About WirelessHD™

Intel Corporation, LG Electronics Inc., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), NEC Corporation, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, SiBEAM, Inc., Sony Corporation and Toshiba Corporation, have joined together to form WirelessHD, an industry-led effort to define a specification for the next generation wireless digital network interface specification for consumer electronics products. Specifically, WirelessHD has a stated goal of enabling wireless connectivity for streaming high-definition content between source devices and high-definition displays.

• High interoperability supported by major CE device manufacturers
• Uncompressed HD video, audio and data transmission, scalable to future high-definition A/V formats
• High-speed wireless, multi-gigabit technology in the unlicensed 60 GHz band
• Smart antenna technology to overcome line-of-sight constraints of 60 GHz
• Secure communications
• Device control for simple operation of consumer electronics products
• Error protection, framing and timing control techniques for a quality consumer experience

Why WirelessHD™?

WirelessHD™ will serve as the first and only wireless digital interface to combine uncompressed high-definition video, multi-channel audio, intelligent format and control data, and Hollywood approved content protection. For end-users, elimination of cables for audio and video dramatically simplifies home theater system installation and eliminates the traditional need to locate source devices in the proximity of the display. Also, the technology will support the development of adapter solutions that will be capable of supporting legacy systems.

The WirelessHD specification has been architected and optimized for wireless display connectivity, achieving in its first generation implementation high-speed rates up to 4 Gbps at ten meters for the CE, PC, and portable device segments. Its core technology promotes theoretical data rates as high as 25 Gbps, permitting it to scale to higher resolutions, color depth, and range.