So they developed a workaround: use two transmitters in both pieces of hardware. Essentially, the signal is canceled out on one of the transmitters, meaning it can “hear” an incoming signal without listening to itself babble."When a radio is transmitting, its own transmission is millions, even billions of times stronger than anything else it might hear [from another radio]," Levis said. "It's like trying to hear a whisper while you yourself are shouting."
This technology holds the potential the double the performance of any radio communication; its creators are currently work to secure a patent and improve signal strength. While that means it’s not quite ready for prime time Wi-FI use just yet, we hope it makes its way into the Wi-Fi standards sooner rather than later.“The two transmit signals interfere destructively at the receive antenna to create a dead signal that the receiver can’t ‘hear’,” said Levis. “So you create this null position where the receiver can’t hear that signal and so is able to receive packets from other areas.”