Most of us have had the experience of being unable to connect to a Wi-Fi network in a location with lots of people. A technology that promises to alleviate that problem is, however, slowly but surely making headway.

Upcoming 802.11ac wireless access points will able to handle more users and come in increasingly smaller packages, with the help of new transmission technology included in two chipsets from Broadcom.

MU-MIMO (multi user-multiple-input multiple-output) technology helps by alleviate bottlenecks allowing networks to transmit data to many users simultaneously instead of just one at a time.

On Wednesday, Broadcom launched the BCM43465 chipset, which is meant for access points that enterprises and carriers use to build Wi-Fi networks and hotspots. It can transmit data to four users at the same time or two at a higher speed using four antennas simultaneously.

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