Researchers in Japan have achieved data transmission speeds that are almost 100,000 times faster than 5G. The Network Research Institute at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) achieved the world record by completing data transmission at a speed of 1.02 petabit (PB) per second. It is equivalent to approx 125,000 Gigabytes (GB) per second.
NICT demonstrated the first-ever data transmission of 1.02 petabit (PB) per second using optic fibers compatible with conventional cable infrastructure. The optic fibers were 0.125mm in diameter. The system allowed 1.02 PB per second to be transmitted over 51.7km, NICT said in a press release.
The previous record also belonged to NICT with 1 petabit per second which was achieved in 2020.
“A major step towards the realization of ultra-high-throughput optical links… compatible with existing cabling technologies for near-term adoption”, said NICT.
According to the reports, the transmission speed would support the broadcasting of 10 million separate 8K videos simultaneously.
NICT’s statement
“These fibers can multiply the transmission capacity but are still compatible with existing manufacturing processes and have emerged as a likely candidate for near-term commercial adoption of these transformative communications technology,” NICT said in their official statement.
“Demand for enhanced data transmission capacity has inspired both investigations of new spectral transmission windows and advanced optical fibers exploiting parallelization in the spatial domain.”
“In recent years, advanced fibers with the same cladding diameter as standard single-mode optical fibers but able to support multiple propagation paths have been proposed”- NICT
