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CSIRO Demonstrates Fastest Wireless Link Yet

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the sky-is-the-limit dept.

rob101 writes "The CSIRO yesterday demonstrated the world's 'fastest' wireless radio link by transmitting sixteen full quality DVD streams over a 250m link and only using a quarter of the available bandwidth. 'The CSIRO ICT Centre today announced that it has achieved over six gigabits per second over a point to point wireless connection with the highest efficiency (2.4bits/s/Hz) ever achieved for such a system.'" CSIRO hopes to double the speed of this connection in the future, pushing twelve gigabits a second.

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  1. Side benefit by quokkapox · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can pop your microwave popcorn by just holding it up between the router and the TV during the FBI warning.

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    1. Re:Side benefit by feld · · Score: 2, Funny

      try not to burn the butter this time

  2. Terminology by nacturation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, I just don't understand this DVD streaming thing. Can someone translate this into Libraries of Congress per second?

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  3. Wow, finally a technology.... by jocks · · Score: 3, Funny

    ....that will keep Windows Vista patched in real time!

  4. Only a quarter of the available bandwidth... by Xolom · · Score: 3, Funny

    why don't they try using the rest?

    1. Re:Only a quarter of the available bandwidth... by Hanners1979 · · Score: 2, Funny

      By the time they'd finished starting up the 16th DVD stream, the MPAA were hammering on the door...

  5. Pshaww.... by Quixote · · Score: 2, Funny
    Not to rain on their parade, but bear with me:
    A DVD is 4.5GB (say). So 6Gb/s means a DVD can be transferred over the distance (250m) in 6 seconds.
    In my backpack, I can put a 100 DVDs (a spindle). Assume I'm not in shape and can't carry more. I can walk the 250m in just over 4 minnutes (at a leisurely pace of 1m/s).
    So if I carry my 100 DVDs the distance, I'll cover it in 250 seconds, which works out to a speed of 14.4 Gb/s, more than double of what these boffins are getting.

    Never underestimate the bandwidth of a backpack full of DVDs....