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Published: September 15, 2006
\Let's put it simply: faster is better.
Business on the go demands constant access to the Internet and very few college professors will accept paper assignments anymore. If you're anything like me, emailing a paper an hour before class seems to be the norm. The development of laptops has benefited these situations so you can perform your business just about anywhere. But most people are stuck with a wireless card that works up to ten times slower (operating at 10 megabits per second or Mbps) than if you were actually using broadband DSL (3.6 gigabits per second or Gbps).
In order to keep people connected, developers are looking for a lower frequency in which wireless networks operate to transmit information faster and sooner.
Enter gigabit wireless networks.
Gigabit wireless networks transmit data up to 100x faster than current networks used for communication. It's no wonder it's in high demand in the technological world. To look at it comparatively, a 120 minute DVD quality movie would take 6.9 days to completely download. Gigabit wireless would transmit it in less than a minute. Moreover, gigabit wireless can provide up to 20 simultaneous video conferences or TV sessions (each of these usually requiring 40-50 Mbps). It utilizes the radio millimeter wave spectrum, aiming for above 55 GHz to improve data rates, making speeds up to 10 Gbps possible. Most technology operates on 1 to 20 GHz; your common microwave and cell phone work in the lower range of that spectrum. Gigabit wireless networks work by millimeters, the fastest being between 57 and 64 GHz.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), one of the leading developers, are working to test the network for more commercialized usage. Your average antennae seems to be the most effective way to do this as they are more directive, smaller, portable, and require less output power because of its own physical limitations.
On the flip side, it is more expensive to build a test bed because it needs to be about 33 feet above the ground and 312 feet above sea level to get the most sensitive frequency. Also, because everything is smaller, it's far more sensitive to outside tolerances.
Whole cities could become wireless if CSIRO can get gigabit wireless up and running for the public. Wireless is inconspicuous and available pretty much anywhere there's a signal, making it less costly to the person who uses the Internet the most: you, the consumer.
By 2015, developers hope to have perfected the signal, tuning laptops everywhere into the frequencies that allow faster Internet and more effective business. Hopefully by that time, gigabit wireless could somehow write the paper and do your business for you.
“Gigabit Wireless Networks & Gigabit Wireless Networks Projects.” CISRO ICT Center. 14 September 2006. http://www.ict.csiro.au
Marshall, Brian and Tracy Wilson. “How WiFi Works.” How Stuff Works Inc. 1998-2006. 14 September 2006. http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wireless-network .htm.
Business on the go demands constant access to the Internet and very few college professors will accept paper assignments anymore. If you're anything like me, emailing a paper an hour before class seems to be the norm. The development of laptops has benefited these situations so you can perform your business just about anywhere. But most people are stuck with a wireless card that works up to ten times slower (operating at 10 megabits per second or Mbps) than if you were actually using broadband DSL (3.6 gigabits per second or Gbps).
In order to keep people connected, developers are looking for a lower frequency in which wireless networks operate to transmit information faster and sooner.
Enter gigabit wireless networks.
Gigabit wireless networks transmit data up to 100x faster than current networks used for communication. It's no wonder it's in high demand in the technological world. To look at it comparatively, a 120 minute DVD quality movie would take 6.9 days to completely download. Gigabit wireless would transmit it in less than a minute. Moreover, gigabit wireless can provide up to 20 simultaneous video conferences or TV sessions (each of these usually requiring 40-50 Mbps). It utilizes the radio millimeter wave spectrum, aiming for above 55 GHz to improve data rates, making speeds up to 10 Gbps possible. Most technology operates on 1 to 20 GHz; your common microwave and cell phone work in the lower range of that spectrum. Gigabit wireless networks work by millimeters, the fastest being between 57 and 64 GHz.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), one of the leading developers, are working to test the network for more commercialized usage. Your average antennae seems to be the most effective way to do this as they are more directive, smaller, portable, and require less output power because of its own physical limitations.
On the flip side, it is more expensive to build a test bed because it needs to be about 33 feet above the ground and 312 feet above sea level to get the most sensitive frequency. Also, because everything is smaller, it's far more sensitive to outside tolerances.
Whole cities could become wireless if CSIRO can get gigabit wireless up and running for the public. Wireless is inconspicuous and available pretty much anywhere there's a signal, making it less costly to the person who uses the Internet the most: you, the consumer.
By 2015, developers hope to have perfected the signal, tuning laptops everywhere into the frequencies that allow faster Internet and more effective business. Hopefully by that time, gigabit wireless could somehow write the paper and do your business for you.
“Gigabit Wireless Networks & Gigabit Wireless Networks Projects.” CISRO ICT Center. 14 September 2006. http://www.ict.csiro.au
Marshall, Brian and Tracy Wilson. “How WiFi Works.” How Stuff Works Inc. 1998-2006. 14 September 2006. http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wireless-network .htm.
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