[4] Founded on August 1, 2019, by ASSA ABLOY, Bosch, HID Global, NXP Semiconductors, and Samsung, the consortium aims to certify UWB products for conformity to defined standards of interoperability.

[6] The FiRa Consortium builds on to the IEEE 802.15.4/4z and future iterations and enhancements High Rate PHY (HRP) with an interoperable HRP standard that includes performance requirements, test methods and procedures, and a certification program based on the IEEE’s profiled features.

[5] An additional application layer is designed to discover UWB devices and services and configure them in an interoperable manner .

[9][10] In May 2020, the FiRa Consortium has released their first technical requirement specifications for the UWB PHY and MAC layers.

[12] In October 2021, the FiRa Consortium launched the initial phase of its certification program which is centered around MAC/PHY conformance testing.