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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) | Subject: TNETC408 RG
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 November 2001
Integrated IEEE802.11 residential
gateway platform
Texas Instruments has a new cable modem reference platform for broadband-enabled wireless home.
Texas Instruments has a new cable modem reference platform for broadband-enabled wireless home The TNETC408 reference design incorporates TI's DOCSIS 1.1 cable modem technology and 802.11b single-chip MAC/baseband processor to enable the distribution of broadband content throughout the home
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Our certification success with DOCSIS 1.1 and technical expertise in 802.11 made the development of a cable-enabled residential gateway (RG) design a natural progression, allowing us to deliver cable modem solutions that continue to extend our penetration in the market", said Brett Butler, general manager of Cable Broadband Communications at TI.
"Consumer's desire for wireless home networking continues to grow, and this solution allows us to help OEMs bring more affordable consumer products to market quickly".
The TNETC408 RG solution offers a foundation for cable providers to expand service offerings to and enhance management of network devices within the home through implementation of the CableLabs' CableHome initiative.
TI is engaged with multiple third party software developers for support of the RG functionality that includes: firewall; network address translation (NAT); dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) client server; and web based management functions.
This RG reference design builds on TI's DOCSIS 1.1 silicon and software, and incorporates TI's TurboDOX software, which increases the upstream capacity and performance of the cable modem.
The TNETC408 incorporates TI's ACX100 802.11 single-chip MAC and baseband processor for wireless local area networks.
The chip supports the 802.11b standard, commonly referred to as Wi-Fi, and offers a technology extension to increase the range of operation by up to 70%.
Additionally, the ACX100 offers 22Mbit/s extended datarate capabilities today that are forward-compatible with elements of the new IEEE 802.11g draft standard since the chip supports PBCC-22, for high-rate wireless networking in the 2.4GHz band.
Combined with TI's robust cable modem solution, TI's TNETC408 design will allow multimedia applications to be wirelessly networked throughout the home.
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