802.11ax, the next-generation WLAN standard, promises greater capacity and more robust data transmission than previous Wi-Fi standards. It represents the most fundamental change in Wi-Fi operation ...

Wi-Fi technology has evolved over the past 20 years, with earlier generations focusing on increasing data rates and speed. However, Wi-Fi 6, also known as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics ...

Wireless standards documents can be hundreds of pages long and fraught with technical minutiae. But the important highlights generally boil down to a short list of talking points that differentiate ...

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 ...

Members of the IEEE committee developing the new wireless LAN standard now expect the final 802.11ax release date won't arrive until mid- to late-2020. Here's what has to happen first. Many networking ...

Wireless has evolved dramatically over the last 15 years. The way that Wi-Fi is used in our everyday life today could not be envisioned at the turn of the century. The explosion of personal devices, ...

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, ...

ALLEN, TX. Anritsu has introduced an option for its Wireless Connectivity Test Set (WLAN Tester) MT8862A that supports the latest IEEE 802.11ax standard. With the new capability, the MT8862A can ...

Why it matters: Intel has released an affordable Wi-Fi 6 adapter that may eventually be used in mainstream laptops. This is a step closer towards converting from 802.11ac to 802.11ax, which offers ...

Austin, TX. NI announced today an early-access version of the WLAN Measurement Suite with support for the IEEE 802.11ax (draft 0.1) high-efficiency wireless draft standard. The WLAN Measurement Suite, ...

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 ...

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 ...