Qualcomm launches RaptorQ to boost digital content delivery

Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) introduced RaptorQ, a new forward-error correction solution enabling improved content delivery via real-world networks. Based on technology acquired when Qualcomm purchased mobile broadcast and IPTV software solutions provider Digital Fountain in early 2009, the network- and OS-agnostic RaptorQ touts cost-efficient, application-layer FEC technology that encodes content at the source and decodes it upon its arrival at targeted devices, allowing streaming and file delivery services to recover data lost in transit and completely reconstruct it without dependence on a backchannel. According to Qualcomm, RaptorQ also features memory efficiency enhancements to protect against packet loss, enabling the solution to run on small devices like mobile handsets as well as set-top boxes and client platforms.

Qualcomm will promote RaptorQ to wireless broadcast and multicast service providers, promising a solution enabling more content, more range and more efficient bandwidth consumption; the service supports a host of media formats, including mobile TV, broadcast, video-on-demand, web video streaming and HD audio. In addition, IPTV service providers can use RaptorQ to extend the DSL
loop (even over WiFi) to reach more subscribers and improve quality of service--Qualcomm also will target the enterprise segment, marketing time-sensitive database updates to remote sites and enhanced, error-free digital media delivery.

For more on RaptorQ:
- read this release

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