Qualcomm Hopes To Boost Wi-Fi To Gigabit Speeds With The Acquisition Of 802.11ad Developer Wilocity
WiGig Poised for Explosive Growth with Qualcomm Leading the Charge | Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. | Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
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WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso
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Sounds great, When's it gonna happen
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AC was overhyped and while it works marginally well, I'm not expecting much from this. If could get actual 1Gbps transfers (for file backups) and low latency with no ping lag or drops (for gaming purposes) I could finally cut the cord. Even with a solid AC connection now, I still stick with the cord on my laptop because AC is still too inconsistent. What wireless really needs is their own frequency. Not 2.4GHz, not 5GHz, but one that is isolated for home wireless only to reduce/eliminate the RF clutter. I'd be fine with a higher frequency sacrificing drops through walls, if line of sight could offer true 1-2Gbps performance.
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The dell dock thingy already do that, kind off.
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802.11ad is meant more for short-distance transfers. It doesn't have the range to replace 801.11ac. It's more of a Bluetooth replacement.
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Or more like a wireless USB... btw whatever happened to wireless USB?
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The wireless USB is a novel concept.
Not only you have to get bandwidth higher than bluetooth even at shorter range.
Have to figure out how to send power out from not one, but multiple devices without causing a tinfoil cap guys from going nuts.
In short, a logistical hell.
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As for WiFI in the consumer level
Even if they get their own unique frequency range, they still need to figure out what tradeoffs ie in power, interferences like overlap with known (or undisclosed ), etc ....
(Cost is a good reason too, buying the space and building the RX/TX is super expensive)
Most consumer grade electronics are not shielded well to handled against most EMI.
From I seen on the field, some frequencies at some (even at low) power could be enough to disrupt or reduce performance.
Or jam crucial wireless links (or crash SSD)
Qualcomm Hopes To Boost WiFi To Gigabi Speed
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by WhatsThePoint, Jul 3, 2014.