BROWSING: MLO

Wi-Fi 7 certification is here

Wi-Fi Alliance's official certification program for Wi-Fi 7 has begun Wi-Fi Alliance is kicking off 2024 with a shiny new certification program for Wi-Fi 7, signaling that the newest generation of Wi-Fi is ready for mass adoption. As is typical in Wi-Fi generations, there is...

Reliability over throughput — a Wi-Fi 7 update

Wi-Fi 7 introduces the concept of priority channels and the ability to schedule traffic The Wi-Fi Alliance is expected to certify the Wi-Fi 7 (or 802.11be) standard sometime around the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024. However, despite its yet-to-be-certified status, the latest...

The top testing challenges in 6 GHz Wi-Fi operation: Part 2

Wi-Fi 7 brings a host of new flexibility features; they all have to be tested A previous article discussed the challenges associated with breaking the 6 GHz barrier and with testing higher modulation in Wi-Fi 7 devices. In part 2, we will take a look...

Enabling multi-user: How Wi-Fi 7 addresses Wi-Fi 6 pitfalls

'We didn’t quite realize the magnitude of taking a well-adopted, single-user technology and making it multi-user,' says LitePoint exec Certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance in 2019 and based on the IEEE 802.11ax standard, Wi-Fi 6 is designed for high-density, multi-user environments and features uplink and...

MediaTek details how its approaching MLO in Wi-Fi 7

The new MediaTek 5G chip offers a different multi-link operation architecture than its competitors Wi-Fi 7 is about more than speed. For those in the industry, it’s becoming increasingly clear that in order for wireless technology to better address the emerging use cases, it’s...

Multi-Link Operation (MLO) is Wi-Fi 7’s marquee feature, says Broadcom

Wi-Fi 7, thanks to MLO, offers improved quality of service, increased throughput and reduced latency Wi-Fi 7 has a lot to celebrate; its support of both 320 MHz transmissions — double the 160 MHz of Wi-Fi 6 — and 4096-QAM delivers significant speed increases, while...