Imagine downloading an entire DVD of Beaches on to your cellphone in 5 seconds! Or downloading the entire nine seasons of X files in a minute!

Sounds impossible? Possible, says a research group from the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) at Georgia Tech in their recently released study demonstrating high-speed wireless data transfers at a staggering 15Gbps at a one meter range. The system is still in its infancy, as data rates drop off steeply with just a little added distance (10Gbps at two meters, 5Gbps at five meters), but the possibilities for speeds of this sort are promising.

Although human skin poses a problem for the ultra-high frequency 60GHz band used for transmission, engineers are attempting to counter it. The standard, which will be called 802.15.3C, will probably be used for Personal Access Networks, like content kiosks, where all data is swapped in direct line-of-sight.

Source : PCretailmag

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