178 terabits per second: Imagine being able to download your entire Netflix library in less than a second.
We won't see such connections on the market anytime soon, but it's a record for the fastest speed Internet in global level. That is 178.000.000 megabits per second or 178 terabits per second, or 22.25 Terabytes.
The fastest speed available to consumers is today 10Gbps In Japan. Even the connection developed by the United States Energy Science Network reaches 400Gbps.
KDDI Research engineers from University College London have developed new technologies to pass more data through the existing fiber optic installation. The largest size from the current infrastructure reached 4,5THz, while some new technologies increased it to 9THz. This new system that we mention above the raises at 16,8THz.
The wider bandwidth is a result of the new Geometric Shaping (GS). In order to fit more information without interference, these signal combination patterns change the brightness, phase and polarization of the wavelengths. The hybrid system is the result of different combinations of existing amplification technologies.
The facility uses the existing fiber optic setup, and incorporating this new technology would be relatively easier and cheaper compared to other experimental research in this area. Only the upgrade of the amplifiers, there would be no need to replace the cables.
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For us ordinary users who may find such speed useful?
we do not need such speeds at least at the moment, but in the future no one knows in what resolution we will be able to watch streaming