The Wi-Fi Alliance industry group is now certifying products that can deliver multi-gigabit speeds and improve coverage in dense networks by delivering data to multiple devices simultaneously.
The new certification program, announced today, focuses on the so-called "Wave 2" features of the 802.11ac specification. 802.11ac is a few years old, but it includes several important features that were not available at launch. One such feature is MU-MIMO (multi-user, multiple-input, and multiple-output), which we wrote a feature on in May 2014. MU-MIMO is powered by multi-user beamforming technology that lets wireless access points send data streams to at least three users simultaneously. Without MU-MIMO, routers stream to just one device at a time but switch between them very fast so that users don't notice a slowdown except when lots of devices are on the network.
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Wow, this sounds like a fast wifi connection.
Sadly, I feel multi-gigabit downloads for Wi-Fi won't be as useful for many users because many people's maximum internet speed is still under 20 Mbps download, and 1 Mbps upload.
But, this new Wi-Fi standard would be good for streaming a video file from a desktop PC or server to a tablet, smartphone, console, or another PC.
The new certification program, announced today, focuses on the so-called "Wave 2" features of the 802.11ac specification. 802.11ac is a few years old, but it includes several important features that were not available at launch. One such feature is MU-MIMO (multi-user, multiple-input, and multiple-output), which we wrote a feature on in May 2014. MU-MIMO is powered by multi-user beamforming technology that lets wireless access points send data streams to at least three users simultaneously. Without MU-MIMO, routers stream to just one device at a time but switch between them very fast so that users don't notice a slowdown except when lots of devices are on the network.
Read More
Wow, this sounds like a fast wifi connection.
Sadly, I feel multi-gigabit downloads for Wi-Fi won't be as useful for many users because many people's maximum internet speed is still under 20 Mbps download, and 1 Mbps upload.
But, this new Wi-Fi standard would be good for streaming a video file from a desktop PC or server to a tablet, smartphone, console, or another PC.
