Every Wi-Fi user appreciates a faster connection. The IEEE 802.11ax draft standard promises better range, throughput and resiliency.
Wireless standards tend to get proposed, drafted, and finally accepted at what seems like a glacial pace. It's been roughly 17 years since we began to see the first 802.11b wireless routers and ...
The 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard has been around for a few years now, long enough that it has found its way into all but the very cheapest phones and laptops. It’s going to be the mainstream standard for ...
What is 802.11ax WiFi and how does it compare to 802.11ac? Here’s all you need to know about wireless networking with 802.11ax, which will give us the home WiFi network of the future. Chances are if ...
In my last Industry Insight, I discussed how 802.11ax will provide efficient use of the RF spectrum to increase network capacity. In this article, I take a look at spatial reuse, support of 2.4GHz and ...
More and more aspects of home and work applications are moving to an online streaming model. Consequently, wireless internet technology needs to evolve to meet our increasing usage of high-definition ...
There’s excitement building around 802.11ax, and for good reason. Newly designated as Wi-Fi 6 by the Wi-Fi Alliance, the next-generation 802.11 technology will deliver a better user experience, ...
Finalized in 2013, the 802.11ac standard significantly improved upon 802.11n, increasing its theoretical maximum throughput from 600 Mbps to 1.33 Gbps. It also expanded support from 4 antennas to 8, ...
D-Link today announced two home networking devices based on the IEEE 802.11ax standard at CES Monday: the AX6000 and the AX1100 Ultra Wi-Fi routers. And here you thought 802.11ac was the latest and ...
As WLAN access point and device vendors work toward product launches at the end of 2018, we will publish a series of blogs covering all aspects of 802.11ax technology. This first one introduces the ...