Australian “100x faster broadband” researcher to move to Silicon Valley
By Ruben Francia
An Australian researcher, who discovered a way to make ADSL broadband connections up to 100 times faster, has been offered a job in Silicon Valley in the US to continue his research.
Dr John Papandriopoulos, the 29-year-old research fellow of University of Melbourne, has developed an algorithm to reduce the electromagnetic interference that slows down ADSL connections.
The Channel Register has posted Dr Papandriopoulos’s explanation of his research:
“We formulate a (standard) model for how DSLs attain their data-rate, considering crosstalk interference effects. We exploit the fact that interference varies across the frequency spectrum, and that if we are clever about the way in which we allocate transmission power amongst the various frequency bands, we can manage the interference between (strongly) coupled lines. For example, one user that interferes strongly with others within a band may be “turned off” within that band to avoid damaging the other lines, consequently raising the overall network rate.”
Dr Papandriopoulos will be joining a Silicon Valley start-up company, ASSIA, which is developing ways to optimize the performance of DSL networks. Together with him is Stanford Professor John Cioffi, who developed the computer chips inside the first DSL modem.
According to SMH, Dr Papandriopoulos is in the process of assigning the intellectual property for his invention to the university, but he stands to receive significant royalties from any licensing agreements.
If this technology is successfully commercialized, the DSL broadband speed ceiling will be closer to 100Mbps. Dr Papandriopoulos expects that with licensed vendors, the technology could be implemented by internet providers around the world within two or three years.
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November 5th, 2007
Big surprise. if the govt actually noticed we could probably have used techniques that he would suggest to continue to provide benefit from our current copper wire rather then use their billion dollar fibre rollout plans.
Ohwell.
November 13th, 2007
“One hundred times faster” seems to have morphed into “up to five times faster” … or have I failed to notice the emporer’s new clothes?
November 15th, 2007
Will someone please tell me where DSL is running @ 20mbps? What are the requirements for the line to support that speed? I’m being somewhat sarcastic, the whole of the industry is all about gouging the most $ it can out of consumers, and I’m talking about the USofA exclusively. Why is Dr. Papandriopoulos taking a job in the US? Because he is greedy, or stupid. He and his “talent” will be lost in the quagmire that is Silicon Valley.
November 19th, 2007
Wow!
That’s a great achievement Mr. John. Keep it up.
I want the 100mbps service NOW. How about a demo in my house..you’re always welcome;-)
Thanks.
November 19th, 2007
Think of the possibilities. Download whole album in 1 minute. TV over your phone line. 3D virtual worlds. Bye bye Cable.
Rollme – Where would you take a job it you invented it – the salvation army – come on.
November 19th, 2007
Think of the possibilities. Download whole album in 1 minute. TV over your phone line. 3D virtual worlds. Bye bye Cable.
Rollme – Where would you take a job it you invented it – the salvation army – come on.
April 9th, 2008
That sounds excellent, maybe too good to be true….but I hope it is true because fibre rollout is no where near reaching many people for many years….if ever…especially if you live in remote areas…and so why should those people in remote locations loose out?
Good luck Dr John Papandriopoulos I hope the claims are true and thus you will deserve a large royalty income for you and your family years to come.
Meanwhile….if you we want to go faster then we can all get about 5 X faster Broadband if we install and run Versis Full Speed software;… it actually does work and gets the best out of all current Broadband services.
You can get it from http://www.getfullspeed.com
Colin