{"id":5688,"date":"2022-11-21T16:31:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T15:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T12:17:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:17:15","slug":"what-is-wi-fi-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/blog\/what-is-wi-fi-7\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Wi-Fi 7?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5688\" class=\"elementor elementor-5688\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25327bee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25327bee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fb5cc68\" data-id=\"4fb5cc68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-379268bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"379268bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5701 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-1-1024x437.jpg\" alt=\"What is Wi-Fi 7\" width=\"1024\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-1-1024x437.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-1-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-1-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-1-1000x427.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>TL;DR*:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faster speeds: about 3.6 times faster than Wi-Fi 6 on 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz<\/li>\n<li>Up to 40Gbps speeds<\/li>\n<li>Wider bandwidth, across multiple bands (MLO)<\/li>\n<li>Lower latency, even in congested environments<\/li>\n<li>Improvements to worst-case latency &amp; jitter<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>* abbreviation: too long; didn&#8217;t read:<span class=\"one-click-content css-nnyc96 e1q3nk1v1\" data-term=\"usually\" data-linkid=\"nn1ov4\"> used by the writer before a summary of lengthy text.<\/span><br><\/em><\/p>\n<p>While for most Wi-Fi 6E is the new kid on the block, <strong>Wi-Fi 7<\/strong> is already being designed, built and tested and is expected to make its big wireless debut at Mobile World Congress 2023 (with potentially the first Wi-Fi 7 phones)!<\/p>\n<p>Wireless networking is everywhere. More than ever, Wi-Fi impacts our daily lives, at home, at the office, in schools, hospitals, sports stadiums, train stations, at factories, in cars.<\/p>\n<h3>A few Wi-Fi numbers from 2021<sup style=\"color: #999999;\">1<\/sup>:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>4.2 billion devices were shipped<\/li>\n<li>18 billion devices were in use, globally<\/li>\n<li>2.2 billion Wi-Fi 6 devices were shipped<\/li>\n<li>338 million Wi-Fi 6E devices were shipped<\/li>\n<li>63% of mobile traffic was offloaded to Wi-Fi<\/li>\n<li>540+ million global public access points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wi-Fi had a projected economic value of over 3.3 trillion USD, expected to grow to 4.9 trillion USD by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>A fair conclusion: we love our wi-fi, and it\u2019s about to get even better, faster, stronger and more secure.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>1 Source: Wi-Fi Alliance\u00ae and Telecom Advisory Services for Wi-Fi Alliance\u00ae<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>A brief history of Wi-Fi<\/h2>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><b>Wi-Fi 5<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Wi-Fi 6<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Wi-Fi 6E<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Wi-Fi 7<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Launch date<\/b><\/td>\n<td>2013<\/td>\n<td>2019<\/td>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>2024 (expected)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>IEEE Standard<\/b><\/td>\n<td>802.11ac<\/td>\n<td>802.11ax<\/td>\n<td>802.11ax<\/td>\n<td>802.11be<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Max data rate<\/b><\/td>\n<td>3.5 Gbps<\/td>\n<td>9.6 Gbps<\/td>\n<td>9.6 Gbps<\/td>\n<td>46 Gbps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Bands<\/b><\/td>\n<td>5 GHz<\/td>\n<td>2.4 GHz, 5 GHz<\/td>\n<td>2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz<\/td>\n<td>2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Channel size<\/b><\/td>\n<td>20, 40, 80, 80 + 80, 160 MHz<\/td>\n<td>20, 40, 80, 80 + 80, 160 MHz<\/td>\n<td>20, 40, 80, 80 + 80, 160 MHz<\/td>\n<td>Up to 320 MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Spectrum interference mitigation<\/b><\/td>\n<td>no<\/td>\n<td>no<\/td>\n<td>Preamble puncturing (optional)<\/td>\n<td>Preamble puncturing (RU-based)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Modulation<\/b><\/td>\n<td>256-QAM OFDM<\/td>\n<td>1024-QAM OFDMA<\/td>\n<td>1024-QAM OFDMA<\/td>\n<td>4096-QAM OFDMA (with extensions)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>MIMO<\/b><\/td>\n<td>4&#215;4 MIMO DL MIMO<\/td>\n<td>8&#215;8 UL\/DL MU-MIMO<\/td>\n<td>8&#215;8 UL\/DL MU-MIMO<\/td>\n<td>16&#215;16 UL\/DL MU-MIMO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>RU<\/b><\/td>\n<td>no<\/td>\n<td>RU (single per STA)<\/td>\n<td>RU (single per STA)<\/td>\n<td>Multi-RUs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Multi-link operation<\/b><\/td>\n<td>no<\/td>\n<td>no<\/td>\n<td>no<\/td>\n<td>yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>New in Wi-Fi 7<\/h2>\n<p>Increase in speed, responsiveness and the explosion of connected devices demands high performance wireless access. Computing is shifting closer to the user, reshaping end-to-end network performance and latency requirements.