Summary: <br> In this week’s episode, we talk about the future of Wi-Fi following up on the publication of the following document from the IEEE: Current Status and Directions of IEEE 802.11be, the Future Wi-Fi 7 (<a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9090146">https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9090146</a>)<br> <br> <br> <br> The authors of this document are: Evgeny Khorov, Ilya Levitsky and Ian F. Akyildiz<br> <br> <br> <br> IEEE 802.11be has been named EHT (Extremely High Throughput) by the IEEE.<br> <br> <br> <br> Here are the key features we could expect from it:<br> <br> <br> <br> * 4096 QAM* 320 MHz wide channels* MU-MIMO-16 spatial stream* Time-sensitive networking* Multi-link operation* Implicit sounding* Distributed MU-MIMO<br> <br> <br> <br> Here is the expected timeline for the development of the new amendment. First draft expected to be released in May 2021.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The first release of 802.11be may include the following features:<br> <br> <br> <br> * 320Mhz wide channel* 4K-QAM* Obvious OFDMA improvements* Multi-Link<br> <br> <br> <br> This table summarized the main innovation of 802.11be and categorize them:<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> On top of listening to this episode, we would recommend reading over the document. You will learn something new for sure!<br> <br> <br> <br> Enjoy!<br>
