WI-FI 6 And The Smart Home

With the introduction of WI-FI 6, a new generation of wireless technology is set to double the speed of data transfer allowing more devices to connect over a single network. So let's delve into WIFI 6 and how it is set to change the home automation industry.

Wi Fi was first introduced in the late 1990s, which allows devices to connect to the internet wirelessly and changed the way we communicate and access internet in digital age.

Since the introduction of Wi-Fi into the digital age, It has undergone many changes resulting into greater speeds and capability to connect more devices to single network.

The upcoming generation doesn't change how the wireless internet works rather uses extra technology to improve the performance available and is set to offer very good benefits.

Benefits of WiFi - 6

WiFi 6 is expected to bring improved speed, better performance and allow more devices to be accommodated in a single network.

Now let’s take a look at benefits in a detail manner…

Greater speed

As per How To Geek notes, "If you’re using a Wi-Fi router with a single device, maximum potential speeds should be up to 40 per cent higher with Wi-Fi 6 compared to Wi-Fi 5". In theory Wi-Fi 6 will double the data speed available with Wi-Fi 5, allowing a data transfer rate of 9.6 Gbps compared to 3.5 Gbps on Wi-Fi 5.

More devices

Wi-Fi 6 will play a major role in improving connectivity by connecting more devices and offer improved speed to each. It will do so via two key technologies known as MU-MIMO and OFDMA. In short, greatly simplified terms, OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) lets the router talk to more devices at once by dividing them into a series of sub-channels.

MU-MIMO (Multiple User – Multiple In/Multiple Out) then incorporates additional antenna so the router can acquire the response from the multiple devices at the same time.

Less congestion

Communication will be improved as the upgrade will allows more devices to talk to the router at the same time. It will also reduce congestion in devices around homes and public networks.

Better battery life

An interesting benefit is that Wi-Fi 6 will likely improve the battery life of your devices, as How-to Geek explains:

“When the access point is talking to a device (like your smartphone), it can tell the device exactly when to put its Wi-Fi radio to sleep and exactly when to wake it up to receive the next transmission. This will conserve power, as it means the Wi-Fi radio can spend more time in sleep mode. And that means longer battery life.”

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