Qualcomm’s latest wireless innovation will help to ensure Wi-Fi networks can be used to their full capacity, a company spokesperson says.
Earlier this week, the chip-maker released plans to use multi-user, multiple-input and multiple output (MU-MIMO) technology to boost connection speeds for devices in public spaces, homes and workplaces.
MU-MIMO allows the simultaneous transmission of a number of clients, meaning the network’s capabilities can be used more effectively and transfers are quicker.
Qualcomm’s spokesperson was quoted by gizmodo.com as saying: “With standard WiFi, clients are served sequentially; during this time, only one device is sending and receiving information, thus only a small portion of network capacity is being used. The accumulation of these sequential events creates a drop in throughput and capacity as more devices join the network.”
The effectiveness of the technology will rely on its presence on both ends of the connection. As such, Qualcomm plans to release an “entire ecosystem” of hardware solutions for both networking products and consumer devices like tablets, smartphones and even cars.
The company will release its new QCA999x and QCA998x chips later this year. They will be designed specifically for enterprise access points and routers respectively. The QCA6174, which is designed for high-end mobile devices, will also be launched at some point this year, theinquirer.net reports.
