It promises a huge increase in bandwidth, range and flexibility. Instead of having a carrier frequency, it relies on transmitting a set of single waves called monocycles. Yet by picking suitably fast monocycles a system can transfer multiple megabits of information. This system requires exceptionally tight timing, with circuits capable of generating and detecting intervals to 10 picosecond accuracy. A traditional transmitter needs a modulator, oscillator, phase lock loop frequency source and carefully designed amplification, none of which is required for monocycle transmission.
Receivers are also surprisingly simple, as almost no analogue signal processing is required.
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