Get ready for Gigabit WiFi

Those crazy  kids in the R&D labs keep on finding new ways to make plain old WiFi faster (at least under optimal conditions). Quantenna Communications Inc, a Sunnyvale, CA based startup has just claimed the speed prize at 1GBPS. How long will it be before someone claims faster?

Quantenna is using 4×4 MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) antennas along with beam forming and mesh technologies to deliver an aggregate throughput of up to a Gbit/second. The company uses two chips, one each for 2.4 and 5 GHz links.

Two other startups recently announced 5 GHz chips that aim to offer new levels of Wi-Fi performance based on variations of the .11n standard. (EE times)

If this were applied to the 700MHz white spaces, unlicesed wireless could get very interesting.