kumu networks
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PRESENTATION BY:
JIAJU XU
PRODUCTS
• Self interference cancellation
• In theory, could double wireless capacity
• Conceptually, like a noise-cancelling headset
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
• Received $10M in Series A funding in Dec. 2012
• Received $15M in Series B funding in Oct. 2013
COMPANY HISTORY
• Group of Stanford researchers publish paper in 2011 claiming technology for
two-way traffic on a radio spectrum
• Company founded in 2012
• Currently 18 Employees
• Interest from strategic partners, maintaining neutrality with future partners
WHAT’S HOT?
• Trials with Cellular carriers planned in early 2014
SECRET SAUCE
• Innovative
• Self-cancellation technology
• Challenges long-held precepts
STORY
COMPETITION
• Other ways of making wireless networks more efficient
-New ways of encoding data
-New sensing/switching tricks to change frequencies
-Reconfiguration of wired and wireless networks
• DIDO – eliminates interference for users sharing the same spectrum
PREDICTION
• Success!
• Technology is innovative
• Foundation for next generation 5G and high-efficiency WiFi standards