Who Will Benefit From New Wireless Internet Bandwidth?

When WiFi was first launched in the 1990s (based on the growing set of IEEE 802.11 standards, for those who care about provenance), it had a small range at the 2.4 Gigahertz (GHz) radio frequency. In 1999, a more capable range at 5GHz range was added. And now 6GHz is just appearing on the market. Radio waves are sort of all the same, no matter the space between their peaks. Therefore, the differences between 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz are a matter of quantity and the trade-offs they make. We shouldn’t expect a sudden new capability just because we’re in a new frequency band. On the other hand, the quantitative differences each new band brings can open up new possibilities for the institutions employing it. I talked to Roger Sands, CEO and Co-Founder of Wyebot, about the capabilities of the new radio band and how it can benefit hospitals. We’ll start with some radio basics, then look at applications of the band to clinical institutions. The technical reasons for advantages of 6 GHz Radio waves make a trade-off: Higher-frequency waves carry more information but travel less far. The higher waves have more information because the more vibrations they make per second, the more bits you can fit into one second (thinking digitally for a moment). It’s just like you can name twice as many people if you speak the names twice as fast. Think about an auctioneer’s pitch. However, the rapid vibration of the frequencies uses up energy, so higher waves lose energy faster...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops 6 GHz Wifi Healthcare Bandwidth Healthcare Wifi Roger Sands Smart Devices Wyebot Source Type: blogs