7’s increased speeds, broadband subscribers will receive full value from their multi-gigabit internet plans. “Wi-Fi 7 is the most powerful and capable Wi-Fi protocol yet and will allow Wi-Fi to continue to serve the most demanding applications in the consumer and vertical markets with the highest level of determinism yet,” said Phil Solis, research director for connectivity at IDC. “Interoperability testing between Intel and Broadcom will enable the development of products that can be used in the test beds for official Wi-Fi Alliance certification testing,” Solis added. According to its proponents, Wi-Fi 7 promises network capacity that will be five times greater than what was possible through Wi-Fi 6E, 100 times better “worst case latency” and 15 times better latency for augmented and virtual reality devices. The 4K QAM modulation, meanwhile, allows for more efficient usage of the spectrum available to the device and simultaneous connections across multiple bands due to “multilink operation” and improved channel utilization efficiency. This affords greater flexibility in how the spectrum and bandwidth are used, which benefits a variety of use cases. “Wi-Fi 7’s deterministic operation enables new product classes, including augmented and virtual reality, ultra-high definition 16K media streaming, and super-responsive and reliable gaming, while supporting large numbers of connected devices in the home or office,” an Intel statement stated. Wi-Fi 6E, the previous generation, allowed for speeds of up to 2Gbps, but it isn’t just speed that has been given a boost with the latest generation. “As one example, some flavors of multi-link operation (MLO) allow the access point (AP) to perform advanced traffic management by assigning specific connections to specific bands, moving clients dynamically across channels to perform load balancing and prioritizing traffic,” Cordeiro told one publication. “This type of capability is especially suited for enterprises, which are capable of actively managing the network.” MOBILE & WIRELESS Incidence of Business Model Change for Channe Source: CompTIA, 2023 ter marketplaces at an accelerated rate e following disruptors will ? Global Data Traffic Source: Cisco VNI 20 2021 ance UK Spain U.S. Italy Singapore Germany Brazil 40% 60% 80% 100% 55% 19% 15% 10% 81% 11% 65% 19% 72% 18% 18% 13% 21% 12% % 20% 14% 17% 9% 25% 19% 26% 7% 4% 9% 6% 6%3% 3% 19% 14% 24% 10% 17% 32% 23% 6% 63% ng Piloting Small-scale Large-scale 0 100 200 300 400 2018 2020 2022 Exabytes per month 6% 46% Cellular Wired Wi-Fi Have already undergone business model change Currently undergoing business model change Considering a business model change No business model changes planned 24% 25% 19% 16% 35% 27% 30% 25% 31% 33% 9% 6% 11% 17% Large Mid-sized Small Micro 64 CHANNELV ISION | JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2023
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