How does Silvus increase the physical transfer rate of broadband wireless systems?
One of Silvus’ approaches for increasing the physical transfer rate of wireless systems employs multiple antenna systems for both the transmitter and the receiver. This technology is referred to as multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). MIMO exploits spatially unique propagation paths between multiple transmit and receive antennas to improve wireless performance. MIMO is part of 802.11n but at Silvus we are aggressively implementing advanced MIMO technologies such as our current 4×4 decoder. MIMO can provide many benefits, all derived from the ability to process spatially different signals simultaneously. Using multiple antennas, MIMO technology offers the ability to resolve information from multiple signal paths using spatially separated antennas. Multipath signals are the reflected signals arriving at the receiver some time after the original or line of sight (LOS) signal has been received. Multipath is typically perceived as interference degrading a receiver’s ability to recover the
