WiFi 6E could reach 5G mm wave speeds, with this, WiFi 6E could reach speeds 1 to 2 GBps after the court confirmed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling.
Wi-Fi 6 or the Wi-Fi 802.11ax standard It was touted as an enhancement to the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard previous. Wi-Fi 6 is designed to operate on the existing 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. Thus, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the arrival of the 6 GHz band and adopted Wi-Fi 6E terminology to designate devices that can operate in this band.
One of the main purposes of Wi-Fi 6 is effectively increase connection speed in high traffic networks, especially in places like stadiums and other public places. It has been designed to reduce device battery consumption, making it a good choice for all environments, including smart home and Internet of Things (IoT) uses.
The Wi-Fi Alliance certification for Wi-Fi 6E is also available to ensure the interoperability of equipment operating in the 6 GHz spectrum.
"Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 comes as global momentum for Wi-Fi operation in the 6 GHz band is intensifying." The announcement was made by the organization known as the Wi-Fi Alliance on January 7, 2021.
Wi-Fi 6E is a common name in the industry for identifying devices that will offer the features and capabilities of Wi-Fi 6, extended to the 6 GHz band following regulatory approvals.
Following the decision of the US Federal Communications Commission to open 1200 MHz From the 6 GHz spectrum to Wi-Fi use, the UK, Europe, Chile, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates also made the decision to offer 6 GHz for Wi-Fi.
Countries such as Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Taiwan, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar and Jordan are also moving towards an operation of the 6 GHz band. The Wi-Fi Alliance consortium has fulfilled its promise to make the certification of the Wi-Fi 6E products will be available as soon as spectrum is available. Following this announcement,
"Wi-Fi 6E will see rapid adoption in 2021, with more than 338 million devices entering the market and nearly 20% of all shipments of Wi-Fi 6 devices supporting 6 GHz by 2022," said Phil Solis, Principal. Research Department of IDC. “This year, we expect to see new Wi-Fi 6E chipsets from various companies and a variety of new Wi-Fi 6E enabled smartphones, PCs and laptops in the first quarter of 2021, as well as TVs and virtual reality products by mid-mid-2021. XNUMX ".
"The global interoperability of Wi-Fi 6E devices is driving rapid adoption and innovation in the 6 GHz band," said Edgar Figueroa, president and CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
"Users will soon experience unprecedented Wi-Fi that dramatically improves applications and provides new use cases that will change their connection experience." WiFi 6E speeds could match mmWave 5G. However, for this to actually happen, more radio spectrum is needed so that WiFi 6E won't fill up as much as some existing channels when it becomes the new standard.
The FCC It has already granted the necessary authorization to allow manufacturers to use the 6 GHz band.
AT&T, the largest xDSL and long distance phone service provider in the United States and the second largest mobile operator, yet I file a lawsuit to overturn the decision, claiming that the use of the 6 GHz spectrum would interfere with the microwaves it uses to send data between cell phone towers.
According to one source, the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit did support an earlier April 2020 decision by the FCC to open 1200 MHz spectrum in the band. 6 GHz for unlicensed use.
Unlicensed use will allow anyone to use it "as long as they do so responsibly", which would cover uses such as the future WiFi 6E home network. Theoretically, the maximum speed of WiFi 6E should be able to reach 5 GHz.
A representative of the WiFi Alliance indicated that the new speeds should allow connections of 1 to 2 Gb / s. This is the same as currently only accessible via 5G mmWave.