CWave® Technology

Pulse~LINK's CWave® Whole-Home Interactive HD™ solution is the first technology to facilitate room-to-room distribution of multiple HDTV streams and multimedia content over both coax and wireless connections simultaneously from the same chipset. Using the CWave® PL3100 chipset, multiple simultaneous streams of HDTV can be distributed throughout the home on the coax backbone with wireless connectivity within a room. For example, a HD video source can originate in one room and stream across the home over the existing coax to another room and then bridge wirelessly across the room to the HDTV display on the wall.

CWave® was designed to support the isochronous connections to provide the required guaranteed Quality of Service that HD multimedia networks require. CWave® also supports simultaneous operation of 1394 and Gigabit Ethernet network transport streams across both coax and wireless connections, satisfying the requirements of more than 300 member companies participating in the leading home networking initiatives. Unequaled data carrying capacity enables distribution of multiple streams of both 1080i and 1080p content with interactive Trick Play capabilities (pause, fast-forward, fast-rewind) and menu navigation.

CWave® is based on a groundbreaking approach to Ultra Wideband communications technology that optimizes its unique attributes to achieve the highest data rates, most robust performance over coaxial cable, and best wireless performance for the unique requirements of wireless HD connectionsall from a single chipset.