Wi-Fi 6e is an enhancement of Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and builds on that standard to provide higher performance using extended frequency capability. Like Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6e uses Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) to use available bandwidth more efficiently. Wi-Fi 6e is also capable of multi-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO) for up to eight streams, as is Wi-Fi 6. Both standards allow for very high order modulation to 1024 quadrature amplitude modulation (1024-QAM). There are also battery and energy efficiency aspects built into both standards, such as Target Wake Time (TWT) that allows for devices to sleep until a given target time.
With access to new 6 GHz (5.925 GHz to 7.125 GHz), Wi-Fi 6e can operate within much wider bands within the 1.2 GHz of bandwidth now available. Wi-Fi 6e will also have access to all of the previous Wi-Fi 6 bands, including the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and 5 GHz bands. This means that Wi-Fi 6e will have an additional 1.2 GHz spectrum that can be divided into 7x 160 MHz, 14x 80 MHz, 29x 40 MHz, or 59x 20 MHz channels in addition to the previous Wi-Fi 6 channels.6e
The 6 GHz band, unlike the 5 GHz band, does co-occupy the spectrum with TV stations or radar devices, and does not require DFS scanning to ensure there are no spectrum conflicts. Hence, for users near airports and TV stations, Wi-Fi 6e will be able to provide 160 MHz channels that would not be available for the 5 GHz band.
As Wi-Fi 6e will have a new 6 GHz band that older Wi-Fi devices will not be able to operate on, there is no need to ensure interoperability with non-Wi-Fi 6e devices on that band and there will be no competition with previous generations of Wi-Fi devices for the entire 1.2 GHz spectrum.
Wi-Fi 6e will also feature mandatory Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) 3, with the latest security and authentication protocols. Therefore, Wi-Fi 6e has the potential to be the fastest and most secure Wi-Fi standard to date.
Explore our range of Wi-Fi 6E Antennas. Also check out some of the older bands such as 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi antennas.
