Want better Wi-Fi? Maybe you just need a better router.
Summary
With the explosion of connected devices in our home and more web-based services running in the background, foreground and even in the actual ground if you have some kind of Wi-Fi based garden sensor system, your router may be the most essential piece of equipment you don’t know that you own. Most people tend to stick with the wireless router their broadband provider gave them, but between MIMO, dual-band offerings and fancy software, they’ve come a long way. The cloud-based service tracks how much bandwidth applications like YouTube (s goog) or Skype (s msft) needs to show something in HD versus SD, and knows what devices you have and how many megabits per second they need. The big issue for users will be Qualcomm’s assurances that its StreamBoost technology stays up-to-date so when a site tries out anew HD codec the bandwidth is available. We covered an academic effort to bring software-defined networking and GUI interface to help with the problem of too many devices and an overburdened connection.
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