Scientists at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have completed tests of optical switching in outer space, reports Planet Today.
Current Internet technologies perform switching by converting light signals into electrical signals, then the signals are routed and converted back into light signals to travel through a fiber optic network.
Tests of optical switching are called a new step towards the use of 6G technology in space Internet services. Chinese engineers have found a way to switch using a device that functions like a mirror.
It turned out that the switching capacity of the new device is 40 Gbit/s, which is much higher than that of current existing technologies.