Qualcomm Leading Future Design of Mesh Networking Wi-Fi Router

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Qualcomm Leading Future Design of Mesh Networking Wi-Fi Router

Qualcomm may be known for mobile platforms on most Android smartphones, but there’s another thing they are leading – which is the reference design for Mesh Networking Platform.

The Qualcomm Mesh Networking Platform, is basically a blue print in which original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and broadband carriers can use and adopt into their products to deliver next-generation connected home experiences. The Mesh Networking Platform is designed to bring compatibility and capabilities for IoT devices, delivering robust and consistent connectivity to smart home devices in every corner of the home, as well as feature voice control capabilities, centralised management and security, and a range of mesh system features essential for carrier-grade networks.

The Qualcomm Mesh Networking Platform is based upon the Qualcomm IPQ40x8/9 network system-on-chip, which is used in nearly every mesh networking product available today. The Qualcomm Mesh Networking Platform includes:

Qualcomm Wi-Fi Self-Organising (SON) feature suite – one of the first collection of SON features designed to ensure corner-to-corner Wi-Fi coverage, easy set-up, automatic management and traffic optimisation with near-zero user intervention, as well as additional security safeguards.
Carrier-Grade features are designed to make it easier for carriers to enhance their broadband services with Wi-Fi SON, making APIs available for easier porting of SON on to other silicon platforms. Software features are enabled, such as cloud-based diagnostics to enable remote monitoring, diagnostics and analytics for troubleshooting.
Integrated voice capabilities allow consumers to control and interact with devices on their network using their voice. The Qualcomm Mesh Networking Platform can support a built-in microphone array and speaker, voice recognition software, and supports APIs to the most popular cloud-based assistant applications.
Backhaul flexibility offers a variety of backhaul options that can be used to maximise the performance of mesh networks, including 802.11ac, 802.11ad, 802.11ax, or Powerline technologies.
Qualcomm IoT Connectivity Feature Suite is designed to help ensure compatible and simultaneous use of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, CSRmesh connectivity, and 802.15.4-based technologies across a network, while also supporting previously announced communication protocols, cloud services and software frameworks. This allows it to act as a universal translator of diverse connectivity technologies and ecosystems, to minimise complexity and ease fragmentation challenges for manufacturers, developers and consumers.
Qualcomm Mesh Networking Reference Design lets manufacturers build on the blueprint, while adding commercialisation of next-generation networking products with cutting-edge features. This allows for completely new avenues of differentiation and business partnerships for OEMs, cloud providers and the IoT client/device ecosystem by centralizing the connectivity and control mechanics into the network.