This article intends to answer the question how to achieve wireless data rates that can catch up with current Internet speed, from a basic physics point of view. It is shown that the traditional electric circuit theory and design methodology that have been used for generations are unfortunately not adequate for wireless communications in the future. Instead, disruptive approaches such as six-port modulators for processing of electromagnetic waves and optical pulses should be employed to push up the wireless data rate above 100 gigabits per second. The key variables to consider for high speed digital communications are bandwidth, modulation order and signal-to-noise ratio. In principle, it should be possible to achieve a wireless data rate at 100 Gbps within the frequency spectrum below 20 GHz.
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