Source: Tom’s Hardware,PCMag | Editor: Arif Budianto
KONTAN.CO.ID – TOKYO. Japan breaks the record for high-speed internet in the world. Internet speed in Japan is almost double the previous record, which is 319 Tb/s (Terabit per second).
Most people today crave high speed internet. With fast internet, we can access the virtual world in an instant.
Good for just that browsing, see what’s trending on social media to streaming film. With fast internet, some of these things you can do without having to wait “loading” or “buffering“.
Quote from Tom’sHardware, Research team National Institute Information & Communication Technology (NICCT) in Japan managed to break the record for high-speed internet in the world. The internet speed they managed to achieve was almost double the previous record set by the UK in 2020.
If the UK previously broke the record with an internet speed of 178 Tb/s, Japan has almost doubled, at 318 Tb/s. Imagine, what would you do with that internet speed?
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Streaming high resolution movies without buffering, main game online no need to worry about lag, or maybe download data with a size of hundreds of GB only takes an instant.
NICT scientists use cables optical fiber, a small tube that transmits information using light, which was needed to achieve the record. Of course to break this record requires a much more complex infrastructure.
The team in charge of the research used several add-ons which is only familiar to highly skilled and educated engineers in relation to lasers.
With a 3,001 Km long cable, there’s almost no drop in speed. Generally, internet speed will drop if the cable length reaches approximately 1,865 miles, as quoted from PCMag.
With some modifications, the group of scientists used 4-core optical fiber “552 PDM-16QAM, wavelength division multiplex channel.”
In addition, the scientists also used the S, C, and L band transmission for the first time. Usually the C and L bands are used for long distance transmission, but this time the S band is also used. good news, 4-core optical fiber it can work with existing equipment, making it easier and cheaper to use.
Even though records have been broken, the team at NICT is not done yet. They believe they can penetrate even higher speeds and further increase the available transmission capacity. In addition, they also have work being done “to extend the transmission range to trans-oceanic distances.”
Can you imagine in the future what high internet speed will be for?
