Millions of people around the globe are already (and will continue) making their presence online felt by streaming more movies and TV shows, play online games more incessantly, making continuous video calls and many more activities that are seriously straining the existing Wi-Fi networks.
In addition, Wi-Fi Alliance expects that remote-hybrid work scenarios, and complex connectivity systems in home, enterprise, and Internet of Things (IoT) environments will only continue to drive demand for high capacity, low latency Wi-Fi.
In fact, IDC Research estimates that nearly 18 billion Wi-Fi devices will be in use this year. Therefore, fuelled by demand for high quality Wi-Fi and more efficient, reliable connectivity in phones, tablets, and access points (AP), it is little wonder that Wi-Fi 6 standard, which officially arrived in late 2019, has today reached 50% market adoption more quickly than previous Wi-Fi generations.
After all, enhanced performance, low latency, and greater power efficiencies enable Wi-Fi 6 to satisfy diverse needs of IoT in unrivalled ways.
It is expected to gain momentum even more this year. IDC Research predicts more than 4.4 billion Wi-Fi devices will be shipped in 2022, of which 79% would be Wi-Fi 6 enabled.
And today, Wi-Fi 6E, which is the name for Wi-Fi 6 devices that operate in the 6-GHz band, is increasingly becoming much more sought after as it can extend the capacity, efficiency, coverage, and performance benefits of Wi-Fi 6 into the 6-GHz band.
Up until now, in most cases around the world, Wi-Fi operated on two bands: 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, which could no longer handle all the traffic.
In a nutshell, Wi-Fi 6E extends the capacity, efficiency, coverage, and performance benefits of Wi-Fi 6 into the 6-GHz band, delivering greater network performance and supporting more Wi-Fi users at once, even in very dense and congested environments.
Wi-Fi 6E takes the efficiency features from Wi-Fi 6 like OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple access), WPA3 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 3), and Target Wake Time and extends them to the 6 GHz band to provide more contiguous spectrum and less interference. With Wi-Fi 6E, enterprises can support new use cases that demand multi-gigabit speeds like high-definition video.
ARUBA RISES TO THE CHALLENGE
Enter Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, as it becomes the first vendor to bring enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 6E solutions to market
Aruba’s Wi-Fi 6E solution allows you to benefit from the recent allocation of unlicensed spectrum in the 6 GHz band to deliver much greater Wi-Fi capacity at higher speeds than ever before. Its APs deliver comprehensive tri-band coverage across 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands for more than double the capacity.
This means greater performance, lower latency, and faster data rates to better meet the needs of more client and IoT devices, high-bandwidth applications, and new use cases like high-definition video and AR/VR.
Aruba’s Wi-Fi 6E solution builds upon its two decades of WLAN leadership to deliver all the benefits of Wi-Fi 6E including more capacity and wider channels.
In addition, Aruba’s Wi-Fi 6E solution offers:
● Ultra tri-band filtering to minimise channel interference and coverage gaps between the 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands.
● Built-in security and role-based policy enforcement to protect a wider range of devices including IoT.
● Wi-Fi optimisations to prevent sticky clients, improve load steering, automate radio frequency (RF) management, ensure application performance levels, and facilitate cellular handoffs.
● AI for IT operations (AIOps) to improve operator efficiencies with closed-loop recommendations and peer comparisons to better surface anomalies.
● Business continuity and resiliency with dual Ethernet HPE Smart Rate ports for hitless fail over of data and power.
Aruba takes pride in helping its customers to deliver extraordinary experiences to their users and customers with AI-powered automation and service assurance, and next generation Wi-Fi optimised for today’s new edge – one that’s AI-driven, secure, and designed for mobile and IoT. It’s the best of both worlds: amazing experiences with amazing simplicity.
Aruba’s AI-powered advantage, in addition to its unique data science, is also supported by its years of domain expertise, millions of installed access points in thousands of customer installations with a large breadth of use cases.
Learn more about Aruba’s Wi-Fi 6E solutions here. You can also get Aruba’s solutions through OGX Networks Sdn Bhd, one of Aruba’s official distributors.
Source: Aruba
