Road to Wi-Fi 7

Get Ready for Wi-Fi 7 with WBA

WBA is leading the charge with our Wi-Fi 7 program, and we invite you to join us.

Wi-Fi 6E has been a focus for the WBA, and we are moving ahead with Wi-Fi 7 to address industry needs as Wi-Fi and 5G standards evolve. Wi-Fi 7 promises to tackle congestion, increase network densification, support more connected devices and enable new use cases.

Wi-Fi 7 Trials Program

WBA’s Wi-Fi 7 Industry Trials Program offers a platform for mobile device and AP vendors, operators, and service providers to collectively test Wi-Fi 7 capabilities in key deployment scenarios.

Join WBA’s Wi-Fi 7 program and gain invaluable hands-on, real-world insights into deploying Wi-Fi 7 across operator, residential, and enterprise networks.

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The team, in collaboration with WBA and its members, is exploring how Wi-Fi 7, the next generation of Wi-Fi, can address key Industry 4.0 use-cases.
This includes connecting machines, materials, people, processes, products, and services to improve visibility, understanding, quality, and efficiency, ultimately creating greater value for manufacturers and customers. Wi-Fi 7’s capabilities strongly align with 5G, and where applicable, converged solutions for applications can be applied.

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How is WBA driving the benefits of Wi-Fi 7 for the wider industry?

WBA is actively involved in promoting the benefits of Wi-Fi 7 through its Wi-Fi 7 programs. We developed the Wi-Fi 6 Deployment Guidelines, which outline various vertical use cases and provide guidance on best practice deployment. WBA also provides a platform for end-to-end Wi-Fi 6E trials based on a comprehensive test plan.

These Wi-Fi 6E for Industrial IoT trials are initiated across multiple verticals, including manufacturing (IoT Industry 4.0), enterprises, transportation hubs, stadiums, universities, campuses, residential areas (SFU/MDU), cities, rural areas, and public venues.

As part of our efforts to prepare for the upcoming Wi-Fi 7 era, we invite you to participate in WBA’s Wi-Fi 7 programs.

To learn more and get ready for Wi-Fi 7, download the “Get Ready for Wi-Fi 7” report here.

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Here are just some of Wi-Fi 7 & Wi-Fi 6’s benefits:

Better Range

Wi-Fi 7 is doubling the capacity bandwidth and tripling the speed of Wi-Fi 6 to support more devices concurrently, ending the frustration of slow internet speeds when others are using the network

More Devices

Wi-Fi 7 has a greater range and a stronger signal to help routers better recognzse the location of devices, minimizing “dead zones”.

Better Battery Life

Smartphones and IoT-enabled devices connected to Wi-Fi 6 will have up to 67% lower power consumption, while Wi-Fi 7 enhances energy efficiency for more efficient communication, lowering overall power usage during data transfer.

Faster Speed

Wi-Fi 6 delivers a significant improvement in speed – up to 6x faster, compared with previous Wi-Fi, while Wi-Fi 7 delivers speeds over 3X faster than Wi-Fi 6.

More Secure

Wi-Fi 6 receives a significant security upgrade, bolstering defenses against hackers trying to infiltrate your network. Meanwhile, Wi-Fi 7 maintains and strengthens support for WPA3 security protocols, offering robust authentication and encryption methods to thwart common wireless network attacks.

Participating Companies

WBA is actively collaborating with its members to conduct field trials of Wi-Fi 7 technologies in real-life networks. These trials are open to all interested industry players and provide a crucial platform for mobile device and AP vendors, operators, and service providers to collectively test Wi-Fi 7 capabilities in key deployment scenarios.

Contact the WBA team to learn more about the coming phases and become a part of this game-changing initiative.

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Participating Companies

WBA invites companies from across the ecosystem to get involved the Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 6 trials with us.

