IrDA Core Protocols and Services

IrDA on Windows provides core services similar to those exposed by Transmission Control Protocol (the TCP part of TCP/IP). Like TCP, applications on different devices can open multiple, reliable IrDA connections to send and receive data. Client IrDA applications connect to a server application by specifying a device address (similar to a TCP host IP address), and further specify their connection using an application address (similar to a TCP port).

The protocols and services exposed by IrDA are explained in the following sections. For more information about how these services fit into the Windows implementation of IrDA, see Windows IrDA Architecture.