Quantenna Features Award-Winning 4x4 MIMO 802.11n Wi-Fi Home Networking Technology at CES 2011
Winning Entry in International CES Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering Competition Will Be Shown Delivering High-Definition Wireless Video with 1080p Quality and Whole-Home Coverage
LAS VEGAS, Nev., January 4, 2011, -- International CES -- Quantenna Communications, Inc., a leading developer of silicon for high-speed, 802.11n, wireless high definition (HD) video home networking, today announced it will be showcasing its award-winning Full-11n™ 4x4 MIMO 802.11n technology at CES 2011, January 6-9 in private demonstrations at the company’s suite, #28-110, at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada. Recently named an International CES Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering Awards winner in the Enabling Technologies category, Quantenna’s chipsets enable the convergence of TV and the Web and deliver HD Video-over-Wi-Fi services with wire-like quality and reliability.
"CES is the premier showcase for what’s next in consumer technology, and we are pleased to be demonstrating some of the most anticipated new capabilities for carrier-grade digital entertainment services," said David French, Quantenna CEO. "As titans like Google, Apple and Microsoft drive the convergence of entertainment and the Internet, the industry needs a high-bandwidth wireless solution for delivering multiple full HD video to any display, anywhere throughout the home, with carrier-grade reliability. Quantenna makes this possible, with a solution that has now been integrated into retail products from the industry’s top manufacturers and deployed in a dozen carrier field trails, worldwide."
Quantena’s chipset is the industry’s only commercially available, carrier-grade 4x4 MIMO 802.11n solution capable of distributing multiple high-definition (HD) video streams to TVs and displays anywhere in the home at full, 1080p resolution. It is designed to help enable a new generation of converged broadcast and Internet-based entertainment services that require an ultra-reliable, high-performance Wi-Fi connection.
Demonstration Details
Quantenna will be conducting the following demonstrations during CES:
- IPTV Clients: Quantenna will show its chipset in a video bridge from NETGEAR that recently received an award for Best Home Networking solution in the CES Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering Competition. The video bridge will be shown with four IPTV set-top boxes, each of which will be tuning any of four available multicast video streams being distributed by the access-point source at full 1080 resolution.
- Wired to Wireless 1080p60 HDMI Comparison: Quantenna will demonstrate that 1080p60 video can be transmitted flawlessly through multiple walls over 100 feet with sub-frame latency. Two large, identical HD displays will be showing the same Blu-ray movie. One display will be wired with a 100-foot HDMI cable. The other display will be connected from source to destination with Quantenna’s 4x4 MIMO solution, illustrating the equivalent quality, reliability and near zero-latency performance of the two approaches.
Technical Details
Quantenna’s third-generation chipset fully supports the IEEE802.11n standard with advanced features including 4x4 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO), plus IEEE802.11n extensions including dynamic digital beamforming, mesh networking and wireless channel monitoring and optimizing. These features enable Quantenna’s chipset to delivers 100Mbps data rates over 100-foot distances with near-perfect packet-error-rate (PER) data-transfer performance in a point-to-multipoint service configuration. Wi-Fi networks that use Quantenna chipsets are capable of delivering the same quality as wired Ethernet, while also guaranteeing compatibility with existing and future IEEE 802.11n-compliant products. The chipsets also minimize system latencies for real-time applications such as online bidirectional video-game controllers, and will help fuel a variety of new carrier service models including centralized, multi-channel DVRs, remote DVR/STV maintenance and management, digital rights management, and content/privacy security.
Quantenna's Full-11n chipset will also be featured throughout International CES 2011 in the Innovations Design and Engineering Showcase in the Grand Lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center. It will also be showcased at CES Unveiled: The Official Press Event of the International CES on Tuesday, January 4.
About Quantenna Communications, Inc.
Quantenna Communications, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company developing standards-based 802.11n MIMO chipsets that deliver the highest levels of performance, speed and reliability for wireless networks and devices. Headquartered in Fremont, Calif., Quantenna has assembled a management and engineering team with a long track record of start-up success, and is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Grazia Equity, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners and Venrock Associates. For additional information, please visit www.quantenna.com.