<s>
Nitro	B-Device
from	O
Conexant	O
(	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Intersil	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	O
802.11g	O
performance	O
enhancement	O
technology	O
introduced	O
in	O
2003	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
PRISM	B-Device
chipset	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
implementation	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
help	O
compensate	O
for	O
the	O
performance	O
loss	O
of	O
higher-speed	O
802.11g	O
devices	O
when	O
they	O
share	O
a	O
wireless	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
with	O
slower	O
802.11b	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
implementations	O
are	O
marketed	O
as	O
Nitro	B-Device
MX	O
Xtreme	O
which	O
adds	O
proprietary	O
frame-bursting	O
,	O
compression	B-General_Concept
and	O
point-to-point	B-Architecture
side	O
session	O
technology	O
for	O
a	O
claimed	O
140	O
Mbit/s	O
throughput	O
transmission	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
point-to-point	B-Architecture
side	O
session	O
technology	O
,	O
called	O
DirectLink	O
,	O
creates	O
a	O
connection	O
between	O
clients	O
or	O
from	O
a	O
client	O
to	O
a	O
media	O
source	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
media	O
server	O
,	O
and	O
avoids	O
the	O
access	B-Device
point	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nitro	B-Device
is	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
competing	O
incompatible	O
proprietary	O
extension	O
approaches	O
that	O
were	O
developed	O
to	O
increase	O
performance	O
of	O
802.11g	O
wireless	O
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
125	O
High	O
Speed	O
Mode	O
from	O
Broadcom	O
,	O
Super	B-Device
G	I-Device
(	O
or	O
"	O
108	O
Mbit/s	O
"	O
technology	O
)	O
from	O
Atheros	O
,	O
and	O
MIMO-based	O
extensions	O
from	O
Airgo	O
Networks	O
.	O
</s>
