Quantenna debuts first 4x4 MIMO wireless video bridge reference design

FREMONT, USA: Quantenna Communications Inc., a leader in ultra-reliable Full-11n Wi-Fi networking for whole-home entertainment, announced the availability of a complete reference design that speeds the development of products based on Quantenna's Full-11n chipsets.

Quantenna Full-11n devices are the first to deliver all industry-standard 802.11n features necessary for reliable high-definition TV (HDTV) and 1080p video performance, including 4x4 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO), adaptive transmit digital beamforming technology, and wireless channel monitoring and optimizing.

Delivering wireless home-entertainment solutions has been difficult until the advent of advanced video-handling technologies including 4x4 MIMO and digital beamforming, which are part of the latest 802.11n specifications.

"Quantenna has achieved a major industry milestone by incorporating all critical IEEE 802.11n features required for contemporary video applications into this reference design, while assuring backwards compatibility with Wi-Fi products that have already been deployed by hundreds of millions of users worldwide," said Craig Mathias, a Principal at the mobile and wireless advisory firm Farpoint Group.

"Quantenna's Full-11n components enable a whole new generation of wireless-LAN products with the reliability and performance to deliver full HD video content wirelessly in maximum resolution, anywhere in the home."

Quantenna's Full-11n devices meet the so called "Gold Standard" required for entertainment wireless networking. This includes delivering up to four flawless high-definition (HD) video streams at more than 100 Mbps data rates, over 100 feet, and guaranteeing this performance nearly 100 percent of the time through near-zero packet error rate (PER) data transfers, regardless of signal interferences and dead zones that are typical of most residential environments.

"Quantenna's Full-11n wireless networking products will be the first of their kind to deliver the reliability necessary for whole-home Wi-Fi networking and video distribution, anywhere in the home," said David French, Quantenna's CEO.

"Our pioneering products provide capabilities that are increasingly critical, for service delivery and home entertainment including ultra-low-latency, multiplayer on-line games, and multi-channel video with up to full HD quality and 1080p resolution."