An EU-funded research project has created a system for higher broadband speeds that could be able to connect to many different devices in the home.
Researchers on the HOME Gigabit Access (OMEGA) project have managed to develop a network using a combination of power cables, radio signals and LED lighting.
At the moment, Wi-Fi is the home networking solution that is used all over the world, however, scientists have been coming up with new ways to deal with increasing demand.
It is hoped that this latest research could lead to families being able to stream multiple movies all at the same time in the house, without the problem of buffering.
The OMEGA project is run by researchers from companies, universities and research institutions in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Slovenia and the UK. The EU has provided €12.41 million (£10.7 million) of a total budget of €19.13 million.
Using visible and infrared light - similar to that seen in traditional TV remotes - the researchers found they could transmit data with speeds of up to 280 Mbps over a distance of just ten metres.
They then found that the data could be transferred between multiple devices, creating a network.
In a world first, the project team managed to send data using LED ceiling light fittings, which are becoming increasingly common in many homes as a result of the energy efficiency of the illuminations.
Combining this technology with radio transmission could result in much higher broadband speeds for consumers in the coming years.
The project was 65 per cent funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development.
Last month, it was revealed that a number of UK universities had been working on an innovative technology using LED lights, that could see them become more effective than Wi-Fi.
The researchers managed to use this to encourage the transmission of internet communications using visible light, rather than the radio waves and microwaves that are currently used.
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