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WiFi 7 (802.11be) Will Support Up to 40 Gbps Links, "Real-Time Applications"

posted by janrinok on Friday January 21 2022, @04:48AM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

WiFi 7 (802.11be) will support up to 40 Gbps links, real-time applications

I still don't own a WiFi 6 router, but MediaTek has already started to demonstrate WiFi 7 (802.11be) to customers with solutions based on upcoming Filogic 802.11be processors which deliver "super-fast speeds and low latency transmission" and provide a "true wireline/Ethernet replacement for super high-bandwidth applications".

The company goes on to explain that Wi-Fi 7 relies on the same 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz frequencies as WiFi 6/6E, but can still provide 2.4x faster speeds than Wi-Fi 6, even with the same number of antennas, since WiFi 7 can utilize 320Mhz channels and support 4K QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) technology.

There's limited information about MediaTek Filogic 802.11be WiFi 7 processors since it will take a few more years before becoming available, but we can find more details in a document entitled "Current Status and Directions of IEEE 802.11be, the Future Wi-Fi 7" from IEEE Xplore.

Also at Notebookcheck.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @11:39AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @11:39AM (#1214762)

    Better than 1Gbps is definitely optional. Only certain people in certain areas can get uplink that even has that much throughput.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @01:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 22 2022, @01:08PM (#1214772)

    Within the house, there's more use, but even then, most people don't need that kind of speed enough to be willing to pay. Those that do, just buy enterprise gear. Apart from folks working with video files that they're copying to and from a NAS, I'm not even sure what folks would be doing at home that would use that kind of bandwidth.