BROWSING: Wi-Fi Alliance

AT&T and NAB against unlicensed use of 6 GHz; Qualcomm, Wi-Fi Alliance are for opening it up In October last year the U.S. Federal Communications Commission passed a notice of proposed rulemaking that considers opening up the 6 GHz band to unlicensed use. And, as...

Wi-Fi 6 geared toward dense user environments The Wi-Fi Alliance this week introduced a new generational naming format that effectively rebrands iterations of the 802.11 standard. Wi-Fi 6 refers to the 802.11ax standard; Wi-Fi 5 designates 802.11ac; and Wi-Fi 4 equates to 802.11n. 802.11ax is supported...

Arris claims first Wi-Fi EasyMesh product For consumers, Wi-Fi dead zones can be the cause of frustration and decreased productivity. To improve coverage, facilitated internet of things (IoT) implementations and create new band and equipment interoperability opportunities, the Wi-Fi Alliance has developed a new mesh...

IEEE Wi-Fi roadmap calls for continued enhancements with ax, WiGig and ad variants of 802.11 standard While it's not the subject of the generational hype cycles that influence the cellular segment—3G to 4G to 5G—the Wi-Fi industry is steadily enhancing the capabilities of the ubiquitous...

Wi-Fi continues to evolve with IEEE 802.11ax, 802.11ad and 802.11ay standards Operators the world over are looking to commercialize multi-gigabit, low latency 5G services; it's the predominant source of hype in the telecoms world and is touted as ultimately providing ubiquitous connectivity that will deliver...

  While 5G will support unlicensed and shared spectrum, Wi-Fi has been moving in the other direction, taking on many characteristics of cellular technologies such as enhanced quality of service, security, and other features. As the lines between licensed and unlicensed spectrum blur, Wi-Fi will...

Wi-Fi installed base expected to hit 9.5 billion this year Wi-Fi Alliance will begin certifying new security features for Wi-Fi Protected Access, the WPA2 protocol that is commonly relied upon for Wi-Fi security, and next-generation WPA3 is on its way with new features that...

Wi-Fi user experience: The impact of 802.11k, r and v The ongoing evolution of Wi-Fi continues to explore higher speeds, but network manageability and Wi-Fi user experience are also becoming more important. This is partly a factor of how dependent users are on Wi-Fi, both in...

Panel: 5G in 5 years Moderator Brenda Boehm, Chief Strategy Officer at the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is joined by a panel of experts including Kevin Robinson - Vice President, Marketing, Wi-Fi Alliance; Dr Rashmi Misra, WW GM Digital Video Services, Communications and Media Solutions, HPE; Chuck...

With the majority of cellular usage having moved indoors, being able to locate a user while inside a building is becoming increasingly important for public safety or services such as indoor navigation. However, satellite-based GPS data can be difficult or impossible to access when...

Wi-Fi Alliance is launching a new certification program aimed at improving synchronization for audio, video and data outputs transmitted over Wi-Fi. The new TimeSync feature is expected to be used for audio playback through multiple wireless speakers and for multimedia wireless home theater. TimeSync...

Wi-Fi Alliance launches WiGig certification The WiGig ecosystem should get a major kick-start with the launch of the Wi-Fi Alliance's certification program for the technology, ensuring that WiGig products will be interoperable. WiGig is based on the IEEE's 802.11ad standard and operates at 60 gigahertz. It is expected...

At CTIA’s Super Mobility show, test companies tapped into top-of-mind issues including "5G," the "internet of things" and indoor coverage that have been central to industry discussions at the show this week. Rohde & Schwarz announced testing support for the low-power, wide-area network technology LoRa, aimed specifically at transmitter and...

On July 14, the FCC allocated significant new radio spectrum to help usher in the next generation of wireless technology — known as 5G — in the United States. This move opens up several bands (a total of nearly 11 gigahertz) above 24 GHz...

Qualcomm has attacked the latest draft of an industry LTE-U/Wi-Fi coexistence test plan as "fundamentally biased against LTE-U" and called on the Federal Communications Commission to ignore it. Wi-Fi Alliance held its most recent industry workshop on LTE-U coexistence testing this week, continuing to work toward...

Based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard, the key feature of Wave 2 Wi-Fi, which recently gained Wi-Fi Alliance certification, is MU-MIMO As consumers simultaneously adopt smart home solutions coupled with gigabit-speed home internet, devices featuring Wave 2 Wi-Fi technologies are purpose-built to simultaneously support multiple...

Wi-Fi Alliance is officially launching 802.11ac Wave 2 certification, supporting the growth of new features designed to increase performance and capacity in Wi-Fi. Although products with Wave 2 features have been on the market since last year, the WFA's Wi-Fi Certified program is designed to ensure interoperability...

The Wi-Fi Alliance-led test plan to ensure fair coexistence between Wi-Fi and LTE-U at five gigahertz is now expected to be delivered in September, about a month later than originally planned. "Wi-Fi Alliance hears and shares the desire of all the stakeholders, particularly in the LTE space, to...

Wi-Fi Alliance this week held the latest of its workshops on LTE-Unlicensed and Wi-Fi coexistence, and said in a statement it has "made significant progress toward the development of a test regimen that will address fair coexistence between Wi-Fi and LTE-U devices." Wi-Fi Alliance earlier...

The hottest seats in the house at the Wi-Fi Now conference last week were those of the panel members debating the impact of LTE on Wi-Fi as the cellular system moves into unlicensed spectrum at 5 GHz. Wi-Fi Alliance is hosting a workshop today...

VIENNA, Va.—The tension between Wi-Fi dreams and reality was in play at Wi-Fi Now, as speakers addressed both the rosiest views of the technology and its toughest realities – and some innovations that are bridging them. Edgar Figueroa, president and CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance,...

Unlicensed spectrum is hugely valuable, and mobile operators are increasingly eager to leverage that spectrum. They started with Wi-Fi offload, and are now moving to LTE-Unlicensed and new ways to integrate Wi-Fi in their networks (carrier Wi-Fi, LWA). The Senza Fili report, “LTE unlicensed and...

The Wi-Fi Alliance is breaking new ground with the launch of what it terms a low power Wi-Fi solution called Wi-Fi HaLow. The Alliance says the solution will utilize spectrum frequencies below 900 MHz to enable low power connectivity, which it said will nearly...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ 802.11 Standard, better known to most end users as Wi-Fi brand name, is a remarkable technology for two basic reasons. First, as it turns 25-years-old, the standard’s original use case has given way to its current role...