WiGig, Wi-Fi Accelerated
WiGig or Wireless Gigabit is a new wireless communications technology that will operate in the unlicensed 60 GHz band at multi-gigabit speeds. It is being promoted by the WiGig Alliance composed of appliance, semicon and software companies such as Samsung, Panasonic, LG Electronics, Microsoft and Intel. WiGig allows wireless data transfer rates up to 7GBps, which is a lot faster than the fastest wireless LAN available at present. But transmission range at 60GHz is limited to short distances so this is just right for wireless communication between devices in a typical room at gigabit speeds. A sample application is in delivering HD video from a multimedia player to a HDTV display. Unfortunately, WiGig products will not be available in the immediate future. The specifications for the standard have just been completed and will be made available to the Alliance members in the first quarter of 2010. Expect them however, to come out with WiGig prototypes and be ready for the launch of WiGig version 1.0.
Tags: WiGig, WiGig Alliance, Wireless Gigabit
Uncategorized | cesar | 
December 13, 2009 9:59 am
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