What is Wi-Fi 6?

The Wi-Fi Alliance, which is committed to developing new wireless networking standards, plans to simplify Wi-Fi naming when the latest Wi-Fi standard 802.11ax is coming soon. 802.11ax will be called Wi-Fi 6, making it easier for Wi-Fi users to understand the difference between 802.11ax, 802.11ac and 802.11n. With the introduction of Wi-Fi 6, 802.11ac will be called Wi-Fi 5, and 802.11n will be called Wi-Fi 4. In addition to faster speeds, it also provides better performance in “crowded areas”, which will be officially released in 2019.

The Wi-Fi Alliance also announced that it hopes to see these digitally-labelled Wi-Fi version numbers appear in the software, which will quickly identify which Wi-Fi network connection is faster when connecting to a smartphone, tablet or laptop.

The latest Wi-Fi 6 standard provides faster data transfer speeds. If you’re using a single-device Wi-Fi router, the maximum potential speed of Wi-Fi 6 should be about 40% faster than Wi-Fi 5.

Wi-Fi 6 increases throughput by more efficient data encoding. Mainly, more data is packed into the same radio waves, and the chips that encode and decode these signals are more powerful and can handle additional work.

Wi-Fi 6 This new standard even increases the speed of the 2.4GHz network. Although the industry has turned to 5GHz Wi-Fi to reduce interference, 2.4GHz is still a magic weapon for penetrating solid objects. And because old equipment such as old cordless phones and wireless baby monitors have been retired, the interference to 2.4GHz should not be too big.

The new “Target Wake Time” feature means that your smartphone, laptop and other Wi-Fi enabled devices can also have longer battery standby times.

When an access point communicates with a device (such as a smartphone), it can accurately “tell the device” when to put its Wi-Fi wireless to sleep and when to wake it up to receive the next transmission. This mode of operation can save Wi-Fi client power to a certain extent, and it means longer standby time when the device uses the battery.

When you have a lot of Wi-Fi-enabled devices in your area, Wi-Fi is often in trouble. Imagine busy stadiums, airports, hotels, shopping malls, and even crowded offices. Everyone is connected to Wi-Fi, and the wireless connection can be blamed.

The new Wi-Fi 6, also known as 802.11ax, uses some new technologies to help solve these problems. Intel claims that Wi-Fi 6 will increase the average speed per user by at least four times in a “crowded area” with a large number of connected devices.

These new technologies are not only suitable for public use, but they also work if you have a lot of equipment connected to Wi-Fi or live in a densely populated apartment building.