What is IEEE802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)? Details of the latest wireless LAN standard understood by 5 merits
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What is IEEE802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)? Details of the latest wireless LAN standard understood by 5 merits
In promoting telework, there are many people who have improved the wireless LAN environment at home. Under these circumstances, the wireless LAN standard that should be noted is "IEEE802.11ax (also known as Wi-Fi 6)". It can be said that the goal of this new communication standard, which has many products already commercialized, is "high performance in a dense environment". In this article, I will summarize in an easy-to-understand manner the benefits that users can enjoy with IEEE802.11ax / Wi-Fi 6 and the expected use cases.
Written and composed by Takako Ouchi, composed by Shinji Matsuo
Written and composed by Takako Ouchi, composed by Shinji Matsuo
Takako Ouchi is mainly involved in planning and editing mainly technical books. She started working as a freelancer in 2013. She writes a wide range of topics, from IT-related technologies and topics to devices, toolkits, and digital fabs. She is serializing interviews related to hardware startups on makezine.jp and news columns on livedoor news. She also contributed to Code IQ MAGAZINE. Her books include "How to Make a Hackathon" (BNN Shinsha), and co-edited books "How to Make Owned Media" (BNN Shinsha) and "Introduction to Design Thinking for Engineers" (Shoeisha).
802.11 standard and Wi-Fi certification program version | ||||
Standard name | Formulation time | Frequency band | Speed (theoretical value) | Wi-Fi certification program |
IEEE802.11ax | Scheduled for 2020 | 2.4GHz / 5GHz | 1.1Gbps ~ 9.6Gbps | Wi-Fi 6 |
IEEE802.11ac | December 2013 | 5GHz | 433Mbps-6.93Gbps | Wi-Fi 5 |
IEEE802.11n | September 2009 | 2.4GHz / 5GHz | 65Mbps-600Mbps | Wi-Fi 4 |
IEEE802.11g | June 2003 | 2.4GHz | 54Mbps | |
IEEE802.11a | October 1999 | 5GHz | 54Mbps | |
IEEE802.11b | October 1999 | 2.4GHz | 11Mbps | |
IEEE 802.11 | June 1997 | 2.4GHz | 2Mbps |