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Testimonials

Wi-Fi 6 brings enhanced performance to connected environments and is key to powering next generation use cases. Here’s what some of our participating companies and industry leaders have to say:

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Wi-Fi 6E is a much bigger step in wireless connectivity than many realize because we have now opened the 6 GHz spectrum, which will enable more devices to connect seamlessly to a network while maintaining peak performance. This is a game-changer for higher education organizations like IPV, as it will enable them to incorporate things like 8K video, augmented reality, remote guest speaker broadcasts, and more into the classroom. As student populations grow and teachers look to make learning experiences more immersive through technology, Wi-Fi 6E will be key to enabling this growth while ensuring every student has a consistent, high-performance experience.

David Coleman, Director of Wireless Networking in the Office of the CTO, Extreme Networks

We’ve been champions of Wi-Fi 6E since the very beginning and are excited to see the first of many trials using Broadcom-based access points and smartphones. Wi-Fi 6E gives people connectivity performance that’s second to none and will help transform the way students learn.

Gabriel Desjardins, Director of Marketing, Wireless Connectivity and Communications Division, Broadcom Inc.

We depend on Wi-Fi more than ever, and great connectivity is essential for everyday communication, collaboration, and entertainment, especially in an educational environment. We at Intel are delighted to have been able to participate in this WBA trial with industry partners. Together we showcased how the improved speed, latency, and capacity of Wi-Fi 6E using 6 GHz, coupled with the convenience of frictionless WBA OpenRoaming, can help transform user experiences for more people and devices in the home, in the classroom, and across campus.

Carlos Cordeiro PhD, Intel Fellow & Wireless CTO, Client Computing Group, Intel Corporation

We are very honored to collaborate on this introduction of Wi-Fi 6E and OpenRoaming. This is not just a successful trial of Wi-Fi 6E and OpenRoaming, but it is also an important step toward more rapid, widespread adoption of Wi-Fi 6E in the Wi-Fi industry. We’ve seen a glimpse of the future where Galaxy users can navigate their busy lives knowing their connection is incredibly seamless—with advanced high-speed service and reduced latency to stream video, access valuable resources, and more. Thanks to this initiative, mobile innovation has progressed one step further. Most importantly, users have benefitted from a more convenient and efficient way to interact on mobile. This is the beginning of a new precedent for wireless experiences.

JM Choi, Corporate VP and Head of Connectivity R&D Group in MX Business, Samsung Electronics

The next industrial evolution will not only depend on the ability to connect more things, but to also add greater reliability, intelligence and security. This can only be done when the world’s leading companies work together with progressive Industry 4.0 customers to explore and implement new, game-changing technologies. Cisco is proud of the work it has done with the WBA to ensure customers understand how, when and where to apply the latest innovations. It is because of advancements in wireless technology that Industrial IoT sits at the center of the forthcoming industrial revolution.

Matt MacPherson, CTO, Cisco Wireless

Deutsche Telekom’s industrial partners are demanding ubiquitous high performance wireless connectivity to take their production processes to the next level. Converged Access combining 5G cellular and Wi-Fi6/6E Networks will play a vital role to deliver comprehensively on their application and process demands in the near future.

Ahmed Hafez, VP of Network Convergence at Deutsche Telekom

The industrial IoT market is experiencing a major transformation, and Wi-Fi is an essential ingredient enabling this transition. Applications like Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) and Remote Human Management Interface (HMI) industrial devices require the mobility, functional safety, high reliability, low latency, robust security and determinism that Wi-Fi 6/6E can deliver particularly when combined with TSN (time sensitive networking) solutions. Intel is pleased to be leading this Wi-Fi technology evolution, and applauds the work that the WBA is doing in this space.

Eric McLaughlin, VP, Client Computing Group & GM, Wireless Solutions Group, Intel Corporation

Wi-Fi 6 is a gamechanger for dense and congested environments, helping operators like Boingo facilitate a more seamless connected experience in large venues that include airports and stadiums,” said Dr. Derek Peterson, chief technology officer, Boingo. “Higher data rates, better spectrum usage and increased network capacity are among the standout features of Wi-Fi 6 and we’re excited to see the technology’s certification program take off.

