Press release 01/2009

New Wireless Record: Transmission of Movie DVDs in 5 seconds. / Wireless data transmission with 10 Gigabit per second.

Dresden, 5. October 2009. At the 15th 'Industry Partner Program Event', scientists of the Vodafone Chair at Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) are presenting first results of the research project EASY-A. On Tuesday, October 06 2009, the communications experts working with Gerhard Fettweis, Vodafone Chair Professor at TU Dresden, are demonstrating for the first time an ultra-fast data transmission with a data rate of 10 Gigabits per second.

The Dresden scientists are presenting a programmable demonstrator that can measure the quality of the data transmission. The data transmission is still based on wired connections but it utilizes a concept for radio transmission at 60 GHz which has been developed at TU Dresden.

"The concept is highly energy efficient", explains Professor Fettweis. "Receiver and transmitter are operating at 1 bit resolution. It is, however, possible to wirelessly transmit a huge amount of data in very short time, e.g. 8 Gigabytes in only 6.4 seconds. The live demonstration of this concept is shown at the 15th 'IPP Event'. The transmitted signals use about 4 GHz of bandwidth and comply with the European 60 GHz standard ECMA-387".

Recently, a European regulation for the usage of frequencies at 60GHz was approved. The scientists of TU Dresden are now already able to prove their concept for wireless transmission at 10 Gigabit per second. In this way, music CDs (700 MB) can be transmitted in less than one second, or video DVDs (4.7 GB) in less than five seconds. This allows for dubbing music and/or movies from a ‘data kiosk’ to a mobile device such as a cell phone. This will eventually replace conventional data storage devices, i.e. CDs and DVDs.

Until the end of the research project EASY-A, the demonstrator will be extended with 60 GHz radio components and will serve as the first prototype for the ‘data-kiosk’ scenario with a maximum transmission range of 1 meter. To reach this goal the scientists of TU Dresden are working closely together with their project partners. Commercial devices using the demonstrated concept with 60 GHz radio components are expected to available by the year 2015.

EASY-A stands for 'Enablers for Ambient Services and Systems - Part A: 60 GHz broadband links'. The research project is funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF). It started in January 2008 and will continue through December 2010. Project partners are TU Dresden, BMW, EADS, Infineon, Siemens, and Telefunken, as well as research institutes such as the IHP Leibniz Institute for Innovations for High Performance Microelectronic Frankfurt/Oder, the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute (HHI) Berlin, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF) Freiburg, and the University of Ulm. The focus of the project is to develop systems for ultra-fast data transmission at 60 GHz. These systems are planned to be used for business communications, infotainment and medical applications.

Announcement

15th Industry Partner Program Event; Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 9:00am - 6:00pm; Technische Universität Dresden, Görges-Bau (Room 226 and Room 229), Helmholtzstr. 9, 01069 Dresden, Germany.

Chair

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Fettweis; Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems

Technical Contact

Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Krone; Research Associate; Dresden University of Technology; Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems; www.vodafone-chair.com

Fon: +49 0351 46341050; Mobil: +49 172 1020545; Fax: +49 0351 46341099;
Email: stefan.krone (at) ifn.et.tu-dresden.de

Media

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Press officer: Kim-Astrid Magister; Fon: +49 351 463-32398; Fax: +49 351 463-37165;
Email: kim-astrid.magister (at) tu-dresden.de

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Publications Publications, alphabetical order Publications 2008 Publications 2009 Publications 2010 Publications 2011 ICC 2009 PR 01/2009 Final Presentation	Press release 01/2009 New Wireless Record: Transmission of Movie DVDs in 5 seconds. / Wireless data transmission with 10 Gigabit per second. Dresden, 5. October 2009. At the 15th 'Industry Partner Program Event', scientists of the Vodafone Chair at Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) are presenting first results of the research project EASY-A. On Tuesday, October 06 2009, the communications experts working with Gerhard Fettweis, Vodafone Chair Professor at TU Dresden, are demonstrating for the first time an ultra-fast data transmission with a data rate of 10 Gigabits per second. The Dresden scientists are presenting a programmable demonstrator that can measure the quality of the data transmission. The data transmission is still based on wired connections but it utilizes a concept for radio transmission at 60 GHz which has been developed at TU Dresden. "The concept is highly energy efficient", explains Professor Fettweis. "Receiver and transmitter are operating at 1 bit resolution. It is, however, possible to wirelessly transmit a huge amount of data in very short time, e.g. 8 Gigabytes in only 6.4 seconds. The live demonstration of this concept is shown at the 15th 'IPP Event'. The transmitted signals use about 4 GHz of bandwidth and comply with the European 60 GHz standard ECMA-387". Recently, a European regulation for the usage of frequencies at 60GHz was approved. The scientists of TU Dresden are now already able to prove their concept for wireless transmission at 10 Gigabit per second. In this way, music CDs (700 MB) can be transmitted in less than one second, or video DVDs (4.7 GB) in less than five seconds. This allows for dubbing music and/or movies from a ‘data kiosk’ to a mobile device such as a cell phone. This will eventually replace conventional data storage devices, i.e. CDs and DVDs. Until the end of the research project EASY-A, the demonstrator will be extended with 60 GHz radio components and will serve as the first prototype for the ‘data-kiosk’ scenario with a maximum transmission range of 1 meter. To reach this goal the scientists of TU Dresden are working closely together with their project partners. Commercial devices using the demonstrated concept with 60 GHz radio components are expected to available by the year 2015. EASY-A stands for 'Enablers for Ambient Services and Systems - Part A: 60 GHz broadband links'. The research project is funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF). It started in January 2008 and will continue through December 2010. Project partners are TU Dresden, BMW, EADS, Infineon, Siemens, and Telefunken, as well as research institutes such as the IHP Leibniz Institute for Innovations for High Performance Microelectronic Frankfurt/Oder, the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute (HHI) Berlin, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF) Freiburg, and the University of Ulm. The focus of the project is to develop systems for ultra-fast data transmission at 60 GHz. These systems are planned to be used for business communications, infotainment and medical applications. Announcement 15th Industry Partner Program Event; Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 9:00am - 6:00pm; Technische Universität Dresden, Görges-Bau (Room 226 and Room 229), Helmholtzstr. 9, 01069 Dresden, Germany. Chair Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Fettweis; Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems Technical Contact Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Krone; Research Associate; Dresden University of Technology; Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems; www.vodafone-chair.com Fon: +49 0351 46341050; Mobil: +49 172 1020545; Fax: +49 0351 46341099; Email: stefan.krone (at) ifn.et.tu-dresden.de Media TU Dresden - Press office; Helmholtzstraße 10; 01069 Dresden; www.tu-dresden.de Press officer: Kim-Astrid Magister; Fon: +49 351 463-32398; Fax: +49 351 463-37165; Email: kim-astrid.magister (at) tu-dresden.de