TelephonyOnline has an article speculating that wireless high definition television will be available this summer. Celeno Communications, an Israeli start-up backed by Cisco, manufactures Wi-Fi chips. Their semiconductors can make Wi-Fi networks robust enough to deliver multiple high-definition television (HDTV) streams to PCs, TV’s or other consumer electronics devices. Celeno’s technology would deliver on a significant part of the anywhere, anytime video promise.
Celeno’s OptimizAIR technology will work with existing receivers such as set-top boxes, uses the 5 GHz spectrum. OptimizAIR uses standard PHY and MAC layers. It uses proprietary algorithms that the company says can double the throughput of standard 802.11 Wi-Fi. It can also increase the range of the Wi-Fi signals as much as eight times. Celeno’s technology additions include Spatial Channel Awareness and Beam-Forming MIMO (multiple inputs, multiple outputs). The company said it can stream HD video 120 feet, through four brick walls and more than three floors.
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