The Wi-Fi Alliance is introducing the Wi-Fi 6E standard to ensure industry-wide common terminology that allows Wi-Fi devices to support the 6GHz band when spectrum is available, Edgar Figueroa, CEO and President of the Wi-Fi Alliance, said on Sunday.
The new 6GHz standard will be suitable for promoting the continuous growth of Wi-Fi. This frequency band is adjacent to 5GHz, has greater availability and wider channel size, and can be interfered by traditional Wi-Fi 4 or Wi-Fi 5 devices.
Analysts predict that once the regulator opens the 6GHz band, the first Wi-Fi devices using this band will include Wi-Fi 6E smartphones, such as the iPhone in 2020, and then enterprise access points.
Wi-Fi 6E will use 6GHz to provide augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) applications for consumers, businesses, and industrial environments.
Qualcomm also highly appreciates the leadership role of the Wi-Fi Alliance, saying that the 6GHz band will open a new era of high-speed, low-latency Wi-Fi 6 experience.
