Wi-Fi 6E: Meet the new turbocharged Wi-Fi

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Wi-Fi 6E will allow access to new frequencies for more stable and potentially faster networks — Photo: Reproduction/Softonic

Photo: Reproduction/Softonic

Wi-Fi 6E: Meet the new turbocharged Wi-Fi and understand how it works
New 6 GHz frequency should decongest spectrum and improve user networks



What is Wi-Fi 6E?
The new Wi-Fi is a huge leap in the greece mobile database world that we haven't seen since the 1990s. Starting next year, 2021, new routers should go beyond the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies, established in the last century. This is because the Wi-Fi Alliance, the organization that oversees this technology, has advanced so that it will soon be possible to use the 6 GHz frequency.



The use of this 6GHz frequency, however, was reserved for licensed use. In April, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the unlicensed use of the spectrum, allowing its use by any device, as long as it is used responsibly. In addition to devices that use the new standard, operators will also be able to use the 6GHz frequency to expand their 5G networks.



Source: Wi-Fi Alliance/Android Authority/Reproduction

Fonte: Wi-Fi Alliance/Android Authority/ReproduçãoFonte: Wi-Fi Alliance/Android Authority



In short: Wi-Fi 6E is the same Wi-Fi 6, but with the possibility of operating in the 6 GHz spectrum. Although the new standard makes use of the same technologies as the previous one. What we can observe is that there are significant improvements in the new Wi-Fi.

Wi-Fi 6E, which can access the 6 GHz frequency, still fits within the technical specifications of Wi-Fi 6, with a speed limit of around 9.6 Gb/s (gigabits per second) for 5 GHz – and now also for 6 GHz.

Using the 6 GHz spectrum, Wi-Fi 6E provides 1,200 MHz of additional bandwidth. This can be divided into 14 channels of 80 MHz or 7 channels of 160 MHz.

Just like Wi-Fi that uses the 5 GHz standard, the one that uses 6 GHz has less range and suffers more interference from obstacles than the 2.4 GHz one.

To use Wi-Fi 6E, the entire network infrastructure must be prepared for the new standard, both the equipment that generates the signal (router) and the receiving equipment (notebooks and smartphones).