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Celeno Communications has announced that it’s working with Cavium Networks on a low-latency, long-range, wireless high-definition multimedia interface solution.

 

Celeno provides semiconductors for multimedia WiFi (News - Alert) home networking applications while Cavium offers low latency, full-HD H.264 video codecs.

 

The combination of Celeno’s OptimizAIR WiFi HD home networking technology with Cavium’s H.264 codec technology is expected to meet the capacity and latency requirements for whole-home full-HD uncompressed video content streaming.

 

In addition to meeting the demand for in-room HDMI cable replacement, the joint reference design, officials said, also meets the whole-home full-HD video content sharing, using standards-based WiFi networking technology.

 

With the solution, consumer electronics manufacturers can develop products that support various digital home connectivity use cases.

 

Unlike proprietary short distance wireless solutions, officials said the joint standards-based solution allows interoperability between any digital media server device and any digital media player device.

 

This easy interoperability helps create a seamless DLNA-Connected home environment, according to officials.

 

Based on the Cavium PureVu Video Processor (News - Alert) CNW3602 and the Celeno CL1300 HD-grade WiFi System-on-Chip, the joint reference design delivers compressed 480p/720p/1080p60 video over long distances. It also achieves sub-frame latency and perceptual lossless video quality.

 

Celeno’s CL1300 uses 802.11 4x4 Implicit Beam Forming multiple-input and multiple-output transmission technology to boost range independent of the receiving side WiFi chipset technology.

 

Officials said that this open architecture enables CE manufacturers to build digital home networks that accommodate future plug & play of any WiFi enabled TV screen.

 

Lars Herlitz, general manager for Multimedia group at Cavium Networks (News - Alert), said that Celeno OptimizAIR WiFi technology offers extra range and also maintains reliable bandwidth and special interference immunity.

 

Herlitz believes that this will enable CE manufacturers to provide wireless display connectivity with “best-of-breed” video quality and practically zero latency.

 

Lior Weiss, vice president of marketing at Celeno, said that Cavium Super Low Latency Technology (SLL Technology) enables 1080p60 perceptual lossless compression with extremely low bit rates.

 

“Together we can offer a wireless HDMI solution which provides full coverage of large homes using standards based H.264 and WiFi,” Weiss added.

 

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