The predistortion pioneer who says Wi-Fi has outgrown DPD: QuantalRF’s Dr Ali Fard speaks out on Wi-Fi 8 and AI at the edge
Every Wi-Fi generation since Wi-Fi 4 has tightened its demands on signal quality, and the RF front end has quietly paid for it in range, power, and calibration effort. Dr Ali Fard – who worked on one of the first Wi-Fi chips with digital predistortion – now argues that the correction loop has reached its limits and that the fix belongs in the amplifier itself.
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