January 17, 2005

A coalition of computing, cellular, consumer electronics, public access and semiconductor companies, TGn Sync is competing against Worldwide Spectrum Efficiency (WWiSE) in the quest for a technology standard sanctioned by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

The new technology improves 802.11 by making it faster and backwards compatible.

"As a recognized leading contributor to the IEEE 802.11n standards body, Qualcomm opted to align with TGn Sync to support the rapid introduction of a proposal that shares the same fundamental approach as ours and is strongly supported by numerous industry leaders," said Ed Tiedemann, Qualcomm's senior vice president of engineering.

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"We believe that the TGn Sync proposal will serve as the fundamental basis for the 802.11n standard and provides the highest possible throughput and quality of service for next-generation wireless networks."

Qualcomm had been responsible for one of the four remaining 802.11 system proposals that were submitted to IEEE for the development of next-generation high-performance local area wireless networks, but the chipmaker said it will withdraw its proposal from the IEEE process to back TGn Sync's effort.

Included among TGn Sync's 20 members are Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics, Cisco Systems Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd., Sony Corp. and Intel Corp. WWiSE members include Airgo Networks, Bermai, Broadcom, Conexant Systems, STMicrolectronics and Texas Instruments Inc.

TGn Sync has said it will support speeds of between 243 megabits per second and more than 600 mbps, while WWiSE will support maximum data rates of between 135 and 540 mbps on the 20 MHz band.

Source: RCR News

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