Infrared Light Streaming Data at 1Gbps, Fastest Record Yet
Infrared Light Streaming Data at 1Gbps, Fastest Record Yet
Posted 02/11/2010 at 4:58pm
| by Jason Barry
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A professor of electrical engineering at Penn. State and his research team managed to get an infrared signal to transmit data at 1Gbps. Optical networks have a host of potential advantages over traditional radio networks such as more security, less interference, and obviously speed.
Penn State graduate student Jarir Fadullah along with his electrical engineering professor Mohsen Kavehrad developed the system. In a nutshell, a modulating beam of infrared light was focused on the ceiling, while a specifically modified photo detector picked up the reflections.
The research pair seemed to think that by their calculations, there is much more bandwidth to be found using infrared light. The new technology is touted as the future of wireless communications as the RF spectrum continues to be gobbled up and overly congested.
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Blaze589
February 11, 2010 at 6:03pm
I remember watching Smallville when Clark's cousin was telling Jimmy that Martians don't communicate via radio waves but rather infrared. What were the odds!
Tobe_Dog
February 12, 2010 at 1:17pm
Really, thats the best you could come up with? U just made all the other nerds out there be like, Man what a Nerd!!!!!
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