NearLink launches, 6X faster than Bluetooth, with 1/30th the latency
newatlas.com
Huawei has launched a breakthrough short-range wireless connection tech, aiming to combine the advantages of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Faster, more efficient and with a vastly reduced delay, it's also got more than 300 companies and institutions on board.

Compared to bluetooth :

  • 60% lower power consumption
  • Six times higher data transmission speed
  • 1/30th the latency
  • 7 dB improvement anti-interference for a more stable connection
  • Twice the coverage distance, and
  • 10 times more network connections

Notice it’s not talking of compression yet, but raw connection performance.

Due to the US Huawei ban, the tech won’t arrive to the US yet. Nor maybe ever until something is done.

https://consumer.huawei.com/za/community/details/Huawei-Nearlink-launched-new-wireless-technology-far-ahead-of-Bluetooth/topicId_276306/

  • pastermil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 months ago

    So basically like a compromise between wifi & bluetooth?

    The thing is, people using bluetooth is not looking for raw performance. When they more performance, they’d go with wifi. Wifi data transfer is a thing.

    Last but not least, it’s Huawei…

    Edit: Regardless of the privacy & security stuff, Huawei is known for coming up with a bunch of empty gimmicks (see: Harmony OS).

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I’m skeptical about all the claims and 60% less power consumption. Usually to get greater range, you need to up the power consumption. I’m not a bluetooth/electromagnetic spectrum expert though, so maybe they figured something out with the modulation or something.

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      9 months ago

      There’s already different classes of BT. The common class used for most that is the 30 feet, another that’s around 5 feet, and one that’s like 200 feet.

      But all of the claims seem farfetched. The range, power, and latency? Like they suddenly came up with all new tech that decimates BT that astoundingly? All while they’re trying to BS themselves around about the tech ban not harming them?