Key Performance and Reliability Benefits
Quantenna uses Wi-Fi channel monitoring and optimization as part of its Full-11n™ implementation of 802.11n Wi-Fi home networking technology. When it is combined with 4x4 MIMO, dynamic digital beamforming, channel monitoring and optimization delivers key performance and reliability benefits. It is a key ingredient for whole-home entertainment networking, including supporting multiple, near-flawless full-HD video streams.
In a MIMO 802.11n system, a transmitter with knowledge of the underlying channel state information (CSI) can achieve a higher channel capacity compared to transmission without CSI. For the most effective channel monitoring and optimization, Quantenna’s Full-11n technology generates time-varying, wireless channel state information. This information is updated in real time to optimize wireless throughput between the access point and any given receiver station.
Knowledge of accurate and timely CSI at the transmitter is becoming increasingly important in wireless communication systems. Quantenna characterizes each channel in real time, optimizing channel throughput for each time-varying channel.