SWRU561A September   2020  – October 2020 WL1801MOD , WL1805MOD , WL1807MOD , WL1831 , WL1831MOD , WL1835MOD , WL1837MOD

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Driver Supported Features
  3. 2WL18xx Linux Driver Architecture Overview
  4. 3Platform Integration
    1. 3.1 Configuration required for Board Device Tree (DTS/DTB)
    2. 3.2 Configuring the Kernel for TI WLAN Drivers
    3. 3.3 Configuration required for Board Device Tree (DTS/DTB)
    4. 3.4 Building R8.8 Release Using Build Utilities
    5. 3.5 Building WiLink8 Driver Release Binaries Individually
  5. 4Booting and WLAN Bring-Up
    1. 4.1 Configuring the WiLink8 Target
  6. 5Testing Basic WLAN Functionality
    1. 5.1 STA Mode
      1. 5.1.1 Station Mode Procedure for Unsecured AP
      2. 5.1.2 Station Mode Procedure for Secured AP
      3. 5.1.3 Verifying Connectivity
    2. 5.2 AP Mode
      1. 5.2.1 AP Mode Procedure
      2. 5.2.2 Starting the AP
      3. 5.2.3 Verifying Connectivity
    3. 5.3 Multirole (AP +STA mode)
      1. 5.3.1 General Procedure for Multirole Connection
    4. 5.4 IEEE802.11s Mesh Mode
  7. 6References
  8.   A FAQ and Debug Hints

1 Driver Supported Features

The following is the list of features supported by WiLink8 driver and device.

  • Linux open-source Wi-Fi package.
  • TI NLCP releases are Wi-Fi Alliance pre-certified.
  • IEEE: 802.11 a,b,g,n, 2X2 MIMO @ 2.4 GHz and antenna diversity @ 5 GHz
  • Supported Modes: STA, AP, P2P, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Mesh
  • Up to 100 Mbps UDP throughput
  • Security: WPA3, WMM-PS, WMM-AC, WPA/2PSK, Ent,WPS,WPSv2
  • Low power support: Station WoW & Suspend/Resume , AP ELP (800 μA idle connect)
  • Co-existence with other 2.4 GHz protocol: BT/BLE and TI ZigBee at 2.4 GHz
  • AP DFS, radar detection at 5 GHz
  • Multi Role Multi Channel: concurrent operation of 2 WLAN roles on a single device.
  • Wi-Fi over mesh support: open 802.11s

For specific features and bug fixes updated in R8.8, see the WiLink8 R8.8 Release Notes . Additionally, WiLink™ 8 WLAN Features User's Guide provides complete details of the WiLink8 supported features.