Celeno Launches 3x3 450Mbps Video-Grade Wi-Fi/USB Chip

Celeno Communications, a leading provider of semiconductors for multimedia Wi-Fi home networking applications, today announced the CLR250 3x3 450Mbps Wi-Fi/USB chip. The CLR250 provides service providers and OEMs with a video-grade Wi-Fi solution and cost-effective USB-based architecture to help monetize and accelerate the adoption of IP-based video services. Powered by Celeno's signature video-grade OptimizAIR™ innovation, the new solution is now available to enhance set-top boxes and media players with wireless connectivity, delivering superior performance and quality of service at a low cost.

The home across different platforms

"Service providers are increasingly looking to offer robust wireless home networking infrastructure to enable IP-based video services in the home across different platforms, simply and flexibly," according to Michael J. Palma, IDC's technology manager for consumer device semiconductors. "The challenge has been to maintain a high quality wireless video experience at a reasonable price."

The CLR250 maximizes range, throughput, and signal consistency - attributable to the fact that it is powered by Celeno's field proven OptimizAIR™ innovation. Low packet drop, jitter, and latency, and overall QoS for perfect, lossless video streaming is achieved with channel-aware scheduling and rate selection. The device as well combines an 802.11n MAC, baseband and 3x3 radio on a single silicon with a memory-less USB architecture, lowering the bill of materials and accordingly the deployment costs. Celeno's OptimizAIR™ TDLS implementation makes the solution ideal for video streaming and content- sharing between client devices for applications just as multi-room DVR and DLNA connectivity.

The CLR250 operates in both the 2

The CLR250 operates in both the 2.4GHz and the uncongested 5GHz frequency channels and works with legacy home networks as so then as advanced concurrent dual-band networks.

By combining the CLR250-enabled customers with Celeno's CL1800 powered Gateways and Access Points, service providers and OEMs can offer a cost effective home network with superior performance.

Celeno is a leading provider of high performance Wi-Fi chips for HD multimedia and entertainment home networking applications. Powered by Celeno's system-on-chip and its OptimizAIR research, home gateways, multi-room DVRs and media servers can distribute multiple and simultaneous HD video streams to standard set-top boxes, PCs, television sets and other Wi-Fi-enabled consumer devices. Founded in 2005, the company has offices and representatives in EMEA, the U.S. and Asia-Pacific and is backed by blue chip investors including Liberty Global, Cisco Systems, Greylock Partners and Pitango Venture Capital. www.celeno.com