New software to get rid of wireless traffic - Indian Express

PTI : Washington, Mon Apr 15 2013, 20:05 hrs Scientists are developing a new software that will allow wireless devices to 'talk' to each other and exchange simple stop and warning messages so their communications collide less often. The popularity of wireless devices - from WiFi laptops to Bluetooth headsets - is increasingly clogging the airwaves, resulting in dropped calls, wasted bandwidth and botched connections. The new software being developed at the University of Michigan aims to control the traffic and dramatically reduce interference. The software, GapSense, lets these devices that can't normally talk to one another exchange simple stop and warning messages so their communications collide less often. GapSense creates a common language of energy pulses and gaps. The length of the gaps conveys the stop or warning message. Devices could send them at the start of a communication, or in between information packets to let other gadgets in the vicinity know about their plans. "All these devices are supposed to perform their designated functions but they're using the same highway and fighting for space," said Kang Shin, the Kevin and Nancy O'Connor Professor of Computer Science at U-M. "Since they don't have a direct means of communicating with each other because they use different protocols, we thought, 'How can we coordinate them so that each can perform their functions while minimising interference with the others?'" Shin said in a statement. The researchers tested GapSense and found that it could reduce interference by more than 88 per cent on some networks with diverse devices. At moderate WiFi traffic, the researchers detected around 40 per cent collision rate between wider – and narrower-bandwidth devices and GapSense reduced it to virtually zero. GapSense could also reduce energy consumption of WiFi devices by 44 per cent. It would accomplish this by allowing the WiFi receiver to operate at low clock rates. ... contd. ALSO READ Hawc telescope snaps its first image Cellular alchemy: Skin cells directly turned into brain cells 'Solar shirt' to cool summer heat Scientists find Antarctic ice is melting faster Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEUA_IgI_toF5FzWR4aYQXc00t5_w&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/new-software-to-get-rid-of-wireless-traffic/1102818/

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