The next-generation wireless standard faster than your trusted 802.11ac, christened WiFi 6, is here. It promises more speed and better performance overall in congested areas, as well as in your device-packed home. WiFi 6 arrived in 2019 but WiFi 6 – enabled hardware came onto the scene in 2020. Here is a sneak preview of this technology and why it matters.
WiFi now has numbers
Until recently, users have known WiFi standards as combinations of numbers and letters, from 802.11a to 802.11n. You are most familiar with the 802.11ac, the wireless standard which has ruled the airwaves for the past 6 years.
WiFi 802.11, released in 2009, has now become WiFi 4, while its later version of 2014, the 802.11ac, adopts the WiFi 5 tag. The latest version, which should be 800.11ax, will now hog the internet space with the label WiFi 6. The Wi-Fi Alliance expressed confidence that these numbers would feature in software so that users can know which Wi-Fi they are using.
What WiFi 6 means for your business
High speeds
As you would expect, the new wireless standard offers faster speeds compared to the previous versions. WiFi 6 achieved faster data transfer speeds through efficient data encoding that results in higher throughput. It packs more data into the same radio waves because the encoding-decoding chips have become more powerful.
Faster data transfer speeds are just what your business needs, as you strive to automate everything and back all your data to the cloud. Your business generates and handles large quantities of data. It can be quite challenging sending all of this data to the cloud or sharing it with different departments due to low data transfer speeds. WiFi 6 will make this hurdle a thing of the past.
Longer battery life
This is good news for your teams operating with portable WiFi-enabled devices, such as smartphones and laptops. When they are out working from the field, or remote locations, or even working from home, WiFi 6 will go easy on their batteries. Longer battery life also means a longer lifespan for the devices and fewer maintenance costs.
WiFi 6 boosts battery life by instructing devices to turn off their WiFi radio once the transmission is over, and wake them up when new batches of data arrive. This conserves power as it means the WiFi radio doesn’t have to be on when it isn’t receiving or sending data. It will also help the lower Internet of things devices that connect your office to the internet via WiFi technology.
Better performance in crowded areas
If your company is small, chances are you plan to increase your team in the future. This means that your workplace is likely to experience congestion, especially when it comes to WiFi use. WiFi 6 will be the solution to the chronically slow WiFi connections whenever everyone connects to the internet.
It solves this problem through the incorporation of new technologies that help boost a user’s average speed by up to four times in congested areas. The increased WiFi speeds mean more efficiency among your teams, more productivity, and, of course, increased profitability. Better performance in crowded places doesn’t just apply to the office setting. Your home would do well with the new wireless fidelity generation, especially if many members of your family connect to WiFi at the same time.
If you are wondering how you would harness the power of WiFi 6 to enhance data management in your company, Helios is here to help you. Data is our specialty, and we have a team of experienced and professional personnel on hand to handle all your data-related queries. Contact us today if you need more information on how to tap into the power of WiFi 6.
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