Taipei IDF part 2: 802.16 WiMAX and 802.11 Wifi on one chip - Ofer
wireless, posted: 12-Apr-2006 12:54
Intel's plugging WiMAX hard as we know, but it's also a WiFi proponent. The latter standard for wireless networking is very popular and widely deployed. There are hotspots everywhere (bar Auckland Airport of course) and you'd be silly to buy a laptop or a Smartphone without WiFi capability.
This means WiFi will be hard to "dislodge", even though WiMAX provides far better performance, and has a mobile component as well. Intel thinks its Ofer chip will help with the transition, as it provides support for both WiMAX and WiFi.
And here's a sample of Ofer, as show at the Taipei IDF:
The full specs for Ofer are not yet known, unfortunately, but I will do some digging and post what I can find out.
Update: checked with Intel what we may know about Ofer, and APAC regional PR manager Barry Sum says:
There you have it - five frequency bands on a single chip.
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This means WiFi will be hard to "dislodge", even though WiMAX provides far better performance, and has a mobile component as well. Intel thinks its Ofer chip will help with the transition, as it provides support for both WiMAX and WiFi.
And here's a sample of Ofer, as show at the Taipei IDF:
The full specs for Ofer are not yet known, unfortunately, but I will do some digging and post what I can find out.
Update: checked with Intel what we may know about Ofer, and APAC regional PR manager Barry Sum says:
Ofer is the world's first single-chip Wi-Fi/WiMAX radio. The Ofer radio is Intel's single-chip, multi-band solution that will be able to connect to any Wi-Fi or WiMAX network worldwide (supporting the 2.3/2.4/2.5/3.5/5GHz bands)
There you have it - five frequency bands on a single chip.
Other related posts:
Wannabe wifi jacker pwned
Woosh upgrades to 1Mbit/s
Taipei's citywide Wifi brings converged phones and free calls
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Comment by Haldane Dodd, on 12-Apr-2006 16:03
Qantas and Air New Zealand lounges have not yet signed up, but are not too far away. Emirates Lounge has wi-fi, as do public spaces in the international terminal in both airside and landside foodhalls, and in the domestic terminal departure lounges.
Comment by frank, on 12-Apr-2006 19:46
Do we know how much the end terminals would be for these wimax stuff
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Comment by Haldane Dodd, on 12-Apr-2006 15:52
Just a quick correction to the post - there are indeed wi-fi hotspots at Auckland Airport. They have been operating for around a month and are available at both the international and domestic terminals, with more to be rolled out in the coming months.