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World record 10.4 Gigabit wireless transmission |
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Written by Kory Mohr
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Wednesday, 22 June 2005 |
Amended from PhysOrg.com:
Researchers at the University of Essex are claiming a world record
for the amount of computer data sent over a point-to-point wireless
channel.
The results achieved by the team from the Department of Electronic
Systems Engineering are the equivalent of more than 162,000 phone calls
or over 10,000 broadband internet connections being made
simultaneously. Such large capacity could revolutionise wireless
internet download times for many households and local businesses, small
and large.
While the techniques used by
the Essex group don’t fit exactly to the MultiBand Alliance template in
the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.15
ultra-wideband radio
standardisation process, they are important because they show that 10
Gigabit radio is feasible. The successful experiment at Essex
demonstrates that far greater capacity could be obtained from present
generation wireless links given appropriate standardisation.
The Essex Department of Electronics Systems Engineering is one of
the strongest in the country, and currently has a grade 5 rating for
carrying out research of national and international excellence. In
2001, researchers in the department achieved a world record for the
amount of computer data sent over a single multimode optical fibre, which won them a slot in the Guinness Book of Records.
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