South Korean technology giant Samsung has claimed to have been able to accelerate Wi-Fi speeds up to five times the average speed of today’s fastest data transfers.
Technological advancements
Samsung engineers have had to overcome some serious technological challenges in recent years to be able to achieve these faster data speeds.
Originally it was thought that the highest transfer limit of data was around 4.6 Gbps, theoretically speaking.
However, Samsung have shifted the data transfer signal to a higher frequency of 60GHz meaning that interference of data and high volume traffic maybe a thing of the past.
New frequency
The reason behind this is that currently existing Wi-Fi systems operate under two frequencies, one at 2.4GHz and the other at 5Ghz which will allow some data speeds to reach 1Gb per second.
Further recent development of new improved antennas have also helped Wi-Fi signals travel further meaning less data loss. This advancement in Wi-Fi technology could see data travelling at around 4.6Gbps.
Brave new world
For consumers this development is very exciting indeed. The first of the new devices to be built using the the 60GHz Wi-Fi standard are expected to be launched to the mass market within the first two quarters of 2015.
Samsung hope that the technology will also benefit and improve technologies such as medical devices, home appliances, TV’s and smartphones.
However, devices will have to catch-up with this change in Wi-Fi frequency and it may take a few years to see this technology used on a regular occurrence by main stream consumers.
