Scientists in London claim to have achieved the world’s fastest-ever internet speed which is reportedly rapid enough to download the entire Netflix library in a split second.
The team at University College London (UCL) used amplifiers to enhance the way light carries digital data through fiber-optic broadband to achieve a record 178 terabits per second which are approximately three million times faster than the average UK home connection.
Dr Lidia Galdino, lecturer in electrical engineering and also a Royal Academy of Engineering research fellow has led the research team at a lab in Bloomsbury.
Dr Galdino says that such “ultra-broadband” will be able to support the next generation of internet, while also back mobile 5G networks used by data-draining applications such as driverless cars and smart cities infrastructure.
The new record was achieved by transmitting data in a greater range of colours than is typically used in optical fibre in order to increase the bandwidth.
Further, Dr Galdino did a speed test by sending computer-generated bits in a 25-mile fibre optic loop around a Bloomsbury lab.
The massive speed increases were made possible by building customised amplifiers to boost signal power, which would be needed at least every 25 miles if deployed commercially, reports The Standard.
It meant her super-speeds - the equivalent of 178 million megabits per second - were about 2.8 million times faster than the Ofcom-rated average 64mbps British home broadband connection.
“I managed to achieve the highest bandwidth that has ever transmitted through the internet,” Dr Galdino told the Standard.
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The team at University College London (UCL) used amplifiers to enhance the way light carries digital data through fiber-optic broadband to achieve a record 178 terabits per second which are approximately three million times faster than the average UK home connection.
Dr Lidia Galdino, lecturer in electrical engineering and also a Royal Academy of Engineering research fellow has led the research team at a lab in Bloomsbury.
Dr Galdino says that such “ultra-broadband” will be able to support the next generation of internet, while also back mobile 5G networks used by data-draining applications such as driverless cars and smart cities infrastructure.
The new record was achieved by transmitting data in a greater range of colours than is typically used in optical fibre in order to increase the bandwidth.
Further, Dr Galdino did a speed test by sending computer-generated bits in a 25-mile fibre optic loop around a Bloomsbury lab.
The massive speed increases were made possible by building customised amplifiers to boost signal power, which would be needed at least every 25 miles if deployed commercially, reports The Standard.
It meant her super-speeds - the equivalent of 178 million megabits per second - were about 2.8 million times faster than the Ofcom-rated average 64mbps British home broadband connection.
“I managed to achieve the highest bandwidth that has ever transmitted through the internet,” Dr Galdino told the Standard.
London scientists achieve fastest ever internet speed | The Express Tribune
Ultra-broadband will be able to support next generation of internet and back mobile 5G networks
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