Antic Wireless Technologies Inc. is a
new technology company located in
The use of multiple antennas and advanced
signal processing to enhance wireless links is evolving steadily. This evolution is driven by a burning need
for better spectral efficiency, better coverage, better reliability, and better
capacity. Antic is developing its first
product with strong focus on these needs.
Modern OFDM radios span large bandwidths, but interference and frequency
selective fading directly reduce the capacity of these links. Antic’s Two-Tiered
combining technology employs sophisticated antenna combining which ensures
optimal use of the large signaling bandwidth.
Ever-increasing numbers of interference sources limit the performance of
most links that use license-free spectrum.
Reduction of this interference is an important capability of antenna
arrays, when done properly. The more
elements that are in the antenna array, the more sources of interference can be
suppressed. Antic’s proprietary Large-N arrays are the largest employed
in the OFDM marketplace. Our Large-N arrays and Two-Tiered combining technologies give the differential advantage
of superior performance in the presence of interference.
Traditional frequency and time diversity
schemes have evolved into integrated OFDM chipsets, and antenna diversity has
evolved to Smart Antennas, including MIMO.
These new technologies are complex in both theory and implementation,
and Antic’s world-class team of wireless researchers and industry veterans allows
us to bridge the gap from new science to implementation.
Our products will retrofit existing
802.11 systems. Ease of installation
and ease of use are key goals. To that
end, our approach is to be a “black box” add-on, and completely transparent to
your existing software and hardware. The
5.8GHz license-free band is used, providing greater bandwidth to aid in
avoiding interference, and smaller antennas aiding the feasibility of large
arrays.