WiFi 6 (previously 802.11ax) is the next step in the evolution of WiFi. This standard focuses on network efficiency rather than peak speed. WiFi 6, and its soon-to-arrive counterpart 6E, is all about working smarter and more efficiently to enhance WiFi performance. This latest specification provides higher capacity and better coverage, and it reduces congestion for a better user experience.
WiFi 6 is a dramatic leap forward for WiFi, especially in embedded applications. New improvements directly impact the kinds of challenges faced by embedded developers in previous versions of WiFi. We work with our customers to illuminate how these advancements apply to embedded wireless connectivity and create significant value in medical, industrial and logistics markets.
It's not just greater data rates: WiFi 6 and 6E make a significantly more efficient network that makes better use of available spectrum, with greater focus on operational power usage and better infrastructure deployment. The efficiency improvements have come from a broad set of new features, including:
Introducing the first of the Sona™ Wi-Fi 6/6E product line from Laird Connectivity, the IF573, based upon Infineon’s leading AIROC™ CYW55573 chipset. A truly robust industrial IoT module: one that’s rugged, small, globally certified, has reliable connectivity, and is easy to integrate.
Our upcoming Sona™ IF573 answers the call for next-gen wireless IoT. The Sona™ IF573 is purpose-built for industrial IoT connectivity with access to both PCIE and SDIO interfaces, industrial operating temp range, latest generation Wi-Fi and BT combined with both pluggable card and SMT M.2 packaging.
Click below for preliminary documentation, product specifications, and more.
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The future of WiFi is on the way. WiFi 6 and 6E represent huge leaps forward in throughput, sharing of spectrum, and more, and represent groundbreaking new opportunities in applications great and small. Follow our series of videos and blog posts to learn how these new features change what's possible, specifically in embedded device markets.
We'll cover topics like higher throughput, increased device density, low latency, lower power, 6 GHz spectrum, and characteristics of WiFi 6E devices.
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WiFi 6/6E is a gamechanger for hospitals, enabling WiFi to continue serving as the backbone of hospital connectivity as device density increases and new devices put greater demands on networks.
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The Wi-Fi Alliance has launched two new versions of Wi-Fi that deliver significant advancements in performance, efficiency, latency, and other key areas. Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E represent major leaps...
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The focus of the presentation will be around the features introduced to the connectivity space by Wi-Fi 6 and how they can be leveraged in the embedded electronics space. Wi-Fi 6 has been promoted...
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The available spectrum in Wi-Fi 6 is over twice as much as was available in the entirety of the 2.4 and 5 GHz range.
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Wi-Fi 6 brings new and unique characteristics in its available hardware, requiring designers to be aware of the new landscape to design in new Wi-Fi offerings.
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This blog post is the first in a series of articles we’ll be presenting over the course of 2022 about WiFi 6 (and 6E) – the current and future top-of-the-line WiFi standards championed by the...
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This blog post is the second in a series of articles we’ll be presenting over the course of 2022 about WiFi 6 (and WiFi 6E) – the current and future top-of-the-line WiFi standards championed by...
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This blog post is the third in a series of articles we’ll be presenting over the course of 2022 about WiFi 6 (and 6E) – the current and future top-of-the-line WiFi standards championed by the...
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This blog post is the fourth in a series of articles we’ll be presenting over the course of 2022 about WiFi 6 (and 6E) – the current and future top-of-the-line WiFi standards championed by the...
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This blog post is the fifth in a series of articles we’ll be presenting over the course of 2022 about WiFi 6 (and 6E) – the current and future top-of-the-line WiFi standards championed by the...
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In our previous webinar with Electronic Design , we discussed how to leverage WiFi 6 for the future of embedded applications. Based on that presentation, we will be running a blog post series...