Next-Gen Wireless Networking

The Next generation of wireless networking is here: 802.11ax

The 21-year-old IEEE 802.11 wireless network family of standards, more widely known as 'wi-fi', has a new member: 802.11ax. In its two decades, wi-fi has gone from a curiosity to a major social force, having brought easy, fast, cheap internet access to home, office and public spaces.

Each new version of the standard has primarily promoted itself on faster speeds, and 802.11ax does promise up to 30 percent faster top speeds over its forebear 802.11ac. But that's not its major selling point. Instead, 802.11ax uses a suite of new and extended technologies to solve some of wi-fi's more enduring problems, including client density and latency. With four times as much data deliverable simultaneously to multiple clients and latency cut by 75 percent, the user experience of 802.11ax should be much improved. It also retains full backwards compatibility with older standards -- an essential feature, but one that comes at a cost.

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