Today, most customers expect constant, seamless wireless connectivity, regardless of their location – but there is a new dimension – they now want WAN Access Side performance at every location in their home over Wi-Fi. This fundamental shift in performance gear – is now also changing the home Wi-Fi architecture – where it is now longer just good enough to add a Wi-Fi repeater or even a wired 2×2 extender.
Engineering for Gbps Wi-Fi performance is what is required as we lay the foundations for 25Mbps 4K video over Wi-Fi and 150Mbps un-tethered VR – where it is not just good enough to meet the minimum but provide 4x or 5x the airtime for headroom for other concurrent services.
This is driving the need for robust backbones both wired and wireless between these satellite AP’s. This is also driving the need for S/W to manage, control and optimize these devices for a low latency roaming environment even in the home.
Attendees to this session will see
- Examples of how Service Providers are optimizing Wi-Fi in the home, today and for tomorrow’s services
- A look at the impact of managed Video services over Wi-Fi – and the introduction of VR/AR services – as we move to fully immersive 4K VR/AR
- How IoT services delivered via in-home Wi-Fi also need this robust solution and the increase in the Smart Assistant and Smart Cameras that will thrive or fail on good Wi-Fi
