Intel and Qualcomm Atheros have successfully demonstrated multi-gigabit interoperability between their companies’ respective next-generation 802.11ad WiGig components. Intel’s VP and GM for wireless connectivity solutions, Yaniv Garty, and Qualcomm Atheros VP for product management Tal Tamir write that this collaboration will help pave the way for the development of 802.11ad WiGig devices that can connect and communicate at speeds of up to 4.6 Gbps. The authors note that they achieved this speed in good link conditions.
The companies have agreed to build an 802.11ad ecosystem and expect WiGig to empower a new class of applications and services, transforming the end-user experience. It will deliver a step increase in network capacity, low-latency streaming and wire-equivalent docking. The standard uses spectrum in 60 GHz band newly available to Wi-Fi and is seen as a potent tools to address burgeoning data demand in homes, enterprises and carrier networks.
The ecosystem to be built by Qualcomm Atheros and Intel lay the groundwork for 802.11ad WiGig devices the industry builds across networking, mobile and computing segments.
The companies write in a joint statement, “Achieving full interoperability is not easy. This level of collaboration and focused effort is essential in creating new markets and building a robust ecosystem, and in ultimately providing seamless user experience across multi-vendor devices. We are excited about the new capabilities 802.11ad enables – from 4K display connectivity to tri-band (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 60 GHz) Wi-Fi networking and high-speed cellular offload – and we think you should be excited at our progress in bringing these capabilities to your favorite devices.”
