Samsung announces Wi-Fi 802.11ad for transfers 4.6Gb per second
Samsung officially announces the beginning of the development of a new standard for wireless network connections, with performance gains of about 5 times compared to current technologies. Samsung promises significant performance improvements in wireless networking standard. The South Korean consumer-electronics giant has announced the development of its technology Wi-Fi 802.11ad, operating at 60GHz and able to reach speeds of up to 4.6 gigabits per second, or about 575 MBps.
It is an amount equal to five times the current technologies for the consumer market, which is around 866 megabits per second (108 MBps). Samsung claims that the new technologies will be able to transfer a 1GB movie in less than 3 seconds but, even more interesting, you will be able to stream live uncompressed video in high definition from a portable device to a TV.
” Unlike existing technologies, Wi-Fi at 2.4 and 5 GHz, the new Samsung 802.11ad standard 60 GHz maintains maximum speed by eliminating co-channel interference, regardless of the number of devices that use the same network “, the statement of the company. Samsung opens the future of the wireless connection technologies thinking about the revolutions taking place in the field of home automation and the Internet of Things, ensuring robust performance even in the case where several devices are connected to a single router.
There have been many challenges faced by the company in the development of new technologies based on these ” millimeter wave “, Samsung has had to deal with problems related to poor ability to penetrate obstacles, in order to avoid poor performance and instability of the network under certain circumstances. The problems have been circumvented by the use of directional antenna’s wide range of action, which are supported by technologies able to optimize the flow of the waves, with checks every 333 microseconds.
As is already the case with the spectra of the 2.4 and 5GHz frequencies, the new 60GHz will not be protected by licensing and marketing will be free and expected by the end of next year. Samsung plans to launch various types of products, including audio-visual, medical and telecommunications equipment. As previously mentioned, in addition, the new Wi-Fi will be the dominant part of the strategy Samsung Smart Home, and all the initiatives related to the Internet of Things.
