Why higher frequency allows the signal to carry more data.

[SciencePF]

Hello!

Can someone explain why a signal with a higher frequency carries more data that one with lower frequency, namely in WiFi comunications?

Thanks in advance.

 

[berkeman]

What are your thoughts on this? Read a little about different modulation schemes on wikipedia.org, and think about what factors affect how fast you can modulate a carrier wave:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulation

Does that help?

 

[DaveC426913]

Which mail service can get more mail to your house:
the one that comes once a week or the one that comes once a day?

 

[berkeman]

Which mail service can get more mail to your house:
the one that comes once a week or the one that comes once a day?

Is this some Haiku statement of Shannon's theorem?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon's_theorem