Atheros Introduces New 802.11n Single-Chip Devices

(Product News, 18 Dec 2007)

Atheros Communications Inc. has announced two single-chip 802.11n solutions developed for the carrier gateway market. The new dual-band AR9220 (2.4GHz/5GHz) and single-band AR9223 (2.4GHz) PCI designs, joining the comprehensive Atheros XSPAN family, provide reliable, market-proven performance at price points that allow carriers to broadly deploy home gateways capable of supporting data, voice and video on a single wireless network. They are the second implementation of Atheros' new single-chip 11n design, which follows last month's introduction of the company's half-mini card for PCI Express (PCIe).

The AR9220 and AR9223 11n PCI designs will bring the highest-performance WLAN technology to a broader base of subscribers in significantly more robust gateway products. Routers based on these solutions will deliver 10 times the throughput and nearly twice the range of legacy 802.11g and 802.11a/g networks. This enhanced performance will enable carriers to reliably deliver an array of multimedia services to subscriber homes, increasing the average revenue per unit (ARPU) and assuring subscribers a higher quality experience to enhance user satisfaction and reduce costly support calls.

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