Replacing Fiber With 10 Gigabit/Second Wireless

Chicken_dinner writes "Engineers at Battelle have come up with a way to send data through the air at 10 Gigabits per second using point-to-point millimeter-wave technology. They used standard optical networking equipment and essentially combined two lower bandwidth signals to produce a 10Gb signal from the interference. They say the technology could replace fiber optics around large campuses or companies or even deliver high-bandwidth streaming within the home."

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point to point

[Anonymous Coward]

so KFC then when a bird flies through the beam

Why?

[kramer2718]

Why replace fiber?

Besides reducing the glycemic effect of meals and contributing to colon health, there is evidence that fiber may benefit us in other ways. It seems to help lower cholesterol and triglycerides, and also may help to prevent ulcers, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

Can wireless really do all of that?

Re:an idea someone else has probably already had

[Kijori]

Could you create a protocol that always operated at maximum bandwidth and which filled that extra bandwidth with bogus or random data to make intercepting and extracting useful information cost prohibative (money, resources, computation limits, etc)?

Yes, a proof of concept is online at http://youtube.com. Originally they used /dev/random, but that is a useful resource. Using Britney Spears clips with user comments enabled allows for truly useless noise.

Enterprice

[rsborg]

Nice freudian slip... but totally true. Adding the word Enterprise to your product, you can charge like 1000% more. That's the Enterprice.