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Huawei launches Nearlink, a better than bluetooth competitor. The us won't benefit from it for now (newatlas.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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/

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[โ€“] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It depends on the bandwidth. And since it's digital transfer, some things can be changed, we're not talking directly about the analogic bandwidth/range ratio.

I've not read the article but the exchange protocol can be to blame

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