60GHz Uber-WiFi Proposed By New WiGig Group

judgecorp writes "A new vendor group has promised a Gigabit wireless specification by the end of this year. The Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) spec is apparently 80 percent done and, since it is aimed at high-definition TV, it has to go at more than 3Gbps. There's around 7GHz of spectrum freely available in the 60GHz band, so it's technically feasible, and with all the major Wi-Fi silicon vendors on board (as well as Microsoft, Dell, Nokia and others) WiGig looks to have the political muscle too. They should be aware of the Sibeam-led WirelessHD group, though, already in the 60GHz space, and Ultrawideband (UWB) is not dead, as there are actual, real UWB products."

Re:Scary energy levels?

[Brian Gordon]

Energy levels? Better go crawl under a rock to protect yourself from 600THz blue light.

WiGigroup?

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been to that meeting and took a picture of the WiGig steering committee. [photobucket.com] Good times.

Re:Scary energy levels?

[Burkin]

Just add a few extra layers of foil to your tinfoil hat and you'll be fine.

"80% done?"

[PolygamousRanchKid]

The Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) spec is apparently 80 percent done and, since it is aimed at . . .

. . . Duke Nukem Forever players, it will never see the light of day.

Re:60GHz is available because its almost useless

[MobyDisk]

There's a way around that. If you place another material between the transmitter and the receiver, so that there is a path with no oxygen on it, then there will be very little signal degradation. I recommend something like a thin strip of aluminum or copper, insulated with some non-conductive material (which can also act as a ground between the transmitter and receiver).

Re:60GHz is available because its almost useless

[Five Bucks!]

That's no antenna...

Re:60GHz is available because its almost useless

[drmofe]

You must be incompetent. I have a 60GHz Bridgewave unit working in my network with 100% uptime over 18 months at 100Mbps. Alignment is not easy - you are trying to get two 1 degree beamwidths lined up, so you do need to know what you are doing. In my case, the alignment is over 800m, it took 30 minutes to dial it in and once locked down, performance is flawless. Don't try operating one of these in a high rainfall environment though, the absorption will kill performance over anything but very short range.

Re:ABC?

[Anonymous Coward]

Aren't A and B the same thing?

Re:60GHz is available because its almost useless

[bugs2squash]

Indeed. I am able to line up my ~300THz link by eye. It prevents my garage door crushing people.

Re:HDMI 1.3 supports 10 Gbps I believe

[sexconker]

Believe me, I want to support 48 bpp!
I'm so sick of fucking 16777216 colors. I need more, lots more, and a display that can actually render them!