Chipset major Qualcomm Technologies announced IPQ8074 SoC for network infrastructure and QCA6290 solution for client devices on the 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard.
Qualcomm Technologies claims that it’s the first technology company to announce commercial solutions to support 802.11ax.
Qualcomm Technologies’ 802.11ax solutions are designed to improve connected experiences, delivering up to 4x more capacity and up to 4x faster user throughput and longer battery life for Wi-Fi devices.
Qualcomm Technologies expects to sample the IPQ8074 and QCA6290 in the first half of 2017.
802.11ax, the next-generation Wi-Fi standard, focuses primarily on expanding network capacity and utilizing Wi-Fi spectrum efficiently to maintain excellent connectivity in more complex environments.
Qualcomm Technologies said in a statement that its 802.11ax solutions support 12-streams (eight 5GHz and four 2.4GHz), 8×8 MU-MIMO, 80 MHz channels and other features to maximize capacity and coverage.
Device users can reduce Wi-Fi power consumption by 2/3rd to extend device battery life without negatively impacting performance.
“We were the first to commercialize capacity utilization-focused solutions, such as MU-MIMO, Wi-Fi SON and 802.11ad, and are now on the front lines of 11ax innovation that will propel the Wi-Fi industry into the next phase of networks,” said Rahul Patel, senior vice president & general manager, connectivity, Qualcomm Technologies.
IPQ8074 promises up to 4x capacity to maximize network performance. Utilizing 12×12 configuration, uplink and downlink MU-MIMO, and supporting eight 80 MHz streams, the IPQ8074 quadruples capacity, delivers up to 4.8 Gbps.
In addition to Qualcomm Wi-Fi Self-Organizing Network (SON), which optimizes traffic, and reduces dead spots, the IPQ8074 offers features to reduce harmful interference in dense areas with many overlapping Wi-Fi access points.
QCA6290 client device SoC offers better throughput, battery-life and rich user experiences in homes, enterprises, public venues and other high-traffic areas, and automobiles.
Qualcomm Technologies said that the QCA6290 promises up to 4x increase in user throughput in crowded networks as it supports 2×2 MU-MIMO and realizes the benefits of the 8×8 MU-MIMO by supporting 8×8 sounding mechanism.
Qualcomm’s QCA6290 offers up to 1.8 Gbps peak speeds through Dual Band Simultaneous (DBS) combining 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, and higher order modulation (1024 QAM).
It also reduces power consumption by 2/3rd through Qualcomm Technologies’ specific optimizations, in addition to the support for the 802.11ax standard power save features.
