Broadcom GC79 Wireless Modem

Windows device driver information for Broadcom GC79 Wireless Modem

The Broadcom GC79 Wireless Modem device is a collaboration between the two industry leaders Sony Ericsson and Broadcom. This robust device is a GPRS/ 802.11b combo PC card. These 2 companies also collaborated on the GPRS modem device called GC75. The GC79 PC card device makes use of the BCM2121 802.11b/ GPRS software and chipset by Broadcom. The BCM2132 single chip EDGE solution used by the Broadcom GC79 Wireless Modem device is geared towards PC data/ card and multimedia handset applications. This robust platform is likewise capable of fully supporting a wide range of multimedia messaging functions which include Bluetooth technologies, IEEE 802.11, USB, multiple color displays, graphics engine, and camera. This platform also comes with a full messaging client software application that is capable of allowing pictures or video clips to be transmitted through EDGE, and a wide array of support for messaging.

This platform utilized by the Broadcom GC79 Wireless Modem device employs a unique hardware/software partitioning in that the protocol functions and main radio modem device are managed by dedicated hardware and therefore do not need the utilization of a hi-speed DSP core to provide 4-slot EDGE capability. The partitioning along with an innovative incremental redundancy implementation that does not need high CPU and DSP processors instructions, generally results in consumption of low power amounts that allows for more available processing power to carry out multimedia applications. The multimedia platform of EDGE is made up of a full radio reference design which includes all layer one DSP software, application enablers, API (application programming interface), flexible software, and protocol stack. An all inclusive multimedia framework is likewise available to support the development of MMI (man machine interface) and terminals. It is highly recommended you run a free registry scan for and Broadcom GC79 Wireless Modem errors before installing any driver updates.