Broadcom Announces World’s First Wi-Fi 6E Chip for Mobile Devices - Seite 2

“At Broadcom, we pride ourselves in delivering technology that defines the market. The BCM4389, the world’s first Wi-Fi 6E mobile chip, is no exception since it paves the way for our wirelessly connected AR/VR future,” said Vijay Nagarajan, vice president of marketing for the Wireless Communications and Connectivity Division at Broadcom. “The BCM4389 delivers on the core advantages of the 6 GHz band, multi-gigabit wireless speeds and very low latency. It also represents a paradigm shift in wireless design thinking with technology that brings glitch-free audio experience with Bluetooth headsets, fast pairing with wireless accessories, accurate indoor location, high battery efficiency and other everyday consumer experiences.”

“Wi-Fi 6E momentum is moving very quickly with regulatory changes expected and chipsets becoming available,” said Phil Solis, research director at IDC. “There are many video-related use cases that require shorter ranges that fit perfectly with the many large 160 MHz-wide channels that the 6 GHz spectrum band is capable of supporting.”

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

The BCM4389 is a smartphone combo chip. Key features include:

• Support for 2 streams of Wi-Fi 6E
• Multi-Radio Bluetooth 5 with antenna beamforming
• Tri-Band Simultaneous (TBS) architecture including a dedicated background scan radio
• Simultaneous dual-band operation
• 2.63 Gbps PHY rate
• Operation in 2.4 GHz and 5.1-7.125 GHz unlicensed band
• 160 MHz channel bandwidth
• 1024-QAM modulation
• OFDMA
• MU-MIMO

QUOTES

“Wi-Fi 6E will leverage up to 1200 MHz of new unlicensed spectrum that can provide seven uncongested, non-overlapping 160 MHz-wide channels or fifty 20 MHz-wide channels. The availability of such a large amount of contiguous greenfield spectrum makes it possible to deliver next-gen mobile applications that require high throughput, link reliability, and low latency in unlicensed bands. Extreme Networks is excited to work closely with Broadcom, and plans to be among the first vendors to deliver end-to-end, cloud-driven Wi-Fi 6E networking solutions for the enterprise.” -- Eric Broockman, CTO, Extreme Networks.