News tagged with transmission network

Researchers boost efficiency of multi-hop wireless networks

Multi-hop wireless networks can provide data access for large and unconventional spaces, but they have long faced significant limits on the amount of data they can transmit. Now researchers from North Carolina State University ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Removing 'black sheep' could make Internet run more efficiently

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether dealing with Internet traffic or vehicle traffic, congestion can slow everything down. One team of researchers working on improving network transmission efficiency has developed a ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 16 | with audio podcast report

NEC breaks the speed barriers of microwave transmission with ultra high modulations

NEC Corporation introduced today the latest breakthrough in capacity performance of microwave radio systems used in mobile backhaul and other types of networking applications. NEC will implement 2048 Quadrature Amplitude ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NTT develops current-injection photonic-crystal laser

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation has developed an current-injection photonic-crystal laser with ultralow power consumption that can be applied to off-chip and on-chip optical data transmission for ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Jointly utilizing LTE networks

Data-intensive Internet applications on smartphones, tablets and laptops are more popular than ever before. The result: Traffic on the mobile network is increasing at a blinding speed. Intelligent technologies ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New report outlines key features of next-generation public safety communications

Creation of a next-generation public safety communications network requires leadership from a single non-profit organization devoted to this purpose, according to a report released today by a federal advisory committee. Such ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coming soon to a server near you: fewer internet delays

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UA-led Center for Integrated Access Networks, the largest optical research center in the U.S., are developing methods to improve transmission speed, efficiency and reliability ...

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

British electricity pylons to get a makeover

Electricity pylons across the British countryside may soon cease to be eyesores thanks to a government backed competition for a new design.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 4

New architecture for optical fiber networks proposed

The household demand for increased internet bandwidth has grown tremendously because of the popularity of data-intensive internet activities such as movie streaming. Conventional copper telephone lines struggle ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Nokia Siemens Networks achieves world record copper DSL speeds

Nokia Siemens Networks has successfully tested a technology that could drastically increase the data carrying capacity of standard copper wires. The company achieved data transmission speeds of 825 megabits per second (Mbps) ...

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 31, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists examine energy trends of communications equipment

A team of scientists at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs have examined the energy consumption trends of communications equipment in use today and determined that gains in energy efficiency are not keeping pace with traffic growth. ...

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How nerve cells grow: Researchers decode a molecular process that controls the growth

Brain researcher Hiroshi Kawabe has discovered the workings of a process that had been completely overlooked until now, and that allows nerve cells in the brain to grow and form complex networks. The study ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 19, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

TeliaSonera launches first commercial 4G/LTE network

Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera announced Monday the launch in Stockholm and Oslo of the world's first commercial 4G/LTE mobile network, up to 10 times faster than current networks.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Ubiquitous health: Enabling telemedicine to cut hospital visits, save money

A ubiquitous health monitoring system that automatically alerted the patient's family or physician to problematic changes in the person's vital signs could cut hospital visits and save lives, according to Japanese researchers ...

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early warning system could keep lights on

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing 'early warning systems' that could prevent power blackouts in the UK.

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0