Wireless Alliance: You may want to move some access points for Wi-Fi 6

According to a white paper released today by the Wireless Broadband Alliance, companies could reposition themselves on wireless access points and even cope with increased bandwidth demand while Wi-Fi 6 will be available on the market in the coming months.

Nevertheless, the news is mostly good for potential business users. With the many features of coexistence, power saving, and smart Wi-Fi management 6, a new technology-based network is unlikely to pose many deployment challenges.

The white paper states that deployment planning is critical for the case of using enterprise WLAN: Wi-Fi 6 can offer different optimal placement options over previous generation Wi-Fi. existing devices in the same locations.

Wi-Fi 6 also reduces interference between two different access points on the same network. Thus, architects can easily bring them closer together without unreasonably hindering their flow. However, their remoteness also becomes a more realistic option, given the wider reach of Wi-Fi 6 and the more efficient allocation of frequencies.

Implementation should be relatively simple – Wi-Fi 6 is designed to be more or less plug-and-play, no new infrastructure is needed to support it and backward compatibility with all existing Wi-Fi technologies integrated into the basic specifications.

However, the technology could increase bandwidth demand among users, which would require more capacity on the part of the customer. The white paper predicts an increase in the demand for high-speed Ethernet caused by Wi-Fi 6.

What is Wi-Fi 6?

Wi-Fi 6, formerly known as 802.11ax, is the next major release of basic Wi-Fi technology in use around the world. Its key features are significantly improved management of overloaded environments with a large number of connections, power-saving adjustments that should contribute to the battery life of various mobile devices (and IoT gadgets) and improved throughput .

The release of Wi-Fi 6 recommendations by a group of leading operators illustrates the changing relationships between licensed and unlicensed networks. While licensed mobile operators have never been exactly at odds with the unlicensed Wi-Fi world, Mutual interference has raised concerns in the past with LTE-U technology. The FCC has approved the LTE-U in 2017 and cooperation between the two camps is underway.