Technicolor MediaEncore platform picks Celeno Wi-Fi service

STB maker Technicolor's MediaEncore all-in-one digital home platform will utilise semiconductor provider Celeno Communications' dual concurrent band video-grade Wi-Fi service. Celeno's carrier-grade Wi-Fi service enables triple-play networks across the home for wireless multimedia applications. These include HD pay-IPTV content streaming, OTT video distribution, VoIP, multi-player gaming, internet surfing and others using both the uncongested 5GHz frequency and the 2.4GHz frequency concurrently. MediaEncore is converging pay TV and OTT internet-based video content over a single IP infrastructure that will provide access to content from a single location and from a single user interface. Celeno's OptimizAIR technology is harnessed to deliver a single hardware and software package to achieve video over Wi-Fi performance while maintaining quality of service and manageability across both 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks. It supports implicit beam forming and real time antenna diversity techniques to achieve HD performance to portable displays such as smartphones, laptops and tablets. A networking software layer provides support for media sharing and home connectivity between the two networks. The hardware SoC-based module is architected with a single RGMII interface and offloads the host from any Wi-Fi processing.