WirelessHD to support wireless smartphone video

16th May, 2010 by adina
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The WirelessHD Consortium released the 1.1 version of its specifications, being the second ultra-fast wireless standard to receive an update. The new version pushes the bandwidth to 10Gbps as a minimum and 28Gbps as a maximum. The extra speed makes possible 3D and 4K video over wireless. A major focus is portability, as it can stream video without any compression between the source and a smartphone or a media player.

Regular and portable devices as well can now create personal area networks to synchronize files between different devices. Even with the lowest amount of power possible, multi-gigabit transfer speeds are still available and the amount of battery consumption on mobile hardware is reduced.

HDCP 2.0 encryption is new and is able to send copy protected video but still allow copying of files.

The Consortium did not announce a timeframe for its 1.1 specifications reaching shipping products. Companies are only now given access to the newest version of WirelessHD. It should join a new range of wireless TV sets and home theatre receivers. It also has the option of equipping many smaller devices.

WirelessHD arrives to hardware manufacturers at the same time as WiGig does. It could provide multi-gigabit wireless support for almost all networking and streaming in a relatively near future.


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