Researchers developed a new Wi-Fi system that is 3 times faster

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Researchers developed a new Wi-Fi system that is 3 times faster

Researchers have come up with a new Wi-Fi system that dramatically speeds up data transfer on congested networks.
The new system, called MegaMIMO 2.0, can transfer wireless data more than three times faster than the Wi-Fi we use today, and it also doubles the range of the signal.
Developed by a team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), MegaMIMO 2.0 could one day be implemented in the Wi-Fi routers we use at home, if device manufacturers like Cisco and Netgear end up incorporating the system into their products.
But the biggest advantages of the new technology would be seen in more crowded environments – like sporting events, convention centres, or airports – where hundreds or thousands of people are all trying to connect to the same internet signal.
As many of us have experienced, in public venues like these, the speed of the network can turn glacial, and that's a result of what those in the industry call 'spectrum crunch' – where there simply isn't enough wireless spectrum available for everybody to get their data quickly.
One of the ways of avoiding spectrum crunch is to add more wireless access points – in the form of multiple routers – for Wi-Fi users to connect their devices to. But this fix only goes so far, as each new access point creates a level of interference on the network that can also slow down data transfer.

More range and faster speeds. All good!