MegaMind Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Researchers have demonstrated a new way to increase the data speed of optical fibres which may lead to a faster Internet."Optical fibres can be sped up by 'twisting' data; multiple data streams are transmitted and received as different twists of light," said Giovanni Milione, a doctoral student at the City College of New York at the time of the research."Thought impossible using standard optical fibres which untwist the data, corrupting it, we showed that if the data was digitally re-twisted, after it was received, it could be recovered," Milione said.To digitally re-twist the data, the researchers borrowed a well-known technique of radio communication, referred to as 'MIMO,' used by cell phones and Wi-Fi routers every day."Light's twists were treated like antennas. Even if transmitted data was untwisted, it was received as a different twist (antenna) and recovered," Milione said.The researchers successfully transmitted four data streams on four twists of light over 5 kilometres of standard optical fibre.A key to their experiment was a University of Glasgow made device that separates and combines light's twists as a prism does colour."This development could offer a solution to the insatiable needs of data-driven social media, such as, Facebook and YouTube, which continually push optical fibre data speed limits," said Distinguished Professor of Physics Robert R Alfano at City College of New York.http://post.jagran.com/new-research-may-help-boost-internet-speed-1445229600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I wonder..."How much time does it need,before it becomes fully applicable?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 World is moving to optical fiber, and here in Argentina most conecctions are in coppel wires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 World is moving to optical fiber.In Argentina, most connections are in copper wires.Optical Fibers cost...especially during Recession... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 World is moving to optical fiber.In Argentina, most connections are in copper wires.Optical Fibers cost...especially during Recession...And copper wires are 40 years old :( :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emerglines Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Didn't the UK researches find a way to speed up internet or do we get just stories to make us wait 10-20 years more!http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/4705/http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31622297 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 World is moving to optical fiber.In Argentina, most connections are in copper wires.Optical Fibers cost...especially during Recession...And copper wires are 40 years old :( :doh:= No Way Out... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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