Less than a month ago, the Wi-Fi Alliance has announced the certification for Wi-Fi 6E, or Wi-Fi 6 Extended, which refers to the ability for Wi-Fi to leverage the 6 GHz band for unlicensed Wi-Fi operation. But, even as the industry rejoices in Wi-Fi receiving additional spectrum for the first time in 20 years, the next generation of wireless technology is already on the horizon, promising even higher data rates and lower latency.
When compared to Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 7 ( or 802.11be) will also use multi-band/multi-channel aggregation and operation and deliver higher spectrum and power efficiency, better interference mitigations, higher capacity density and higher cost efficiency.
