Two new companies, Mobilian and Vivato, this week will unveil products that hint at the future of enterprise wireless LANs.
With Mobilian TrueRadio chips, a wireless client could use a Bluetooth radio to work with assorted peripherals, such as a keyboard and mouse. At the same time, the client could use an 802.11b radio to connect with a wireless LAN access point.
And if that was a Vivato access point, relying on what the company calls its "phased array antenna," an indoor client could be up to 1.2 miles away and still have throughput of at least 5 to 7 megabits per second (mbps), which is typical for 802.11b wireless LANs today at ranges of 108 to 328 feet.
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