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New technology to dramatically speed up home broadband

Slow internet speeds and the Internet 'rush hour' - the peak time when data speeds drop by up to 30% - could be history with new hardware designed and demonstrated by UCL researchers that provides consistently high-speed ...

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10 hours ago
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Integrated high-speed data and wireless power transfer

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a system that can simultaneously deliver watts of power and transmit data at rates high enough to stream video over the same wireless connection. By integrating ...

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Sep 18, 2017
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Mesh networking announcement, new spec from Bluetooth

(Tech Xplore)—Mesh-networking capabilities now in Bluetooth are making news. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced that Bluetooth technology has been updated with support for mesh networking, and Bluetooth published ...

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Jul 19, 2017
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FCC approves OneWeb Internet via satellites

(Tech Xplore)—FCC has given OneWeb its green light to bring satellite Internet to the United States.

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Jun 26, 2017
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Inflight Wi-Fi highlights challenges of satellite broadband delivery on land and in the sky

Qantas switched on its free inflight internet service trial on April 7, with Virgin set to launch its own similar program later this month.

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Apr 19, 2017
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New approach speeds up testing of traffic management solutions for data center networks

The transmission control protocol, or TCP, which manages traffic on the Internet, was first proposed in 1974. Some version of TCP still regulates data transfer in most major data centers, the huge warehouses of servers maintained ...

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Mar 22, 2017
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IEEE P802.3bz: New Ethernet standard ratified

(Tech Xplore)—A new Ethernet standard is born. The IEEE has set the new standard for five times the speed without disruptive cable changes, said Network World.

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Oct 02, 2016
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Optical fiber transmits one terabit per second

Nokia Bell Labs, Deutsche Telekom T-Labs and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have achieved unprecedented transmission capacity and spectral efficiency in an optical communications field trial with a new modulation ...

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Sep 19, 2016
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Programmable network routers provide more flexible traffic management without sacrificing speed

Like all data networks, the networks that connect servers in giant server farms, or servers and workstations in large organizations, are prone to congestion. When network traffic is heavy, packets of data can get backed up ...

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Aug 23, 2016
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Wi-Fi Alliance continues tech advance with WiFi 802.11ac Wave 2

(Tech Xplore)—A new Wi-Fi standard carries a promising impact on products meeting the new standard. Tech watchers are saying that 802.11ac Wave 2 certification means one can expect better performance and capacity in Wi-Fi.

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Jun 30, 2016
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Wireless study predicts trouble and solution for 5G cellular

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), comprising seven telecommunications standard development organizations, will soon choose among channel models to adopt as testing standards for 5G cellular systems. However, ...

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May 25, 2016
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New world record in 5G wireless spectrum efficiency

A team of 5G engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Lund has once again set a new world record for wireless spectrum efficiency, less than two months after setting the first one.

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May 18, 2016
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Australia project turns vehicles into emergency network

(Tech Xplore)—We are quite accustomed to hearing about the wonders of enjoying a global experience in a connected universe where communications ignores limitations of borders, arrival gates and physical walls. Not everyone ...

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May 16, 2016
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Transmission of digital communication signals through meat

Eye rubbing time—New Scientist had the headline "Wireless signal sent through meat fast enough to watch Netflix" and there were no typos. They meant what they said. RT explained further that "researchers have developed ...

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Apr 16, 2016
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Engineers develop the first on-chip RF circulator that doubles WiFi speeds with a single antenna

Last year, Columbia Engineering researchers were the first to invent a technology—full-duplex radio integrated circuits (ICs)—that can be implemented in nanoscale CMOS to enable simultaneous transmission and reception ...

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Apr 15, 2016
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1970s technology solution to Internet 'capacity crunch'

Exactly 50 years ago, Noble prize winner Charles Kao and his colleagues demonstrated the feasibility of using fibre optical cables to transmit information over long distance.

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Feb 29, 2016
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Millimeter wave tech eyed by Facebook for serving rural populations

In 2013, Facebook and other tech companies launched Internet.org. The idea was to have a global partnership for a unified goal in making the Internet available to billions of people without access.

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Feb 12, 2016
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SkyBender project looks at 5G delivery with drones

A number of sites have picked up on the story from The Guardian: Google is reportedly testing a 5G network and it is through drones. A subhead in TechRadar called it high-speed data for the people.

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Feb 01, 2016
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Wi-Fi HaLow has low power, long range advantages

The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced the Wi-Fi HaLow designation for products incorporating IEEE 802.11ah technology. All in all, said tech watchers, this is a new low-power and long-range version which carries key advantages.

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Jan 05, 2016
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Cognitive Systems unveils platform that monitors wireless signals

See what you've been missing is a phrase that takes on an added layer of meaning in a new company announcement. Waterloo, Ontario-based Cognitive Systems wants you to meet Amera, a technology platform that can see wireless ...

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Dec 03, 2015
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Using lights for communications? Haas, pureLiFi, see brighter future

Will solar-powered wireless communication benefit millions in the years to come? That is the hope of enthusiasts seeing a future in Li-Fi, wireless technology which, said optics.org, is wireless—only not as we know it.

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Nov 26, 2015
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London mayor expected to say city will rock 5G by 2020

London mayor Boris Johnson this week will pledge to bring 5G to London in the next six years, reported The Telegraph on Monday. The pledge is part of a more extensive plan for London's infrastructure between now and 2050. ...

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Jul 29, 2014
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Quantenna promises 10-gigabit Wi-Fi by next year

(Phys.org) —Quantenna Communications has announced that it has plans for releasing a chipset that will be capable of delivering 10Gbps WiFi to/from routers, bridges and computers by sometime next year. The announcement ...

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Apr 16, 2014
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