Broadcom Expands Family of Wi-Fi 6 Solutions with New Mesh Networking Platforms
October 23 2018 - 9:30AM
Broadcom elevates carrier grade whole home
Wi-Fi with MaxWiFi 802.11ax technology
Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO), the global leader in high
performance Wi-Fi solutions for home networking announced the
availability of two new highly integrated SoCs which combine the
benefits of 802.11ax with mesh networking, allowing operators to
provide subscribers a premium whole home Wi-Fi experience based on
state of the art Wi-Fi 6 technology announced by the Wi-Fi
Alliance. The new platforms were specifically designed to enable a
variety of high performance smart repeater configurations that
allow faster download and upload speeds, high capacity, better
coverage, lower latency and enhanced battery life afforded by
Broadcom’s Wi-Fi 6 implementation. Both devices were engineered to
be highly integrated and power efficient to allow dualband or
triband repeaters to fit into compact wall-plug form factors.
The first platform, BCM6752, combines a multi-core CPU complex,
two ports of Gigabit Ethernet and a 2-stream Wi-Fi 6 radio into a
compact package. The BCM6752 has an interface to externally connect
the BCM43684 4-stream Wi-Fi 6 solution to build a high performance
concurrent dualband smart repeater. The second platform, the
BCM6755, is the industry’s most integrated repeater solution.
It combines a multi-core CPU complex, one port of Gigabit Ethernet
and two 2x2 Wi-Fi 6 radios enabling ultra-compact wall-plug form
factors for “sprinkler head” deployment topologies. In
addition, the BCM6755 can be combined with the BCM43684 radio for
very high performance triband repeaters. The new platforms
allow the productization of Wi-Fi 6 smart repeater solutions which
span the spectrum of cost, form factor and performance.
The BCM6752 and BCM6755 platforms come with Broadcom’s SmartMesh
multi access point management technology which is also offered on
Broadcom’s Wi-Fi 6 enabled Cable, DSL and PON broadband gateway
platforms. SmartMesh technology offers seamless
onboarding and configuration of repeaters, in addition to
intelligent channel management and dynamic client steering.
Broadband gateway platforms with SmartMesh can be combined with
smart repeaters to form an intelligent Wi-Fi 6 mesh network,
enabling high speed broadband coverage to be deployed seamlessly
throughout a home. The software suite also offers an application
programming interface to enable third party cloud based managed
Wi-Fi solutions. SmartMesh provides operators the assurance
of multi-vendor interoperability driven by full compliance to the
Wi-Fi Alliance EasyMesh industry standard.
“Broadband service providers around the world are offering
consumers premium Wi-Fi services based mesh networking technology,”
said Greg Fischer, senior vice president and general manager,
Broadband Carrier Access at Broadcom. “With today’s
announcement, Broadcom is first to offer broadband service
operators a complete portfolio of Wi-Fi 6 solutions which spans
multiple high performance wireless gateway platforms to Wi-Fi 6
range extenders that are optimized for cost and form
factor. Broadcom’s eco-system of Wi-Fi 6 home
networking products will allow operators to raise the bar on
premium Wi-Fi services that provide whole home coverage and faster
speeds to the ever increasing number of wireless devices in their
subscriber’s homes.”
“Enabling modern services over a high performance and reliable
Wi-Fi network throughout the home is a key focus area for Plume,”
said Fahri Diner, co-founder and CEO of Plume. “Leveraging
Broadcom’s newest extender platforms, Plume will offer multiple
configurations of Pods based on Broadcom’s Wi-Fi 6 technology that
compliments the 802.11ax broadband gateways we see operators
adopting quickly. Combined with the benefits of sophisticated cloud
management that is required in the Wi-Fi 6 era, this comprehensive
solution with Broadcom allows our customers to upgrade subscriber
homes to the latest generation of Wi-Fi technology, resulting in
superior experiences over a higher capacity and lower latency Wi-Fi
infrastructure.”
Broadcom is working with Early Access Partners on extenders
designs based on BCM675X.
For more information about the Broadcom BCM675X and other
802.11ax Max WiFi products, visit Broadcom’s wireless LAN
infrastructure page.
About Broadcom Broadcom
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supplier of a broad range of digital and analog semiconductor
connectivity solutions. Broadcom Inc.’s extensive product portfolio
serves four primary end markets: wired infrastructure, wireless
communications, enterprise storage and industrial & other.
Applications for our products in these end markets include: data
center networking, home connectivity, set-top box, broadband
access, telecommunications equipment, smartphones and base
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