AR9382 802.11n a/b/g 2x2 PCIe mini card from Unex

March 3, 2011 - PRLog -- Unex Technology Corporation, the professional wireless networking manufacturer providing integrated technology service of WiFi Module / Client, WiFi Access Point / Router, and Antenna to ASD (application specific device) manufacturers, telecom operators, and OEM/ODM customers with expertise second to none, announced shipment of DNXA-116: an 802.11n a/b/g wifi 2x2 2-stream PCIe mini card with Atheros AR9382 chipset solution designed to propel the industry forwarding and diverse needs of both consumer and enterprise applications.

Atheros’ Signal-Sustain Technology (SST) enhances rate-over-range performance to reach an impressive increase in rate-over-range of ~+100% at short range, ~+50% at mid range and ~+25% at long range.

Despite its mighty performance, DNXA-116 consumes even less power in every operation mode – active TX, active RX, idle associated and sleep than the previous generation solution. It keeps the notebook and other computing platforms running much longer on a single battery-charge, while providing TCP throughput of more than 200 Mbps when used in 2x2 mode. With Atheros’ Fast Channel Switch (FCS) feature, the channel switching time between the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands is reduced from 10 ms to as little as 1 ms. Setting new standards in throughput, range, reliability, and power consumption, DNXA-116 delivers the ultimate wireless triple play experience for video, voice, and data transmission in the home, for the business, and on the road.

Key features of  DNXA-116: 802.11n a/b/g wifi 2x2 PCIe half-mini card, HB116/AR9382:

- The smallest dual-band PCIe interface in 2Tx/2Rx design is ideal for embedding into ultra-compact devices or embed additional mini cards with complimentary technologies.

- Dual band 802.11 a/b/g/n supports 2Tx/2Rx 2-stream MIMO to enable PHY data rate up to 300Mbps link rate for 40MHz channel, six times the throughput of 802.11a and 802.11g.

- Supports TxBF (Transmit Beam Forming, sometimes refer to as “smart antenna technology”) to increase the average received signal power by the client, improve range of a wifi system and indirectly improve throughput.  

- Signal-Sustain Technology (SST) support increases rate-over-range ~+100% at short range, ~+50% at mid. range, and ~+25% at long range.

- Dynamic MIMO Power Save supports 1x1 downshift to lower power consumption.

- Supports 5/10/20/40MHz channel to maximize bandwidth efficiency.

- Windows XP/Vista/7 and ath9k drivers enable manufacturers to quickly and easily bring new bandwidth intensive applications to market with trouble-free WiFi integration.

- Linux driver source code sub-license available by project.

- 802.11n compliance effectively interoperates with other chipsets.

- Seamless roaming cross 802.11n, 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g in Access Point covered distance.

- Supports IEEE 802.11a/802.11b/802.11g backward compatibility allowing inter-operability among multiple wifi networks.

- Supports 802.11x authentication, WPA, WEP-64, WEP-128, WEP-152 and 128-bit AES/TKIP encryption.

- Two Hirose U.FL antenna connectors enable transmit and receive diversity for flexible 2x2 MIMO design.

- RoHS compliance meets environment-friendly requirement.

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Unex provides integrated technology service of WiFi Module / Client, WiFi Access Point / Router, and Antenna to ASD (application specific device) manufacturers, telecom operators, and OEM/ODM customers with expertise second to none.