Celeno, NXP Team on Whole-Home, Multi-Gig WiFi

At the Broadband World Forum in London, Celeno Communications announced a joint reference system with NXP Semiconductors for the development of gateways and WiFi extenders. The reference system is intended to support self-organized and self-managed multi-gigabit whole-home WiFi services.

The new joint reference system is based upon a distributed access point architecture designed to augment the home gateway with WiFi extenders connected via a wired or wireless backbone. The reference system gateway and extender components are a combination of NXP's LS1012A and LS1043A SoC Platforms, and Celeno's 11ac and 11n WiFi chipsets to enable a range of configurations from 2x2 WiFi extenders up to 4x4 WiFi gateways and extenders. It's designed to work with Celeno's ControlAIR software for device orchestration.

The combined whole-home solution is based on a cluster of access points. The access points combined with ControlAIR cluster management software are distributed throughout the home. The system leverages dynamic load balancing, client steering and adaptive channel management.