Qualcomm has announced the industry's first end-to-end video over wireless solution designed to optimize the delivery of video over mesh networks.
The chipmaker said its Qualcomm Video-Over-Mesh features will allow the delivery of carrier grade home wireless mesh networking for video delivery over home Wi-Fi networks.
The technology can deliver streams with less than 40ms of latency and near lossless video delivery even in high path los conditions. It supports multi-user MIMO and advanced video stream protection, and can be used across Qualcomm's Wave-2 802.11ac Wi-Fi portfolio.
Qualcomm is working with multiple OEMs to develop carrier mesh solutions based on its Qualcomm Messh Neworking platform, which will be launched for consumers in 2018.
In addition, the company is working with broadband and cloud providers to expand the technology. For example, Qualcomm is working with Plume Design to develop two turnkey Wi-Fi hardware reference designs based on the Plume Adaptive Wi-Fi technology.
“A reliable, managed, and optimized whole-home Wi-Fi network is the only solution to the ‘last-meter problem’ faced by the carriers,” Plume co-founder and CEO Fahri Diner said.
“Our relationship with Qualcomm Technologies is accelerating the deployment of carrier grade home Wi-Fi at carrier scale.”