News related to records set by internet speed have become the daily bread of the tech industry. A few weeks ago, we learned that a group of Australian scientists had managed to increase the Wi-Fi signal range to 16 kilometers. And, almost a year ago, a similar experiment took place in Japan managed to shatter the record for the fastest speed in history. However, this time the focus of the news is on technology aiming at 6G.
As indicated by the portal TechSpot in a recent publication, researchers from London achieved a record data transmission speed of 1 Tbps in laboratory experiments. Combining different wireless techniques, they gave rise to a tool that will be able to revolutionize mobile networks and wireless data. In this way, they used a range of electromagnetic frequencies from 5 to 150 GHz, achieving speeds thousands of times faster than typical 5G networks in the UK.
How did they break the record?
As the original news indicates, this solution combines advanced electronics in the range of 5-50 GHz with photonic technology, an option that uses light to generate radio waves in the aforementioned range of 50-150 GHz. Thanks to this, they achieved a total bandwidth capacity more than five times greater than previous wireless transmission records, reaching 145 GHz. To give an idea of what this means, transferring a 14 GB UltraHD quality movie only took 0.12 seconds, well below the 19 minutes required by a 100 Mbps 5G connection. Or, in the field of video games, it could download Black Myth: Wukong in just 1.1 seconds.
Currently, wireless communication systems are looking for ways to meet the demand for high-speed data access. So far, this technology has only achieved such milestones in a laboratory under ideal conditions, but the team in charge of this experiment is already working on a prototype for commercial tests. Therefore, it is estimated that the proper implementation could be ready within three to five years. And thus, it would coincide with the hypothetical launch of the 6G network that should arrive by the end of this decade.
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