Cliffside: It's Like Hyper-Threading for WiFi

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Intel's Cliffside technology allows users to surf and connect to local networks wireless over the same device, simultaneously

Intel recently announced its new Cliffside technology, which essentially splits a single network adapter into two. The new technology allows for a computer to connect to a wireless router while also serving as a software-based access point.

Cliffside allows for a single WiFi adapter to basically serve as two independent adapters. The first half of the adapter would normally connect the consumer's PC to a Wireless Internet router. Cliffside then allows the second half of the adapter to create a WiFi personal area network (PAN) and let devices such as MP3 players or cameras seamlessly connect to the PC.

Personal area networks isn't anything new to current PC users, though Cliffside technology has added benefits. Intel says that the technology will make the use of personal area networks very similar to Bluetooth technology. Cliffside-enabled PCs will automatically detect other Cliffside-enabled PCs in the area, and prompt the user whether or not they want to accept the device.

In addition to connecting PCs, items such as cameras, MP3 players, and printers can all seamlessly and easily connect to Cliffside PCs. Intel claims the technology can support up to eight devices in personal area network.

As can be expected, Cliffside also supports a variety of security methods such as WPA or WEP. However, Intel says that the security measures have to all be on the same page. For example, if a PC runs on WEP, but the camera doesn't support the technology, then the two items will not be able to connect to each other.

Intel did not provide any mention of when it plans to release Cliffside technology, citing that it is currently a "research" technology. Other Intel research projects include Tera-Scale, which eventually went on to become the precursors of Intel's Larrabee GPU and Gesher CPU architecture.
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uma espécie de ponte para Wifi isto pode ser interessante em ambientes empresariais, less wire, mas ao mesmo tempo melhor qualidade de sinal, por que assim os pcs podem se ligar sequencialmente, em vez de tudo ao mesmo AP, que vai ficando cada vez mais afastado..
 
Parece interessante. Gostava de ver isso em acção. Provavelmente chegará aos portáteis... pode ser que no meu próximo tenha essa "feature".
 
Não sei porquê mas isso não me inspira muita confiança... hj em dia já temos ambientes bastante ruidosos para o wifi e com mais isto não sei não...

Por exemplo no prédio onde moro detecto cerca de 20-25 redes wifi e devido a isto o sinal baixa de qualidade de uma forma incrível... Vamos ver...

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Como já disse gostava de ver esta tecnologia em acção e alguns exemplos das vantagens desta ;) Assim lendo para mim não tem vantagem imediata mas nunca se sabe se fico fã quando se massificar (e se se massificar).
 
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