Expected in 2020, one thousand times faster wifi
EINDHOVEN -

Wireless Internet that a thousand times as fast as now: it seems far away, but in 2020, it is a fact as it is situated on the Eindhoven Professor Peter Baltus. "With the development of virtual reality, 3D, becoming sharper television images and increasing files is needed. Because people are more patient, "says the professor.

The wifi at a rate of one terabit per second, which want to develop Baltus and his team at the Technical University of Eindhoven, was not chosen by chance. Like computer chips, wireless networks are so far faster in a fairly predictable rate: on average by a factor of one thousand per decade. "It's been forty years like that."

To keep up the dizzying pace, but Major efforts are needed. "The biggest challenge is that more and more, faster devices are connected via the same channel. Which should not interfere. "The solution: wifi should have a much higher bandwidth to squeeze through all that information. In addition, wireless networks in a very narrow "beam" to broadcast, so that devices do not obstruct each other. Even if successful, are likely in the future multiple routers in one house, thinks Baltus.

Perhaps the biggest stumbling block: the new technology must be affordable for consumers. With the current state of the art, it is also already possible to transmit at a higher bandwidth. "The problem is that there a lot of power is needed," explains the professor. "In terms of costs, it must be made attractive, which is of course an important precondition."

The wifi in the near future will be developed in brand new laboratories, united in the Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven (CWTe) which Peter Baltus is the director. The center opens its doors next Monday.

Cheers John      PS. what are we doing with still putting silly cabels in the ground