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 ...

The next big new thing in Wi-Fi networks will boast groundbreaking technology, but it might not arrive for a couple years yet. Here’s the lowdown on 802.11ax, for now: Q: 802.11ax – what is it? Well, ...

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 ...

Look, Wi-Fi still kind of sucks. And marketing excesses aside, its worst problems all revolve around airtime distribution among multiple devices. Unlike LTE (the protocol cellular data uses), 802.11 ...

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 ...

The upcoming 802.11ax standard is going to be the next big thing for Wi-Fi. The .ax name is changing though as the Wi-Fi Alliance will get renamed towards Wi-Fi 6. They advance on that as 802.11ac and ...

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 ...

802.11ac shows us how fast the network can be. 802.11ax will show us how to maximise all the available spectrum in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz ISM and UNII bands. 802.11ax will focus on improving the ...

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, ...