The Wi-Fi Alliance announces the next generation of Wi-Fi technology — 802.11ax based Wi-Fi 6. They’re also changing how it’s called.
Wi-Fi 6 aka Wi-Fi 802.11ax
Each new generation of Wi-Fi technology features a series of improvements such as faster speeds, increased throughput, and better experiences. So expected the new Wi-Fi 6 to be better in those categories.
The Wi-Fi Alliance also announced a new naming scheme to identify the different generations of Wi-Fi technologies.
I think this is good news, considering how confusing and technical sounding the old names of 802.11 a, b, g, n, and ac were. Truth be told, I never bothered Googling why it’s named that way.
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According to the announcement, the new names will be simpler and easier to remember. Basically, they’ll just replace the 802.11 technology identifier with a number. The new name sequences are:
- Wi-Fi 6 –> 802.11 ax
- Wi-Fi 5 –> 802.11ac
- Wi-Fi 4 –> 802.11n
Now, isn’t that better? So expect to see the new Wi-Fi names on your device and smartphone spec sheet, and router details.
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