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Entropic Communications showcases new MoCA-to-Wi-Fi products to extend entertainment networking to tablets and smartphones
January 11, 2012
LAS VEGAS -- Entropic Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTR), a leading provider of silicon and software solutions to enable connected home entertainment, will showcase a number of MoCA(R) (Multimedia over Coax)-to-Wi-Fi(R) Ethernet-to-coax adapters (ECAs) and reference designs based on its field-proven MoCA silicon. By leveraging the company's MoCA technology, service providers and device manufacturers can help consumers optimize their whole-home wireless entertainment experiences by delivering higher quality connectivity and performance to tablets and smartphones using multiple MoCA to Wi-Fi access points (AP) in the home.
In most U.S. homes today, one Wi-Fi router is present, which has provided a 'best effort' home networking solution for connecting PCs, printers and other Wi-Fi enabled devices in the home to allow for web surfing, checking email, and other low data rate services. As new devices such as tablets and smartphones become ubiquitous in the home and require simultaneous streams of high definition (HD) multimedia content, quality of service (QoS) and reliable bandwidth become a new challenge. According to Yankee Group, more than 90 million tablet devices are expected to ship worldwide in 2012. Most of these devices will be connected via the in-home Wi-Fi router; but Wi-Fi can be subject to unpredictable coverage patterns due to potential obstacles, such as physical home layouts (i.e. walls, multiple floors) and interference from other equipment (i.e. cordless phones, security systems, remote sensors).
To overcome these potential in-home network challenges, MoCA-to-Wi-Fi ECAs, embedded with Entropic's MoCA silicon, can deliver an even more reliable, predictable, "no excuses" QoS network. Instead of having a single Wi-Fi router, consumers can take advantage of the wired MoCA backbone in their home (with speeds up to 400Mbps on MoCA 2.0). By simply connecting a MoCA-to-Wi-Fi ECA to the existing in-home MoCA network, consumers can cost-effectively add multiple Wi-Fi APs into locations where Wi-Fi connectivity is intermittent, low or non-existent, or where there is a desire to improve Wi-Fi connectivity for high bandwidth applications such as video streaming.
Entropic Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTR)
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