Derek Peterson, CTO, Boingo

Wi-Fi 6 not only offers a rich set of new features, it also shifts airtime management control to the access point to dramatically improve wireless spectrum efficiency and performance in high density areas. Following the WBA Wi-Fi 6 Deployment Guidelines will ensure that users at work, in public hotspots and at home can take full advantage of their new Wi-Fi 6 capabilities. Intel remains committed to advancing Wi-Fi innovation by helping the industry extend the benefits of Wi-Fi 6 in a breadth of PCs, and home and enterprise networks, to enable great connected experiences.

Dr. Necati Canpolat, Intel Sr. Staff and Director of the WBA Board

Wi-Fi 6 brings consumers and businesses alike exactly what they are looking for – faster, more responsive, and more reliable connectivity. As we join the ecosystem to deliver Wi-Fi 6 technology optimized for new user experiences, it will continue to open up new possibilities for immersive experiences and wireless transformations in the home and workplace.

Intel Corporation

Wi-Fi 6 brings enhanced performance to connected environments and will be key for powering next generation use cases, It supports key 5G requirements and facilitates a seamless wireless experience with fast speeds, low latency and scalability. We’re reimagining what’s possible with Wi-Fi 6 and Boingo is excited to be front and center to this next connected frontier

Kishore Raja, Vice President, Commercial Technology Solutions, Federated Wireless

Technologies like Wi-Fi 6 and PasspointTM are steering unlicensed networks into the 5G era, meeting high performance expectations across speed, latency, reliability, security and traffic management. To realize digital transformations for both people and things, we’ll need Wi-Fi and its ability to carry the bulk of data traffic with unparalleled efficiencies.

Dr. Derek Peterson, CTO at Boingo Wireless

Enterprises (hotels, travel hubs, retail and others) can use Wi-Fi 6 to build carrier-grade infrastructure that will complement 5G. Deploying Wi-Fi 6 alongside Hotspot 2.0 /NGH allows venue owners to control their entire user experience. This next generation of Wi-Fi will also allow these venues to negotiate mobile data offload access to their infrastructure on equal terms with cellular operators.

GlobalReach Technology Inc.

Wi-Fi 6 is a generational upgrade in connectivity technology that results in higher wireless capacity, faster speeds, more range and longer battery life. Consumers, Service Providers, and Enterprises are rapidly adopting Wi-Fi 6 as it delivers clear benefits such as high wireless capacity along with the lowest cost and energy per bit.

Broadcom

The WBA plays a very important part in Smith Micro’s strategy in the ecosystem. The Wireless Global Congress is the best place for independent vendors to collaborate with wireless and cable service providers, while at the same time helping to influence policy and quality of service

Mr. Vipin Tyagi, Executive Director, C-DOT, India

Investment is driven by market opportunities, Wi-Fi-cellular aggregation, customer retention and new business opportunities such as loT. SK Telecom has been engaging Wi-Fi 6 services that can provide reliable predictable services to customers anytime/anywhere and delivering new capabilities and business model.

Ph. D. Youngseok Oh, Manager, SK Telecom

Wi-Fi 6 deployment guidelines is are very necessary because Wi-Fi 6 as technology brings many new features and supports diverse use cases which was were not possible with earlier Wi-Fi Technology. So this paper is ideal for any engineer requiring a well-documented guidelines which helps them deploy the network efficiently in least time possible.

C-DOT

WiFi 6 will help us meet the demands of tomorrow’s connectivity, with increased speed delivered to numerous devices simultaneously. Offering lower latency, better range, higher capacity and improved battery life for devices, WiFi 6 ushers in the next generation of the world’s predominant wireless networking technology. We believe that WiFi 6 will open a vast number of new applications and possibilities for our business.

Cole Reinwand, Comcast

WiFi-6 has already taken a center stage in serving public hot-spots like coffee shops and sports arenas as well as residential customers, where high data rate and efficient access control among users are strongly demanded.

Korea Telecom

Wi-Fi 6 is a game changer in unlicensed connectivity, offering consumers exactly what they are seeking – the fastest, most responsive and reliable Wi-Fi.

JR Wilson, AT&T Vice President of Tower Strategy and Roaming

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