In the frantic race among equipment manufacturers toward ultra-high-speed broadband, Nokia achieved a major milestone last September. The Finnish firm successfully completed a data transfer at 1Tb\/s under real-world conditions.<\/p>\n
In 2016, the average download speed for French users on fiber-optic networks was 93 Mbit\/s. Connection speeds on older ADSL and mobile networks remain significantly lower. Therefore, the announcement made last September by Nokia represents a true breakthrough, considering the performance of internet networks in France as well as in the rest of Europe. The Finnish equipment manufacturer has indeed set a record throughput of 1 Tbit\/s. This achievement may seem less significant than the feat accomplished by a team from University College London in February 2016, which reached a connection speed of 1.125 Tb\/s. However, Nokia’s milestone, achieved in partnership with the Technical University of Munich and Deutsche Telekom T-Labs, will go down in the history books because it was tested under real-world conditions. In other words, this record transmission speed was measured on a fiber-optic network used by actual users and therefore subject to fluctuations. In September 2016, Nokia established a transfer rate of 1 Tb\/s, opening up new possibilities for ultra-high-speed connectivity. This technological breakthrough is naturally of interest to individual consumers, but most importantly to businesses and their ever-growing need for speed and bandwidth.<\/p>\n
The secret to this record-breaking, real-world transfer speed lies in a protocol dubbed PCS \u2013 Probabilistic Constellation Shaping \u2013 employed by Nokia. This technology has been paired with Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, or QAM. The combination of these two technologies allows data to be transmitted not across all constellation points of an optical fiber, but via the nodes with the lowest traffic load\u2014in other words, the least congested ones. This breakthrough offers incredible prospects for both individuals and businesses. Imagine, for a moment, a connection that would allow you to download every season of The Walking Dead or NCIS in a single second. If you are a business leader, consider the speed at which large file transfers would be completed. A throughput of 1 Tbit\/s will also enable ultra-high-definition intercontinental videoconferencing and all other high-bandwidth exchanges. However, Marcus Weldon, CTO of Nokia, warns that the widespread adoption of this technology is not imminent. Further extensive testing will still be required to master the PCS protocol and to fully leverage traffic demand variations across the constellation points of an optical fiber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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