Wi-Fi has evolved significantly from Wi-Fi 6 to Wi-Fi 7 to meet the demands of the connected world. With its broader 6 GHz channel and capacity, Wi-Fi 7 offers faster throughput and lower latency, making it suitable for various corporate use cases. Its features, such as 320 MHz channels, 4K QAM, and High Band Simultaneous Multi-Link, improve performance and reduce delay. Wi-Fi 7 and 5G are expected to support edge virtualization, social gaming, extended reality, and Metaverse apps, driving innovation and growth across businesses and sectors. Despite their brief introductions, the three differ significantly. Multi-user features in Wi-Fi 6 increased performance in heavily congested networks. Wi-Fi 6E added additional and broader channels to the 6 GHz frequency range for faster throughput and lower latency. Wi-Fi 7, the newest generation, uses spectrum efficiently to give ultra-low latency, fast speed, and even higher capacity. Additionally, its performance benefits are not contingent on 6GHz spectrum availability. These features can serve most corporate use cases now and inspire new ones in the future. Wi-Fi 7 might be India Inc.’s next connectivity revolution.

New features, better capabilities

Wi-Fi 7 makes enormous throughput improvements possible due to its broader 6 GHz channel and capacity. The peak speeds are 40 Gbps, four times faster than Wi-Fi 6E. Wi-Fi 7 can handle XR, social cloud-based gaming, 8K video streaming, and simultaneous video conferencing and casting due to its high speeds and low latency. Wi-Fi 7’s amazing features like 320 MHz channels, 4K QAM, and High Band Simultaneous Multi-Link push the limits of Wi-Fi.

4K QAM is a sophisticated modulation method that enhances peak rates to increase Wi-Fi 7’s throughput and capacity compared to 1K QAM. The multi-link options in Wi-Fi 7 also boost performance and reduce delay. The most powerful multi-link option is High-Band Simultaneous Multi-Link, which uses two Wi-Fi radios operating simultaneously in the high bands (5 GHz + 5GHz or 6 GHz) to create one aggregated data pipe that can perform well in densely populated areas like workspaces, industrial premises, and gaming arenas. Even without 6GHz spectrum, this functionality improves speed and throughput.

Link steering lets Wi-Fi 7 clients and access points transmit on separate bands and channels. This can provide high throughput and backhaul networks for quicker, more reliable, and more secure business wireless communication. This boosts productivity, efficiency, and customer happiness.

Potential to power today and tomorrow’s corporate apps

Intelligent and valuable corporate networks are quickly going to the edge. Edge-clouds are becoming essential to enterprise-level digital transformation. Wi-Fi is often the last step in enterprise use cases, thus its low latency and bandwidth, even in dense, high-traffic environments, might make all the difference for various business-critical apps.

Companies around the world, including India, are increasingly interested in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality applications for training and simulations, hiring and remote onboarding, meetings and collaboration, designing and prototyping, maintenance and repairs, supply chain and logistics, and customer support. Wi-Fi 7 and 5G will support edge virtualization, social gaming, extended reality, Metaverse apps, and more, driving innovation and growth across businesses and sectors. Wi-Fi 6 and 6E have been widely adopted, but we think Wi-Fi 7 will fare better.

Conclusion:-

Wi-Fi has evolved significantly from Wi-Fi 6 to Wi-Fi 7 to meet the demands of the connected world for faster speeds and better service. Wi-Fi 7 offers a broader 6 GHz channel and capacity, enabling enormous throughput improvements. It can handle XR, social cloud-based gaming, 8K video streaming, and simultaneous video conferencing and casting. Wi-Fi 7’s features, such as 320 MHz channels, 4K QAM, and High Band Simultaneous Multi-Link, push the limits of Wi-Fi. These features boost performance and reduce delay, making it suitable for densely populated areas like workspaces, industrial premises, and gaming arenas.

Wi-Fi 7 and 5G will support edge virtualization, social gaming, extended reality, Metaverse apps, and more, driving innovation and growth across businesses and sectors. The evolution of Wi-Fi 6 and 6E has led to the development of Wi-Fi 7 and 5G, which are expected to fare better in the coming years.

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