Qualcomm confirms the main lines of Wi-Fi 8: Reliability online in sight!

The democratization of Wi-Fi 7 is still in progress. Meanwhile, but the Wi-Fi 8 is already on the way. For example, The one we also call it ieee 802.11bn has already caused a little ink to flow. However, Mediatek spoke about it last November, sharing some of the tracks envisaged for the next Wi-Fi generation. For example, It is now the turn of Qualcomm To approach the subject a little. Consequently, As a contributor to the standard. Meanwhile, telecommunications specialist, it goes without saying that the manufacturer is certainly very involved in the Wi-Fi 8 development project.

In a new publication. the manufacturer therefore shared in its own way the ambitions of IEEE study group For the next standard, which should not be long in reaching version 1.0. At that time, the main characteristics will have been defined and the manufacturers will qualcomm confirms main lines wi-fi be able to start implementing them.
As it had already been clearly established by Mediatek, Wi-Fi 8 will rest largely on the bases of Wi-Fi 7. Thus. the improvements sought will not seek so much to enhance the maximum flow rate, but rather the improvement of the reliability of the signal (and therefore of the effective flow) for use and in particular in the most difficult conditions (Operation in the coverage, many interference, low signals, low signals etc.).
With theUltra High Reliability Or UHR. the IEEE wishes an improvement of 25 % on several parameters in these types of scenarios:

• data flow
• From latency to 95th centile
• the number of lost packages

In short, Wi-Fi 8 aims to bring a wireless network Much better suited to loaded environments and where mobility is common, with a signal capable of providing more reliable connectivity, with reduced latency and as uninterrupted as possible. qualcomm confirms main lines wi-fi To get there, the IEEE 802.11bn will also take advantage of new technologies. such as the Coordinated Spatial Reuse (Co-sr), Coordinated Beamforming (Co-bf), Dynamic Sub-Channel Operation (DSO) and Enhanced Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS). In theory. it is quite promising, even if the theoretical bandwidth of the physical interface will in principle remain the same as for Wi-Fi 7. For Qualcomm, Wi-Fi 7 represents “the era of performance”, while Wi-Fi 8 will be “the era of reliability” for wireless.

However, Wi-Fi 8 is not for tomorrow. If the main lines of theIEEE 802.11bn should be definitively defined again this year. it was not until January 2028 that the Wi-Fi Alliance will proceed to certification. The standard is provided to be completed in stride in March 2028, with the final green light from the IEEE 802.11 working group. (Source: Qualcomm, Tom’s)