Monday, March 16, 2015

New technology may double data capacity of networks

Tech News - Researchers have invented full-duplex radio integrated circuits (ICs) that can enable simultaneous transmission and reception at the same frequency in a wireless radio.
  
Up to now, this has been thought to be impossible: transmitters and receivers either work at different times or at the same time but at different frequencies.
  
The Columbia University team, led by Electrical Engineering Associate Professor Harish Krishnaswamy, is the first to demonstrate an IC that can accomplish this.
  
"This is a game-changer. By leveraging our new technology, networks can effectively double the frequency spectrum resources available for devices like smartphones and tablets," said Krishnaswamy.
  
In the era of Big Data, the current frequency spectrum crisis is one of the biggest challenges researchers are grappling with and it is clear that today's wireless networks will not be able to support tomorrow's data deluge, researchers said.
  
Today's standards, such as 4G/LTE, already support 40 different frequency bands, and there is no space left at radio frequencies for future expansion.

 

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