QUALCOMM Announces World's First 802.11n Draft 2.0 Chipset
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 10:29 AM
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Airgo True MIMO Gen-N Technology sets new benchmark for speed, range, and reliability
QUALCOMM announced the availability of the world's first chipset offering full support for Draft 2.0 of the IEEE 802.11n standard.
Utilizing Airgo's AGN400 chipset, it is the fourth generation 802.11n-compliant chipset. QUALCOMM acquired Airgo earlier this week.
True MIMO Gen-N is Airgo's patented innovation in multiple antenna technology to extend the range and increase data speed for wi-fi.
Vendors like Linksys, NetGear, D-Link, and Belkin are using Draft 1.0 spec chipset since last summer. Airgo and Broadcom are manufacturing 802.11n draft chipsets.
Draft 2.0 of the IEEE 802.11n standard is backward compatible with 802.11 a/b/g and Draft 1.0 of 802.11n. AGN400 enables development of PC OEM products that connect with all devices supporting any form of the 802.11 standards. Draft 2.0 improves upon the earlier Draft 1.0 with significantly better performance, a greater feature set and enhanced interoperability. The AGN400 chipset also supports a full array of interface buses for OEM products in the retail, PC OEM, enterprise, consumer electronics and service provider market segments. Additionally, "neighbor friendly" coexistence is supported when the AGN400 is transmitting 40 MHz-mode 802.11n traffic and there are active 802.11a/b/g/n networks nearby.
The AGN400 chipset, reference designs and software are currently sampling with lead customers and will be publicly demonstrated in January 2007 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nev. Products containing True MIMO Gen-N technology are expected to be commercially available in the first quarter of 2007, most likely Linksys, Netgear, and D-Link. |
