A bandwidth breakthrough - using algebra

[rrh]

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429722/a-bandwidth-breakthrough/

Clever !

 

[Pada]

This will only improve the throughput on congested spectra, which pretty much accounts for all WiFi & mobile data ISP's.
In terms of household WiFi performance I highly doubt that it will make any difference.

I'm going to laugh it is something in the line of FEC (forward error correction) like you have with WiMax and LTE networks...

Thanks for the article!

 

[FrancTheTank]

Cool article, but doesn't explain how the tech actually works!

Will have to wait for it to be released to the public, or has become more mainstream.

 

[Knersus]

Cool article, but doesn't explain how the tech actually works!

Will have to wait for it to be released to the public, or has become more mainstream.

In a nutshell as I understand it:

The technology transforms the way packets of data are sent. Instead of sending packets, it sends algebraic equations that describe series of packets. So if a packet goes missing, instead of asking the network to resend it, the receiving device can solve for the missing one itself. Since the equations involved are simple and linear, the processing load on a phone, router, or base station is negligible, Medard says.

 

[koeksGHT]

Seems like more processing work..

 

[Mr.Jax]

Awesome technology!

However, the overall concept of replacing data with algorithms/equations is not new. I remember reading an article, probably 15 years ago about research into compression algorithms where they wanted to store data as algorithm(s)/equation(s).

 

[BandwidthAddict]

Please no. If algebra is necessary for fast speeds, then with Telkom we can expect a severe slowdown. 1+1= eikona it is hard.

 

[qinglung]

Not sure about the exact implementation that they used, but it will be based on the principles of linear network coding.

 

[Knersus]

Please no. If algebra is necessary for fast speeds, then with Telkom we can expect a severe slowdown. 1+1= eikona it is hard.

Agreed! We can thank the awesome new education system that allows dumb@sses to pass matric.. now those same unqualified people are filtering into the work place (in places like Telkom) and we see the result of it with the whole congested exchanges debacle....