A Bandwidth Breakthrough

Written By Kavim Shroff

A dash of algebra on wireless networks promises to boost bandwidth tenfold, without new infrastructure.

Academic researchers have improved wireless bandwidth by an order of magnitude—not by adding base stations, tapping more spectrum, or cranking up transmitter wattage, but by using algebra to eliminate the network-clogging task of resending dropped packets of data.

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Kavim Shroff
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