New tech could put an end to overcrowded public Wi-Fi hotspots

[Wireless News]

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ShLxJUG2iaoUzhddBNJleA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/ghettowifi-e1346677095639.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/tech-could-put-end-overcrowded-public-wi-fi-191645683.html)Chipmaker Qualcomm announced on Thursday that it would support-MU-MIMO (multi user-multiple-input multiple-output) in its upcoming network equipment and mobile chipsets, according to PC World. Simply put, this means that we will hopefully soon run into fewer-overcrowded public Wi-Fi signals. Right now, public Wi-Fi signals can easily be overwhelmed with hundreds of users and can lead to an extremely slow Internet connection or none at all.-As PC World explains it, wireless access points “use short time slots to communicate with only one user at a time.” With MU-MIMO, access points will be able to communicate with multiple users at a time, potentially increasing speeds to 600 Mbps. “In our case the network can talk to three clients at a time, so



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