VoW and VoM next year, says Qualcomm

“Qualcomm  a mesh Wi-Fi solution that provides the flexibility for carriers to deploy advanced video services through traditional wireless gateways and set-top-boxes or through mesh architectures, so that consumers can enjoy a resilient network that supports their growing entertainment demands while on the move in the home,” says Qualcomm’s Irvind Ghai.

OEMs – including Acelink, Alpha Networks, Askey, Hitron, Sercomm, Technicolor and WNC – are working to develop carrier mesh solutions based on the Qualcomm Mesh Networking Platform, which will be introduced to consumers in 2018.

As home networks continue to become crowded with multiple devices streaming video and other high-bandwidth activities throughout the house, carriers will be challenged to manage network capacity to reduce latency, buffering and dropped packets.

These problems become even more complex in a mesh network where users expect flawless streaming as they may move from one node to another.

The Video-Over-Mesh features help ensure high-quality, glitch-free video in every corner of the home – even in mesh Wi-Fi systems with multiple nodes – with less than 40ms latency and optimised for near lossless video delivery in high path loss conditions.

The features also offer Multi-User MIMO and advanced video stream protection to enable multiple HD and UHD video streams to run simultaneously.

The Video-Over-Mesh features can be used across Qualcomm’s Wave-2 801.11ac portfolio, which includes the QCA998x and IPQ806x for broadband gateways, the QCA6174 and QCA998x for set-top boxes and extenders, and the IPQ401x for mesh network systems.