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Re:Infrared may no longer be a punchline, as IEEE approves 9... by PartiallyTyped on Sunday July 16, 2023 @01:19PM (#36749367)
Does anyone even need 9.6Gbps wireless?
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Re:Infrared may no longer be a punchline, as IEEE approves 9... by supertrope on Sunday July 16, 2023 @01:28PM (#36749469)
Wireless laptop dock is one application. A 1080p monitor signal is 3.2 Gbps. Dual monitors is 6.4 Gbps. One "4K" display is 12.5 Gbps.

Wireless is notorious for quoting numbers that include protocol overhead and assume a near zero noise and congestion environment. The typical layer 7 throughput of 802.11 is about half of the link rate. Of course it goes down from there without line of sight in the same room.

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Re:Infrared may no longer be a punchline, as IEEE approves 9... by sedatk on Sunday July 16, 2023 @02:49PM (#36750240)
640Mbps ought to be enough for everyone.
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Re:Infrared may no longer be a punchline, as IEEE approves 9... by dvngnt_ on Sunday July 16, 2023 @04:07PM (#36750914)
wirelessly streaming vr
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Re:Infrared may no longer be a punchline, as IEEE approves 9... by PartiallyTyped on Monday July 17, 2023 @07:22AM (#36756630)
It seems that VR is the only reasonable application.
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