SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Atheros Communications Inc., a wireless local area network chipset developer, announced its first commercial deployment of adaptive bandwidth technology.
Based on Atheros’ Super G technology, the new capability is a software update that provides performance-on-demand based on channel availability. The company said it is the first commercial deployment of a variable-bandwidth radio system that will monitor the entire 802.11g band and automatically increase the throughput when channels are available.
The technology has two modes. The base mode uses standards-based data compression, large frames and bursting features to deliver throughput in excess of 40 Mbps. The enhanced mode, called Dynamic Turbo, increases throughput by extending the bandwidth of the signal to provide total throughput of more than 60 Mbps for typical data, said the company.
