By Claus Hetting, Wi-Fi NOW CEO & Chairman
We’re delighted to welcome back to Wi-Fi World Congress our Chief Trainer, Dr Srikanth Subramaniam for a deep dive into the most important topic in Wi-Fi today: Wi-Fi 7 – including of course all features of the newest Wi-Fi standard. Wi-Fi NOW Masterclasses represent the world’s finest in standards-based Wi-Fi training and our training at WWC Geneva in September will be no exception. Get you tickets here.
Whether your are an ISP, an MSP, an integrator, or any other professional working with W-Fi, you need to get up to speed immediately on the new Wi-Fi 7 standard. The next opportunity to learn all about the new technology from perhaps the world’s most knowledgable and effective trainer will be happening at the Wi-Fi World Congress Europe in Geneva, Switzerland on September 23-25.
Wi-Fi 7 represents the next big leap in Wi-Fi performance as well as new business opportunities for market differentiation and new use cases. “Wi-Fi 7 has brought with it a lot of excitement in the form of multi-link operation (MLO), preamble puncturing (PP) and a host of other features, which will be instrumental in insuring better use of spectrum and much-improved performance for advanced services,” says Dr Srikanth Subramaniam.
Dr Srikanth will not just present and discuss the standard itself, he will also share latest information on market uptake and recent real-life performance tests. “At our WWC Geneva Masterclass we will highlight the status of MLO in terms of adoption by vendors and their potential impact in different scenarios by showcasing results with real-life hardware. MLO is a key long-term initiative for better utilisation of both existing and new bands, such as of course 6 GHz,” he says.
Meanwhile preamble puncturing introduces new opportunities to drive up spectrum efficiency, reliability, and the more free use of wider (and hence faster) channels, typically in high density usage scenarios. “Interesting new use cases for preamble puncturing – meaning interference management, regulatory requirements, and more – will be highlighted along with real-life traces, which have recently been captured in the lab using actual commercial stations and APs,” Dr Srikanth says.
While Europe has not yet allocated the upper 6 GHz band to Wi-Fi, countries like the US and Canada have even enabled outdoor standard power 6 GHz Wi-Fi operations through the application of AFC technology. It is important that Europeans are also exposed to new spectrum management techniques that could be adopted by the EU in coming years. “AFC will be covered along with a scenario of how preamble puncturing in Wi-Fi 7 can be used effectively to address some of the regulatory concerns,” he says.
And while Wi-Fi 7 is expanding as preferred Wi-Fi standard across the world, work has started on the next generation of IEEE standards called as 802.11bn, which will eventually (in perhaps 3-4 years time) become Wi-Fi 8. “A sneak peek into some of the features that are being discussed for Wi-Fi 8 will be given. In addition to the mainstream extensions like Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 8, there have also been developments in Wi-Fi sensing and Wi-Fi location, which also merit attention. Overall, the Masterclass will bring the participant up to speed on the latest in Wi-Fi while giving a historical perspective of developments,” Dr Srikanth says.
Don’t miss the Wi-Fi NOW Academy Masterclass on Wi-Fi 7 and more at WWC Geneva on September 23 – get your ticket here while spaces last.
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