Wi-Fi 6E: Extend High Efficiency into a New Frequency

January 28th, 2022

Alliance Communications distributes products from Cambium Networks in the USA and Canada. Cambium has prepared an excellent introduction to WiFi6, which is below. If you are an integrator interested in purchased Cambium Networks WiFi6 solution, please contact us.

Wi-Fi 6E opens up new opportunities in every market and addresses the demand for high-quality Wi-Fi. It does this by expanding the available spectrum up to an additional 500 MHz or 1200 MHz, by restricting use to the 802.11ax protocol and by simplifying the access mechanism with AFC.

At the same time, Wi-Fi 6E rules protect existing services that are using the 6 GHz band, thus enabling a wider range of uses for this important upper mid-band frequency.

The existing spectrum in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands are shared with legacy devices and protocols that existed from the late 1990s. Continued backward compatibility is one of the barriers that prevents Wi-Fi capacity from reaching a new orbit.

The resulting 1200 MHz is over double the bestcase scenario for wireless LAN networks in the
past 25 years.

Protect Incumbent Users of 6 GHz Band

Incumbent users generally fall into one of three categories:

  • Fixed Microwave Services
  • Mobile Services
  • Fixed Satellite Services

Each global regulatory agency is adopting rules that will allow both wireless LAN networks and incumbent users to share the same spectrum.

Each global regulatory agency is adopting rules that will allow both wireless LAN networks and incumbent users to share the same spectrum.

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