Overview:
As the telecom industry's nirvana of triple-play customers (internet, television, telephone) begins to close in on reality, the wireless hub within the home increasingly takes center stage. With the potential for so much data to distribute in a consumer environment, traditional Wi-Fi 802.11b/g solutions, with standard rates of 54 Mbits/s, just lack the steam to get it all done.

Enter IEEE 802.11n (still in draft form) and proprietary extensions to that (already!) and there exists the possibility of a fully wireless environment where you can surf the web, chat on the VoIP phone, and watch a bit of IP television in true multi-tasker's form, and all from a common pipe.

Enter the Netgear WNR854T access point, which provides backwards compatibility with 802.11b/g but through the Draft-n capability delivers wireless connections at up to a raw claimed 300 Mbit/sec. Of course such numbers are sure to depend on the wireless environment and they certainly rely on using compatible gear on both ends of the connection but in a word, the theoretical capability is nothing short of blazing, probably delivering about half the claimed peak data rate as usable bandwidth.

Find out what Netgear did to blast past current wireless LAN rates and what makes its implementation so special.

Use the seminar to see:

• How antennas were placed accommodate a slick design
• What chips were selected to realize the final design
• How the boards were laid out
• How cooling was accomplished in a compact box
• And much more!

Who should attend:
Designers of wireless networking systems and subsystems, particularly those who need to understand some of the principles of MIMO implementation practices, options and techniques.

Presenter:

David Carey
David Carey is President of Portelligent. The Austin, Texas company produces teardown reports and related industry research on Wireless, Mobile, and Personal Electronics. (www.teardown.com)