Wi-Fi 8 is on the horizon, but its focus will be on improving reliability rather than pushing bandwidth further. This comes after a series of recent Wi-Fi updates, including Wi-Fi 6, 6E, and the yet-to-be-widely adopted Wi-Fi 7. Wi-Fi 8 is still in its conceptual stages, with the first enterprise-class access points expected in late 2028.
Wi-Fi 8 is coming, but it looks set to focus on greater reliability rather than on pushing the bandwidth ever higher, as the most recent updates to the venerable wireless local network technology have done.
So why are we seeing talk of yet another update, when Wi-Fi 7 is still getting established and devices such as laptops that support older standards often have plenty of life left in them? "Since Wi-Fi 4, the theoretical throughput of a Wi-Fi AP has grown about 40 times. So it's not surprising that the focus for Wi-Fi 8 has been on reliability, manageability, and the power efficiency of Wi-Fi communications," Morgan told"With a stronger control of jitter and latency, there is potential for Wi-Fi to take a bigger role in mission-critical applications, for instance in a manufacturing context.
In other words, Wi-Fi 8 is focused on implementing features to make the speed gains promised by Wi-Fi 7 more of a reality. While these features individually might not make much of a difference, taken together they are expected to help ensure that Wi-Fi 8 actually delivers on the promises of better performance made by earlier releases.
"To take advantage of the Ultra High Reliability of Wi-Fi 8, the mobile and PC vendors will need to include the new features in their latest devices, and the penetration of consumer devices supporting Wi-Fi 8 will influence the broad adoption of the technology," said Morgan.
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