Ultra Wide Band: Pulse~LINK Shows 667 Mbps Wireless UWB
[FAC: Note the appeal: This press release is aimed entirely at the home entertainment environment without any regard for information system connectivity requirements that will need to be met. I guess they're following the money, which is understandable. But what about all of the multi-node residential (W)LANS and server farms folks will be setting up to store their video due to time shift video delivery they'll be getting because of sluggish DSL installations that the carriers keep saying will support triple plays? ;]
PULSE~LINK DEMONSTRATES 667 MEGABIT WIRELESS UWB COMMUNICATIONS
Gigabit Wireless UWB Evaluation Kits Due February 2005
Carlsbad, CA - December 13, 2004 - Pulse~LINK, Inc. announced today that it has achieved the highest data rates ever transmitted and received for Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless communications, demonstrating 667 Mbps of throughput after forward error correction. The new high-speed chipset architecture, capable of surpassing one Gigabit, presents CE manufacturers with DVI, HDMI and 1394b cable replacement opportunities for interconnectivity of high-end multimedia devices and wireless streaming of HDTV.
“Our actual over-the-air data rate is at present 1.3 Gbps per second, with the data throughput presently at 667Mbps”, states John Santhoff, Founder and CTO. “Over the next thirty to sixty days, optimization will bring the throughput to Gigabit data rates.”
Pulse~LINK will begin making Gigabit wireless UWB evaluation kits available to partners in February 2005. The company’s Gigabit RFIC is presently in fabrication and evaluation kits based on the sample RFIC are planned for release in April 2005. In addition to its high speed UWB technology, Pulse~LINK is introducing a new forward error correction technology for wireless communications that is far more efficient at extremely high data rates than the Viterbi forward error correction technology commonly used in other wireless communications.
The high data rates achieved with Pulse~LINK’s chipset will enable the first wireless solutions for DVI (Digital Visual Interface), HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) and 1394b (Firewire) cabled devices. Cable replacement for these “video centric” interconnect technologies will allow wireless streaming of HDTV and high quality multi-channel audio for home theater systems. DVI, HDMI and 1394b are also used to interconnect multimedia electronics such as projectors, set-top boxes, high quality DVD players, video cameras, home theater systems and more.
Along with providing higher data rate solutions, Pulse~LINK is pioneering longer-range UWB transmissions for Wireless LANs. “One of the primary requests we’ve heard from consumer electronics manufacturers of flat panel and high-end displays is for picture-in-picture HDTV wireless transmissions at 25 meters through at least one wall, which we have demonstrated.” states Bruce Watkins, Pulse~LINK President and COO. “Pulse~LINK currently offers the only solution capable of sending multiple streams of HDTV wirelessly beyond a single room”.
In recent demonstrations, Pulse~LINK transmitted two simultaneous HDTV signals for “picture-in-picture” television through a combined seven inch thick concrete wall and an additional steel-frame drywall at ten meters and has demonstrated the same two streams at distances of 25 meters through one steel-frame drywall.
For more information, please visit the Pulse~LINK web site at pulselink.net
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