The emerging 5G Wi-Fi (802.11ac) standard got a boost this week when Taiwanese electronics maker Edimax announced it will roll out a new family of wireless communications devices.
Edimax is unveiling a wireless 5G WiFi (802.11ac) router and a USB dongle.
Edimax router specs:
- Broadcom 600 MHz Intensi-fi MIPS32 central processor
- Two WLAN modules: the Broadcom BCM4331 for 802.11 b/g/n in the 2.40 GHz band, and a Broadcom BCM4360 supporting 5G WiFi for network bandwidths up to 1.30 Gbps.
- The wired LAN interface includes a one gigabit uplink port and four gigabit downstream ports.
- Two PCI-Express interfaces
- Built-in USB 2.0 host controller
- DDR2 memory controller.
The Edimax USB dongle is one of the industry’s first to support 5G WiFi. The dongle uses Broadcom BCM43526 chip, and offers dual-band operation.
Later devices are expected to replace the USB dongle with 5G WiFi connectivity embedded directly into the computing devices.
Broadcom’s 5G WiFi technology features beam-forming technology, which assists 5G WiFi enabled devices by streaming or steering content in the direction of the intended receiver, thereby increasing reliability, extending range and providing better coverage.
Tru VoIP App users won’t have to wait long to use this duo of networking devices, and can expect to surf the 5G Wi-Fi arena as these and other devices are put into production over the next few months.