Meanwhile most IoT cheap kit - door sensors, smart bulbs and the like- still use the crowded 2.4GHz band in the 'n' spec.
:( FC On Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 01:58 Stephen Loosley <[email protected]> wrote: > Wi-Fi 7 to get the final seal of approval early next year, new standard is > up to 4.8 times faster than Wi-Fi 6 > > By Anton Shilov published about 17 hours ago > > https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/wi-fi-7-to-get-the-final-seal-of-approval-early-next-year-delivers-48-times-faster-performance-than-wi-fi-6 > > The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced that the Wi-Fi 7 specification will be > finalized by the end of the first quarter, opening the doors to adopting > standardized hardware by businesses and enterprises. > > "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7, based on IEEE 802.11be technology, will be available > before the end of Q1 2024," the Wi-Fi Alliance states. > > "Wi-Fi 7 devices are entering the market today, and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7 will > facilitate worldwide interoperability and bring advanced Wi-Fi performance > to the next era of connected devices." > > Wi-Fi 7 is shaping up to be a big deal in wireless connections, offering > speeds up to 40 Gbit/s. This could make it a strong alternative to > traditional wired Ethernet for most people. > > It achieves these speeds using three frequency bands: 2.40 GHz, 5 GHz, and > 6 GHz, using a channel width of 320 MHz and 4096-QAM. > > Furthermore, Wi-Fi 7 builds on what Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E started, > including features like MU-MIMO and OFDMA to speed up connections. All > told, this delivers up to a 4.8X improvement over Wi-Fi 6. > > While numerous Wi-Fi 7-badged adapters for PCs and routers are on the > market today, they follow the so-called 'draft' Wi-Fi 7 specification. > > This does not make them any worse on the consumer level, and most existing > 'draft' devices will support the full standard after a firmware update. But > for enterprises residing in fully crowded office buildings, fully ratified > devices are a must because they must work over very specific frequencies. > > One of the wrinkles about the new technology is that the Wi-Fi Alliance is > positioning them for AR/VR, which means direct wireless connections, which > are hard to get in modern environments. > > "Wi-Fi 7 supports superior connectivity for emerging use cases with high > levels of interactivity and immersion," another statement by the Alliance > reads. > > "As user demand for high capacity, low latency technologies like AR/VR/XR, > cloud computing, and Industrial IoT grows across market segments, Wi-Fi 7 > devices will deliver optimized performance, even in dense environments in > the 2.4 and 5 GHz band. > > Countries with access to 6 GHz will experience the full scope of Wi-Fi 7’s > unparalleled performance." > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
