, easy to use, compatible with any Wi-Fi network, and usable all over the world. This allows device manufacturers to create superior products which appeal to a broad range of users in a global market.
Easy Wi-Fi is highly modular, with three primary capabilities:
- Managed Supplicant: Wi-Fi security, with optional WPS and CCX;
- Managed Hotspot Client: automated connection to Wi-Fi hotspots;
- Easy Wi-Fi Network Services: economic, global Wi-Fi access and location services
Modular, Broad Platform Support
Easy Wi-Fi is supplied as a Linux source-code package with reference implementations for popular device platforms, including Android, Apple iPhone OS, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile, Windows, and Mac OS X. The technology is modular and portable to ensure it can be applied to any design and be customized for a wide variety of applications.
Wi-Fi Security
The Managed Supplicant offers state of the art security, and is designed into many of the world's best Wi-Fi-enabled PCs, handsets, and consumer electronics. The basic supplicant functionality can be enhanced by server-assisted remote management which allows for automated network selection and provisioning.
Easy Device Setup
Easy Wi-Fi’s premium implementation of the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) standard makes the configuration of secure personal wireless networks as simple as pushing a button or entering a PIN code. Device manufacturers can now offer wireless devices that are supremely simple to connect to a secure home or small business network.
Enterprise Security
In order to make your mobile device compatible with the large base of Cisco enterprise WLAN installations, Easy Wi-Fi contains optional support for Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX).
Automated Hotspot Access
Easy Wi-Fi’s Managed Hotspot Client allows devices to connect automatically to a Wi-Fi network, with little or no user effort. This is increasingly becoming a requirement as mobile network operators try to meet demand for media-rich services, through the strategic use of Wi-Fi to complement more expensive WAN technologies. The Hotspot Client iscompatible with thousands of networks, including all major operator networks, allowing a single technology solution to support a global market.
Network Services and the Easy Wi-Fi Network
The Easy Wi-Fi client works in conjunction with Devicescape servers to provide a variety of advanced network and location-based services. SoftGPS allows devices to include low-cost location awareness using only Wi-Fi hardware. The Easy Wi-Fi Network provides a massive, global access footprint at very low cost compared with traditional networks. Device manufacturers can now built products with lifetime access included, rather than requiring the end-user to integrate their own access or paying for commercial network operator access.
To learn more about Easy Wi-Fi, consult our white papers or read the brief Easy Wi-Fi Application Note.