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faster speeds: about 3.6 times faster than Wi-Fi 6 on 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz<\/li>\n<li>Up to 40Gbps speeds<\/li>\n<li>Wider bandwith, across multiple bands (MLO)<\/li>\n<li>Lower latency, even in congested environments<\/li>\n<li>Improvements to worst-case latency &amp; jitter<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced privacy and security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wi-Fi 7 is designed for general internet usage, live and streaming video, video conferencing, cloud applications, gaming, virtual reality and mixed reality, gaming, businesses, large buildings, factories, smart appliances and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Wi-Fi 6 set the stage with capabilities achieving single-digit millisecond latency, and with the introduction of features like multi-link and 320 MHz channels in Wi-Fi 7, latency will be reduced even more!<\/p>\n<h3>Multi-link<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5705 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-throughput-boost-1.png\" alt=\"Wi-Fi 7 throughput boost\" width=\"944\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-throughput-boost-1.png 944w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-throughput-boost-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-throughput-boost-1-768x383.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 944px) 100vw, 944px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wi-Fi 7 introduces a unified framework to manage multiple links in a way that allows an optimized use of resources across multiple links, which results in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Throughput boost<\/li>\n<li>Latency improvement<\/li>\n<li>Increased reliability<\/li>\n<li>Traffic seperation\/differentiation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Preamble puncturing<\/h3>\n<p>Significantly improves throughput in environment with interference by not transmitting power in occupied bands while still allowing wide channels to be partially used.<br>While optional and uncommon in Wi-Fi 6 &#8211; and limited to blocks of 20, 40 or 80 MHz &#8211; Wi-Fi 7 enhances this feature by allowing it at the RU-level. This allows for carving out thin slices of (interfered) spectrum.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-preamble-puncturing.png\" alt=\"Wi-fi 7 preamble puncturing\" width=\"892\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-preamble-puncturing.png 892w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-preamble-puncturing-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wi-fi-7-preamble-puncturing-768x83.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Enhanced Qos Management<\/h3>\n<p>Wi-Fi 7 will introduce a QoS management framework to enable multiple applications with requirements of low worst case latency, jitter, reliability, priority.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5728 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced_qos_wifi7-1024x490.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced_qos_wifi7-1024x490.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced_qos_wifi7-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced_qos_wifi7-768x368.png 768w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced_qos_wifi7-1536x736.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced_qos_wifi7-2048x981.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced_qos_wifi7-1000x479.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced_qos_wifi7-1200x575.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enhanced_qos_wifi7-1400x671.png 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Get ready for Wi-Fi 7!<\/h2>\n<h3>Wi-Fi 7 Training<\/h3>\n<p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-1558443d-8911-4e4d-a250-b14a96345420\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-1558443d-8911-4e4d-a250-b14a96345420\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-1558443d-8911-4e4d-a250-b14a96345420\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]><\/p>\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n<p><![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/cta\/redirect\/25508055\/1558443d-8911-4e4d-a250-b14a96345420\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-1558443d-8911-4e4d-a250-b14a96345420\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/cta\/default\/25508055\/1558443d-8911-4e4d-a250-b14a96345420.png\" alt=\"Nieuwe call-to-action\" width=\"5001\" height=\"2614\"><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js-eu1.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(25508055, '1558443d-8911-4e4d-a250-b14a96345420', {\"useNewLoader\":\"true\",\"region\":\"eu1\"}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n<p>We offer comprehensive Wi-Fi 7 training, both virtual and in-person, public or private.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/training\/wi-fi-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discover our Wi-Fi 7 training \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Test your Wi-Fi 7 devices<\/h3>\n<p>Will your Wi-Fi 7 device deliver as advertised?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/products\/byteblower-endpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wi-Fi Test Solution \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.excentis.com\/wifi-testing-house\/\">Wi-Fi Testing House \u2192<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR*: Faster speeds: about 3.6 times faster than Wi-Fi 6 on 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz Up to 40Gbps speeds Wider bandwidth, across multiple bands (MLO) Lower latency, even in congested environments Improvements to worst-case latency &amp; jitter * abbreviation: too long; didn&#8217;t read: used by the writer before a summary of lengthy text. 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