Qualcomm Introduces StreamBoost Technology to Optimize Performance and Capacity of Home Networks

Qualcomm Incorporated announced on 4 January 2013, that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Atheros,Inc. introduced streamboost technology for Wi-Fi routers and gateways. By intelligently managing a home's broadband connection, Qualcomm Streamboost gives each device and each application the bandwidth it needs to ensure the best possible experiences in the connected home. In conjunction with this introduction, Alienware and D-link Systems, Inc. will be demonstrating streamboost routers based on Qualcomm VIVE 802.11ac technology for Gigabit-Class Wi-Fi at international CES. Streamboost routers will be available to consumers this spring at e-commerce and retail outlets in North America, Europe and Asia.
           Due to limited bandwidth, users are increasingly frustrated by the effects of network congestion: streaming movies freeze, gaming session lag, and online surfing slows.While the new 802.11ac standard was designed to address increasingly crowded networks, Streamboost technology combined with 802.11ac takes networking to the next level. While Qualcomm VIVE 802.11ac provides up to 1.3Gbps PHY rate of Wi-Fi capacity, Qualcomm Streamboost provides a superior connected experience to users if all devices on a home network by managing and shaping traffic, and giving each connected device and application the priority and bandwidth required for optimal performance.
      "Streamboost provides users with advanced control over their home networks to enable the first truly smart, connected homes," said Frank Azor,general Manager,Alienware. "This technology will provide gamers with a more reliable and better performing online gaming experience, whether there are two, 12 or 20 devices using the network simultaneously."
     Qualcomm Streamboost also incorporates an opt-in, cloud-based service that continually increases the intelligence of the router, allowing new applications and devices to be identified and optimally managed as they are added to a network. Streamboost's interface makes understanding and using routers more intuitive than ever before. For the first time, users can view all computers, tablets, phones and other connected devices on the home's network as well as the applications they are using, and the real-time bandwidth usage of each application and device on an easy-to-use Streamboost interface. In the practical use case of a connected home, bandwidth will always be limited, but intelligent network management helps address this. We created Qualcomm Streamboost to recognize and optimally allocate network traffic, providing users with the best internet performance possible an all connected devices right out of the box.
        Qualcomm Atheros will be demonstrating VIVE 802.11ac router products and Streamboost technology in the Qualcomm exhibit at 2013 international CES in Las Vegas on January 8-11. Qualcomm Atheros will also demonstrate Streamboost technology at ShowStopper on January 8 in the Lafite Ballroom at the Wynn Hotel Las Vegas. D-Link will demonstrate its new Streamboost router at the venetian in the San Polo Meeting Room during CES.