As more and more devices are being released into the market, service providers must be developed at par to meet the demands of an increasing number of users. Since millions are wirelessly connected to a network, it is only by a policy that each user has a limited bandwidth to ensure equal opportunities for all. The downside to this is that the higher the demand the smaller will the bandwidth limit be.
However, despite all network policies of reducing individual bandwidth limit, problems with speed bottlenecks are still a common sight. A study by the ARC Center for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) from the University of Sydney has made a significant breakthrough in wireless communication that could give users an optimum to their mobile usage.
Based on their study, an addition of delay lines on chips are seen to significantly improve the speed through the reduction of bandwidth bottlenecks. The special thing about these delay lines is that they are ultrafast tunable giving a faster signal distribution among users.
According to a report from Novus Light, this new delay line technology has been developed through new ways of coding Radio Frequency information with the use of unconventional optical modulations. Material factors were also considered in the development of this technology - through the use of silicon photonics. This research, particularly regarding silicon photonics, have been progressing speedily and are expected to reach the markets very soon.
A normal delay line on a chip not only takes a lot of time to reach a certain tuning temperature, it also eats up a lot of Wattage of power. The new delay line developed by the researchers are designed to reduce the time to reach the tuning temperature. This brings about not only a faster tuning return time but also a much lower power consumption.
