Whether for personal device constellations or industrial automation, reliability has become as important as throughput. This is what Wi-Fi 8 will deliver.
While Wi-Fi 7-enabled technologies are gaining adoption in the consumer and enterprise segments (and delivering tangible benefits attributed to significant increases in performance across all dimensions ), work on Wi-Fi 8 is already under way. The forthcoming generation is all about delivering ultra-high reliability (UHR), and IEEE is expected to finalize the supporting 802.11bn standard in the 2028 timeframe.
Although 2028 may seem distant, here’s why it’s important to start developing a Wi-Fi 8 strategy today: the pace of change and adoption in the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem is unlike anything we’ve seen before. The direc