Qualcomm Atheros iQUE™

Seamless Connectivity with Qualcomm Atheros iQUE™, Intelligence for a Quality User Experience

Qualcomm Atheros iQUE is a robust suite of protocols and mechanisms that ensure ease of use and quality of service with our connectivity solutions. Each element of iQUE is designed to enhance the user’s experience with products based on Qualcomm Atheros connectivity technologies. Providing ease of use features like simple network setup, Direct Connect technology, and low-power operation, iQUE also helps our customers address the increasingly demanding requirements for accessing high-definition digital content throughout the home and enterprise with carrier-class video capability and spectrum management.

Features enabled with iQUE:

Easy Network Set-up

  • iQUE provides Wi-Fi Protected Set-Up™, the industry standard for simple, one-button network configuration.

Reliable P2P Connectivity

  • Qualcomm Atheros Direct Connect™, our peer-to-peer networking mechanism, complies with the Wi-Fi Alliance standard, Wi-Fi Direct™. Learn more. “Qualcomm Atheros Direct Connect: Peer-to-Peer Connectivity)
  • Qualcomm Atheros Direct View™, complies with the industry’s emerging Wi-Fi Display standard, for displaying the computer’s content on screens and TVs.
  • Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TLDS) enables devices to intelligently negotiate between themselves and determine methods that will avoid or reduce network congestion.

Power Efficiency

  • Qualcomm Atheros’ employs a host of low-power protocols and mechanisms to reduce the power consumed by connectivity technologies in the home and enterprise.
  • For routers, our WLAN solutions feature UAPSD: unscheduled automatic power save delivery to reduce the power consumption of connected devices.
  • Qualcomm Atheros Ethernet solutions feature proprietary protocols and algorithms, which increase chip and system sleep to reduce power. Our Ethernet solutions comply with the 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet 2010 standard.

Carrier-Class Video

  • iQUE’s algorithms intelligently classify, prioritize and manage network traffic from the wide area network (WAN) to optimize the flow of all content into and out of the home.
  • Qualcomm Atheros solutions support multicast-to-unicast functions to enhances the resolution of IPTV content.
  • Within the LAN, iQUE optimizes the streaming of timing-sensitive, multimedia content throughout the home or enterprise.
  • Innovative algorithms and standards-based mechanisms ensure quality transmission of media.
  • Qualcomm Atheros Video-over-Wi-Fi has been optimized to eliminate network latency, thus ensuring glitch-free transmissions.

Spectrum Management

  • Qualcomm Atheros Spectral Analysis optimizes the use of spectrum throughout the home, providing real-time assessment of wireless network environments, allowing devices to avoid channel interference by seeking the clearest networking path.
  • Remote Network Diagnosis enables central office evaluation of home environments and avoidance of service calls and product returns.