More details are emerging about home security and automation company Vivint’s plans to connect Utah homes wirelessly. It plans to use the gigabit Wi-Fi technologies to create high-capacity mesh network links on its customers’ rooftops.

Last month, Vivint VP of innovation Jeremy Warren told Gigaom that Vivint was trialing a 50 Mbps residential broadband service for $55 a month in unnamed communities in Utah. But apart from revealing that Vivint was using the unlicensed airwaves — the same spectrum used by our Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices — to make the terminal connection to the home, Warren didn’t reveal any other details.

On Wednesday, though, high-performance Wi-Fi chipmaker Quantenna announced Vivint is using its gigabit Wi-Fi chips in its network, as well as making a strategic investment in the startup. In the process, it painted a better picture of the broadband system Vivint is using. Vivint is using Quantenna’s Wi-Fi technologies…