Re: [WISPA] 802.11n Beam Forming

2010-02-08 Thread Tom DeReggi
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Greg os10ru...@gmail.com To: r...@ashtonbrooke.com; WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 802.11n Beam Forming Mr. Brough, Thank you so much for taking the time

[WISPA] 802.11n Beam Forming

2010-02-07 Thread Greg
Though the 802.11n specification details beam forming it appears the only manufacturer to explicitly market their product as doing beam forming is Ruckus. Does anyone know if other manufacturer's products with multiple antennas do any kind of beam forming, or do the offerings of other

Re: [WISPA] 802.11n Beam Forming

2010-02-07 Thread Brough Turner
Greg, At this moment, I think Ruckus is it. As yet, there's been no silicon support for beamforming under 11n. The one silicon vendor that's been vocal about beamforming is a startup, Quantenna Communications. They claim to have a chip that provides both 4x4 MIMO and beamforming, and claim

Re: [WISPA] 802.11n Beam Forming

2010-02-07 Thread Greg
Mr. Brough, Thank you so much for taking the time to write a detailed response. Before I wrote my question to the forum I Googled 802.11n beam forming and only got this hit http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Celeno+Announces+2nd+Generation+CL1800+Beam+Forming+802.11n+Chipset+-...-a0215916941of