MLO , UNIQUE TO WI-FI 7 ,

ENABLES RAPID SWITCHING

BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT

BANDS .

‘ era of 6 GHz Wi-Fi connectivity ’. Opening up this pristine ‘ spectrum superhighway ’ significantly expanded the capacity of wireless networks and set the groundwork for future Wi-Fi generations , including Wi-Fi 7 and 8 .

Nonetheless , the industry is continually working to enhance Wi-Fi , focusing on quality of service improvements , particularly in reducing latency .

Wi-Fi 7 : Cue the star of today ’ s show . Wi-Fi 7 excels at producing low-latency connections , mainly because of a technique known as Multi- Link Operation ( MLO ).

MLO , unique to Wi-Fi 7 , enables rapid switching between two different bands . For example , a client device simultaneously monitors the 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands . When it needs to transmit data , it selects the band with less congestion and higher availability , significantly improving latency .

Other new Wi-Fi 7 features include :

• 4K QAM : Packs 20 % more data into each signal , accelerating your connection and improving data transmission rates .

• 320 MHz channels : Just as wider lanes on a highway can accommodate more cars at once , allowing for smoother and faster traffic flow , 320 MHz channels can carry more data simultaneously , resulting in faster Internet speeds and increased data throughput .

• Preamble puncturing : Similar to express lanes on a highway that allow you to bypass sections slowed down by construction or accidents . In Wi-Fi , it acts similarly by enabling signals to skip parts of the channel prone to interference , ensuring a quicker and more stable data flow .

• 512 compressed block-ack : Improves efficiency and reduces transmission overhead .

• Triggered uplink access : Fine-tunes triggered uplink access to support latency-

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