Performance
Tzero's ultra wideband is designed to be a video distribution network based on the WiMedia standard. It is a far superior solution to existing wireless options. For instance, when compared to WiFi, the differences are significant:
- Link reliability: Wireless links for video should not suffer from fading. Ultra wideband's broad spectrum helps mitigate fading, whereas WiFi (narrowband) solutions are much more susceptible to fading due to the limited spectrum they have available.
- Interference resistance: Tzero's ultra wideband solution will both avoid and cancel interference even when the interferer is as much as ten times stronger than the ultra wideband signal. WiFi solutions suffer (stop showing video) from interfering devices such as cordless phones, microwave ovens and in particular other WiFi networks.
- Packet error rate: Video delivery requires a very low packet error rate. The Tzero system provides 10-8 packet error rate where 802.11 systems provide packet error rate of up to 10%.
- Quality of Service: For true video delivery, QoS with guaranteed bandwidth reservation is required. The WiMedia Alliance has specified this in the MAC specification. 802.11 cannot integrate the necessary QoS into its protocol due to the limitations imposed in order to support legacy devices.




