Speed is key with Wi-Fi Networks, and the category has certainly been moving fast and faster. First came Wi-Fi 6, a brand-new, faster version of Wi-Fi that started hitting the market in late 2019. Now, after a unanimous vote in April, the Federal Communications Commission is opening up an entirely new band of spectrum to accommodate next-gen devices designed to tap into this.
The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group that manages Wi-Fi nomenclature, branded this new spectrum, and the devices that can take advantage of it are now under a new name: Wi-Fi 6E. The first such devices are expected to begin hitting stores by the end of this year or next. One industry-funded report claims that, along with providing faster speeds and new room for growing internet traffic, the move could possibly generate more than $180 billion in US revenue over the next five years or so.
In other words, it's been a very busy couple of years for Wi-Fi -- and the arrival of Wi-Fi 6E might be the most significant development yet.
Let's talk 6GHz
Wi-Fi 6 that explains the new capabilities it brings to next-gen routers. In a nutshell, it's a faster, more efficient version of Wi-Fi that allows wireless access points like routers to better manage networks crowded with lots of users and client devices at a time. My complex metaphor for all of that was to imagine your router as a bartender and the devices on your network as the people trying to order drinks. A Wi-Fi 6 router is like a four-armed bartender capable of efficiently serving drinks to several patrons at once.
Enter Wi-Fi 6E. It isn't a new version of Wi-Fi like Wi-Fi 6, but rather a term that identifies Wi-Fi 6 devices that are equipped with the chips and radios needed to operate in that new mass of spectrum the FCC just opened up. If a Wi-Fi 6 router is a better bartender, then a Wi-Fi 6E router is a better bartender with a brand new bar, one with an exclusive client list and lots of room to work.
That new spectrum sits in the 6GHz band, a band that wasn't previously allocated for unlicensed Wi-Fi use like the 2.4 and 5GHz bands already were. So are you excited about it?
The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group that manages Wi-Fi nomenclature, branded this new spectrum, and the devices that can take advantage of it are now under a new name: Wi-Fi 6E. The first such devices are expected to begin hitting stores by the end of this year or next. One industry-funded report claims that, along with providing faster speeds and new room for growing internet traffic, the move could possibly generate more than $180 billion in US revenue over the next five years or so.
In other words, it's been a very busy couple of years for Wi-Fi -- and the arrival of Wi-Fi 6E might be the most significant development yet.
Let's talk 6GHz
Wi-Fi 6 that explains the new capabilities it brings to next-gen routers. In a nutshell, it's a faster, more efficient version of Wi-Fi that allows wireless access points like routers to better manage networks crowded with lots of users and client devices at a time. My complex metaphor for all of that was to imagine your router as a bartender and the devices on your network as the people trying to order drinks. A Wi-Fi 6 router is like a four-armed bartender capable of efficiently serving drinks to several patrons at once.
Enter Wi-Fi 6E. It isn't a new version of Wi-Fi like Wi-Fi 6, but rather a term that identifies Wi-Fi 6 devices that are equipped with the chips and radios needed to operate in that new mass of spectrum the FCC just opened up. If a Wi-Fi 6 router is a better bartender, then a Wi-Fi 6E router is a better bartender with a brand new bar, one with an exclusive client list and lots of room to work.
That new spectrum sits in the 6GHz band, a band that wasn't previously allocated for unlicensed Wi-Fi use like the 2.4 and 5GHz bands already were. So are you excited about it?
High-speed Wi-Fi is here. Sooner, the Wi-Fi 6E is going to make it even better..
Reviewed by Sourav Paul
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June 11, 2020
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Reviewed by Sourav Paul
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June 11, 2020
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