Symposium on Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Symposium 2014, a representative of Ericsson Research made a presentation during which announced the creation of a miniature semiconductor transceiver, which became the basis for the installation of data transmission through the air at speeds up to 40 Gbit / s. This is about 40 times faster than can be achieved in today's most advanced hardware configuration for networks LTE. The equipment has a range 141,5-148 GHz. This range is reserved for committee FCC mobile, so that a special permit for the demonstration is not required. The following year, the developers promise to bring the installation up to the mind and field tests to demonstrate the technology.
In the first phase is planned to provide 40-gigabit transceivers cell towers for communication between base stations. In the future, this technology could be the base for client connection. While the transceiver is used in exotic materials, but the transition to the elements of Group III-V of the periodic table, which is actively experimenting semiconductor manufacturers, promise to make the development of commercially viable. Also in the laboratory set ourselves the following goal - an experiment in which one could transfer data at speeds of up to 100 Gbit / s.
In May 2013 a group of developers demonstrated wireless data transmission at a distance of one kilometer at a speed of 40 Gbit / s. Ericsson Research Group promises to do something like this until next year. In fairness it should be noted that the transmitter Millilink operated at a frequency of 240 GHz.