Ruckus Wireless Unveils First Video-Grade USB Wireless Adapter, Announces Successful Integration and Interoperability with Motorola IPTV Set-Top.LAS VEGAS -- Ruckus Wireless today introduced a unique, miniaturized wireless multimedia adapter, the MediaFlex USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. Dongle The term was originally slang for a "hardware key." Today, the term is often used to refer to any small adapter that has a short cable with connectors at both ends. See hardware key and PC Card dongle. , designed to provide stable, wireless connectivity to in-home multimedia devices such as set-tops and media center systems. At the 2007 International CES, the company will demonstrate the first of several integration effort of this new technology with an IPTV set-top from industry-leader Motorola. The Ruckus MediaFlex Dongle is an external smart Wi-Fi adapter in an elegant, small form factor, purposed-built to fill a need in the home networking market for low-cost, video-grade wireless client connectivity. The device uses the popular Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB) to interface with set top boxes, media center systems and other multimedia devices - giving broadband providers the ultimate in price/performance for enabling whole-home video distribution over standard 802.11g technology. Unlike other USB Wi-Fi adapters, the Ruckus MediaFlex USB Dongle is the only video-grade wireless USB adapter A network adapter that plugs into the computer via the USB port. See network adapter and wireless adapter. See also wireless USB. on the market to leverage patent-pending BeamFlex[TM] smart antenna technology. "Deployments by over 100 IPTV service providers worldwide have proven that smart Wi-Fi technology delivers dramatic improvements for supporting multimedia and extending range. Our next step is to cost reduce and miniaturize min·i·a·tur·ize tr.v. min·i·a·tur·ized, min·i·a·tur·iz·ing, min·i·a·tur·iz·es To plan or make on a greatly reduced scale. min the technology to make it even simpler and more assessable," said Selina Lo, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Ruckus Wireless. "And the integration with Motorola marks yet another milestone for bringing the next stage of wireless multimedia connectivity to carriers and their customers." The Motorola VIP1720 is the first IPTV set-top to successfully integrate with the Ruckus MediaFlex Dongle. The VIP1720 hybrid set-top integrates IPTV and DVB-T See DVB. broadcast support into a single device, and supports MPEG-2, MPEG-4/AVC and VC1 video codecs. At CES, the companies will demonstrate three multicast MPEG-2 streams delivered from a single Ruckus MediaFlex router to three different Ruckus MediaFlex USB Dongles connected to the Motorola VIP1720. This is a partial excerpt of the full press Ruckus Wireless release that can be found in its entirety at www.ruckuswireless.com/press/ (no registration required). |
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