The Wi-Fi Alliance’s new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7 introduces powerful new features intended to boost Wi-Fi performance and improve connectivity across a variety of environments. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7 enables innovations that rely on high throughput, deterministic latency, and greater reliability for critical traffic. New use cases – including multi-user AR/VR/XR, immersive 3-D training, electronic gaming, hybrid work, industrial IoT, and automotive – are some of the anticipated beneficiaries of the latest Wi-Fi generation.
The Wi-Fi Alliance anticipates that Wi-Fi 7 will see rapid adoption across a broad ecosystem. Smartphones, PCs, tablets, and access points (APs) are forecast to be the earliest adopters of Wi-Fi 7, with customer premises equipment (CPE) and augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) equipment also expected to gain early market traction. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7 pushes the boundaries of today’s wireless connectivity, and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED helps ensure advanced features are deployed in a consistent way to deliver high-quality user experiences.
Advanced features include:
320 MHz channels: available in countries that make the 6 GHz band available to Wi-Fi, ultra-wide channels double today’s widest channel size to facilitate multigigabit device speeds and high throughput
Multi-Link Operation (MLO): allows devices to transmit and receive data simultaneously over multiple links for increased throughput, reduced latency, and improved reliability
4K QAM: achieves 20% higher transmission rates than 1024 QAM
512 Compressed block-ack: improves efficiency and reduces overhead
Multiple RUs to a single STA: improves flexibility for spectrum resource scheduling to enhance spectrum efficiency
Triggered Uplink Access: optimizes Wi-Fi 6 defined triggered uplink access to accommodate latency sensitive streams and satisfy QoS requirements
Emergency Preparedness Communication Services (EPCS): provides a seamless National Security & Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) service experience to users while maintaining the priority and quality of service in Wi-Fi access networks

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