08-19-2003, 01:20 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Airgo Building New WLAN Technology
In case the bevy of new Wi-Fi standards wasn't enough for you last week, a "secretive" Silicon Valley startup has developed new wireless LAN technologies. Their press release claims that:
"Airgo's chipset establishes a new frontier for wireless performance and launches the next generation of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). Using Airgo�s unique multiple antenna system, the AGN100 extends existing Wi-Fi rates to 108 Mbps per channel while remaining compatible with all common Wi-Fi standards. In head-to-head testing, the AGN100 demonstrated range that was two to six times that of competing WLAN chipsets, resulting in an order-of-magnitude increase in the area covered by each access point."
Whoa. 8O I can't help but think this is PR hype, but if this is anywhere near true, it might prove to be an interesting step forward. They're claiming a new "multi-antenna" transmission/reception technology as the basis for such improvements.
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08-19-2003, 02:55 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 174
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Improved WiFi performance without a new wireless standard! 8O
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08-19-2003, 08:50 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Putting on my sceptics hat.
To me, this just sounds like a multiple WiFi PHY architecture- hook up two 802.11g interfaces to your device and you theoretically get around 110Mb/s
Show me a datasheet for the chip, and I will believe- but until then this is all PR.
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