Ralink MIMObility complies IEEE 802.11n 2.0

Ralink Technology announced that its MIMObility WLAN chipsets comply with the new IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 standard. By complying with the draft 2.0 802.11n standard, Ralink MIMObilityTM solutions states to offer truly superior performance and seamless interoperability to enhance the overall end user experience. These chipsets provide data throughput greater than 160 Mbps with connection speeds of 300 Mbps to accommodate protocol overhead.

Ralink MIMObilityTM solutions consist of a transceiver, and an integrated Baseband and Media Access Control (MAC) device that support industry standard interfaces including PCI, MiniPCI, CardBus, USB 2.0, PCIe and MiniCard. The chipsets are fully backward compatible with the existing industry wireless standards such as 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g.

The Ralink MIMObility chipsets are currently available with reference designs and driver software for the Windows Vista operating system. Linux source code for all Ralink drivers is also available. Ralink's 802.11x WLAN solutions are currently shipping in wireless LAN routers for homes, businesses and city-wide networks. They are also used in laptops, media servers, set-top boxes, televisions, printers and projectors throughout the world.

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