Mambretti and Grossman developed a novel technique they call Photonic Data Services (PDS) to send gigabyte amounts of data at speeds more than 500 times faster than the standard protocol now used to send data over the Internet.
PDS layers and integrates four network protocols to fully utilize network capacity at maximum speeds. The application may prove especially effective for data mining, a research technique used for managing extremely large volumes of information.
"By combining these protocols, it is now possible to analyze gigabyte-size data sets anywhere in the world," said Grossman.
"PDS allows an application to create specialized, high-performance network connections on demand," said Mambretti. "For the first time these types of connections will be available to large-scale global applications."