I really like the sound of this – An Australian researcher is on the road to riches after discovering a way to make broadband connections up to 100 times faster.
A clever mathematician has found a way to extract even more life out of the copper!
Its all about how you deal with cross talk which was one of the favourite subjects in my systems cabling training days. Here’s the tech speak -
“We formulate a (standard) model for how DSLs attain their data-rate, considering crosstalk interference effects. We exploit the fact that interference varies across the frequency spectrum, and that if we are clever about the way in which we allocate transmission power amongst the various frequency bands, we can manage the interference between (strongly) coupled lines. For example, one user that interferes strongly with others within a band may be “turned off” within that band to avoid damaging the other lines, consequently raising the overall network rate.” The Channel Register
Check out the news article here but don’t hold your breath.
“If it is successfully licensed to equipment vendors, Dr Papandriopoulos expects the technology to be implemented by internet providers around the world within two or three years.”
I think that our Telcos need to do some serious work on our infrastruture before then!
