[1st-mile-nm] Light Radio Cubes

[Richard Lowenberg]

Radiohead: A cube, just six centimeters on a side, is a potential 
building block for smarter and higher-capacity wireless networks.

Tiny Transmitters Could Help Avert Data Throttling

http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/39857/page1/


A cluster of the devices can replace the transmitters atop a typical 
cell tower.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012
By David Talbot

Major carriers, arguing that their networks are clogged with 
smart-phone and tablet traffic, are increasingly implementing data 
throttling, the practice of targeting heavy users by slowing down 
data-transfer speeds. Now a gadget invented at Bell Labs—a programmable, 
pint-sized transmitter that requires no new traditional cell 
towers—could rapidly add capacity and thus help avoid data bottlenecks.

The gadgets are known as light radio cubes. Measuring just six 
centimeters on each side, they are miniature transmitters and receivers 
that can be programmed to work flexibly in different contexts to add 
capacity.

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