TRENDnet GREENwifi Technology Makes Wireless Consume 50% Less Power

Wireless connectivity has actually become a standard feature on desktops and notebooks, WiFi having become very widespread, and TRENDnet decided to announce that it has completed a technology capable of making wireless networking solutions utilize half the power they usually need.

TRENDnet proudly announced the completion of the GREENwifi technology, which is based on the same energy saving principles as the GREENnet technology.

For those that do not know, GREENnet is a switch-based technology that determines and supplies the appropriate amount of electricity to each switching port hardwired to it.

The ones that dictate how much power is needed are the port, the device or even the length of the connected Ethernet cable.

With this sort of behavior, GREENwifi, at different stages of the wireless information transfer process, can reduce power usage of wireless devices.

In other words, when a device is idle and not connected to any other wireless-capable device, like a computer, it will cut back on the power.

Another situation when power efficiency can be enhanced is when the signal strength is strong, like in situations when the computer is close to a GREENwifi router.

In such scenarios, the router will automatically reduce its output power as far as sending data to that particular computer goes.

"TRENDnet is excited to be the first networking hardware brand to launch GREENwifi technology," stated Pei Huang, President and CEO of TRENDnet.

"With the pervasiveness of wireless technology in our everyday lives, comes the responsibility of creating more efficient wireless devices,” Huang added.

“TRENDnet's launch of energy efficient wired GREENnetT technology several years ago, coupled with our first to market launch of GREENwifiT, reaffirms our position as a green networking leader," the CEO went on to saying.

Having been integrated into Version 2.0R of TRENDnet's 150Mbps Wireless N Home Router, model TEW-651BR, among other things, the technology can reduce power consumption by up to 50%.