PORTABLE CONNECTION CAN USB WORK OVER A NETWORK?

摘要

This year's USBOIP (Universal Serial Bus over Internet Protocol) hands-on project explores what is necessary to enable USB devices to operate over a network. The project attempts to spark interest and consideration about the emerging methods to extend the functions of USB devices. As with all hands-on projects, the effort for this project spanned several months' research, planning, and implementation. The recently released Wireless USB specification was unavailable during most of the project, so it did not materially affect our effort. A consortium of seven computer and telecommunications companies officially developed and released the USB specification in 1995. Although USB was originally designed for connecting computers and telecommunication gear, it became a universal bus for the desktop, peripherals, and many consumer-electronics products. There are more than 2 billion wired-USB connections in the world today, according to the USB Implementers Forum.