DARPA Is Developing 100 Gbps Wireless Link With 120 Mile Range
DARPA has began development of 100 Gbps wireless link with a 120 mile range, which will make the US military have 5x the speed of current wireless networks. The project's internally called 100G or 100 Gb/s RF Backbone. If the numbers don't make any sense to you, be aware that your shiny wireless router probably maxes out at 100 Mbps, about 1000 times slower.
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The wireless data transmission technology has advanced to deliver up to 2.5 Tbps but only up to a distance of one meter in labs. The current viable option for high speed data transfer over longer distance is radio frequencies, and <a href="https://www.darpa.mil/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency</a>'s engineering team says that even 100 Gbps transmission over 120 miles range is quite tough. It's expected that the 100G project will rely on lower-frequency Ku band which tolerates the atmospheric variations to a greater extent. With advancements in multiplexing and encoding techniques, the team believes that Ku band will be able to deliver 100 Gbps over long distance.
DARPA is keeping the high speed Internet access limited to US military use. So sustain your unbiased love for your wireless router for at least a few years.
Via: <a href="https://www.extremetech.com/computing/143455-darpa-begins-work-on-100gbps-wireless-tech-with-120-mile-range" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DARPA begins work on 100Gbps wireless tech with 120-mile range | ExtremeTech</a>
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Darpa 100 Gbps Wireless LInkDarpa 100 Gbps Wireless LInk[/caption]The wireless data transmission technology has advanced to deliver up to 2.5 Tbps but only up to a distance of one meter in labs. The current viable option for high speed data transfer over longer distance is radio frequencies, and <a href="https://www.darpa.mil/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency</a>'s engineering team says that even 100 Gbps transmission over 120 miles range is quite tough. It's expected that the 100G project will rely on lower-frequency Ku band which tolerates the atmospheric variations to a greater extent. With advancements in multiplexing and encoding techniques, the team believes that Ku band will be able to deliver 100 Gbps over long distance.
DARPA is keeping the high speed Internet access limited to US military use. So sustain your unbiased love for your wireless router for at least a few years.
Via: <a href="https://www.extremetech.com/computing/143455-darpa-begins-work-on-100gbps-wireless-tech-with-120-mile-range" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DARPA begins work on 100Gbps wireless tech with 120-mile range | ExtremeTech</a>
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