Celeno Launches 3x3 450Mbps Video-Grade Wi-Fi/USB Chip
AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celeno Communications, a leading provider of semiconductors for multimedia Wi-Fi home networking applications, today announced the CLR250 3x3 450Mbps Wi-Fi/USB chip. The CLR250 provides service providers and OEMs with a video-grade Wi-Fi solution and cost-effective USB-based architecture to help monetize and accelerate the adoption of IP-based video services. Powered by Celeno’s signature video-grade OptimizAIR™ technology, the new solution is now available to enhance set-top boxes (STBs) and media players with wireless connectivity, delivering superior performance and quality of service (QoS) at a low cost.
“Service providers are increasingly looking to offer robust wireless home networking infrastructure to enable IP-based video services in the home across different platforms, simply and flexibly,” according to Michael J. Palma, IDC’s research manager for consumer device semiconductors. “The challenge has been to maintain a high quality wireless video experience at a reasonable price.”
“The CLR250 specifically addresses this challenge,” explained Lior Weiss, VP of Marketing at Celeno. “The chip is the first Wi-Fi/USB 3x3 with digital beam forming solution in the market that meets the rigorous requirements of whole-home wireless video distribution and helps OEMs reduce the price curve with a cost effective USB architecture.”
STB, DVR, TV and media player manufacturers can embed the new Celeno chip in their solutions, integrating it with the main media processor SoC through a common USB interface. The device can also be used to power video-grade after-market Wi-Fi/USB adaptors that service providers can deploy by simply plugging a Wi-Fi/USB adaptor into an external USB connector on a STB or other display device. The adaptor transforms the STB or TV into a video-grade Wi-Fi connected device to ensure plug-and-play, self-install simplicity.
Features and Benefits
The CLR250 maximizes range, throughput, and signal consistency – attributable to the fact that it is powered by Celeno’s field proven OptimizAIR™ technology. Low packet drop, jitter, and latency, and overall QoS for perfect, lossless video streaming is achieved with channel-aware scheduling and rate selection. The device also combines an 802.11n MAC, baseband and 3x3 radio on a single silicon with a memory-less USB architecture, lowering the bill of materials and consequently the deployment costs. Celeno’s OptimizAIR™ TDLS implementation makes the solution ideal for video streaming and content- sharing between client devices for applications such as multi-room DVR and DLNA connectivity.
The CLR250 operates in both the 2.4GHz and the uncongested 5GHz frequency channels and works with legacy home networks as well as advanced concurrent dual-band networks.
By combining the CLR250-enabled clients with Celeno’s CL1800 powered Gateways and Access Points, service providers and OEMs can offer a cost effective home network with superior performance.
Celeno will be at IBC 2011 at Hall 3 Stand A15 demonstrating its latest technology.
About Celeno
Celeno is a leading provider of high performance Wi-Fi chips for HD multimedia and entertainment home networking applications. Powered by Celeno's system-on-chip (SoC) and its OptimizAIR technology, home gateways, multi-room DVRs and media servers can distribute multiple and simultaneous HD video streams to standard set-top boxes, PCs, television sets and other Wi-Fi-enabled consumer devices. Founded in 2005, the company has offices and representatives in EMEA, the U.S. and Asia-Pacific and is backed by blue chip investors including Liberty Global, Cisco Systems, Greylock Partners and Pitango Venture Capital. www.celeno.com
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