LS cable develops wi-fi with 2 km coverage

By Lee Youkyung
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- LS cable, South Korea's top power cable manufacturer,
said Thursday that it is set to introduce wireless-fidelity (Wi-fi) connection
with coverage more than 10 times greater than previous high-speed wireless
Internet technology.
Dubbed LS Wi-Fi Solution, the South Korean company's new equipment and technology
used a military technique called beam forming to extend the coverage of the
wireless up to two kilometers, from the previous 200-meter maximum coverage, the
cablemaker said in a statement.
Wi-Fi, a mainstream standard for high-speed wireless Internet connection, enables
users to access the Internet without cable from laptop computers or mobile phones
when they are near a base station, known as "hotspots."
LS Cable, an affiliate of LS Group that parted from the South Korea's
conglomerate LG Group, expected the wireless technology would slash installment
costs for telecommunication service providers as the LS Wi-Fi Solution required
fewer hubs for sharing wireless connections.
"In place of 10 access points, LS Wi-Fi Solution needs only one," said Kim
Dong-ki, one of the company's executives. "It would also allow telecommunication
companies to service Internet, phone, and IPTV without the need for cable."
LS Wi-Fi Solution facilitates Internet connections of up to 100 mega bps and
allows connection to the Internet in an automotive moving as fast as 80
kilometers per hour, he added.
ylee@yna.co.kr
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