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State engineers have developed and simulation tested a copper wire
transmission scheme for distributing a broadband signal over local
area networks (LANS) with a lower average bit error rate than fiber
optic cable that is 10 times more expensive.
Dr. Mohsen Kavehrad, the W. L. Weiss professor of electrical
engineering and director of the Center for Information and
Communications Technology Research who led the study, says, "Using
copper wire is much cheaper than fiber optic cable and, often, the
wire is already in place. Our approach can improve the capability of
existing local area networks and shows that copper is a competitor
for new installations in the niche LAN market."
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