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Published: December 2006
Pages: 99
Tables: 2
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Research from: Parks Associates
Sector: Information & Communications Technology

The market requirements growth potential for wireless chipsets, with analysis of specific solutions market forecasts

This comprehensive report probes the features and applications of next-generation Wi-Fi 802.11n technology, examines market requirements for wireless multimedia networking, compares & contrasts competing technologies, analyzes industry issues and the competitive landscape, and predicts market size and demand for a variety of wireless multimedia applications, including home networking equipment, computers, and fixed and mobile entertainment CE devices.“802.11n will emerge as a stable Wi-Fi standard in 2008 and gradually replace 802.11g as the dominant Wi-Fi choice for wireless home networking,” said Harry Wang, research analyst, Parks Associates. “The fact that consumers favor wireless access for the home network, coupled with 802.11n’s technical merits, such as higher throughputs and more robust QoS, will power the growth of new entertainment platforms such as digital media adapters and wireless TV set-top boxes.”

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1.0 Notes on Methodology

1.1 Consumer Data

1.2 Definitions

1.3 Scope of Report

2.0 Home Networks: A Current Snapshot

2.1 The Early Market: Data Connectivity

2.2 Multimedia Networks: PC-to-CE

2.3 Entertainment Networks: CE-to-CE

2.4 Overview of Home Networking Solutions

2.5 Current Status of the Market: Wi-Fi Dominates for Data Connectivity

3.0 Understanding Wi-Fi’s Evolution

3.1 802.11a/b/g

3.2 Key Challenges to Wireless Networking

3.2.1 Throughput at Range

3.2.2 Interference

3.2.3 Multipath Fading

3.2.4 Quality-of-Service

4.0 Next Generation Wi-Fi Solutions?802.11n/MIMO

4.1 Background and Status of 802.11n

4.2 802.11n Draft Specifications and MIMO Technology

4.2.1 Draft-N Specifications

4.2.2 MIMO Implementation

4.3 Quality of Service and Security Features

4.3.1 802.11e

4.3.2 802.11i

5.0 Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Other Wireless Solutions

5.1 Background and History of UWB

5.2 UWB-WiNET Technology Overview

5.3 Market Traction and Issues for UWB as a Multimedia Networking Media

5.4 Other Wireless Solutions: Wireless for Uncompressed HD Video

5.5 Other Wireless Solutions: Ruckus Wireless

6.0 Other “No-New-Wires” Networking Technologies

6.1 Powerline Communications (PLC) Technology

6.2 Multimedia over Coax (MoCA)

6.3 HomePNA

6.4 Impact on Wireless Solutions

7.0 Wireless Multimedia LAN Applications

7.1 Home Networking Equipment

7.2 Computers

7.3 Media-Centric Consumer Electronics

8.0 Forecasts: Wireless Multimedia LAN Applications

9.0 Implications and Recommendations

9.1 Chipset Vendors

9.2 Home Networking Equipment Vendors

9.3 Consumer Electronics Vendors

9.4 Service Providers

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