IEEE 802.11bn
Appearance
Gen.[1] | Vi- sual |
IEEE standard |
Adopt. | Link rate (Mbit/s) |
RF (GHz) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wi-Fi | — | 802.11 | 1997 | 1–2 | 2.4 |
Wi-Fi 1 | — | 802.11b | 1999 | 1–11 | 2.4 |
Wi-Fi 2 | — | 802.11a | 1999 | 6–54 | 5 |
Wi-Fi 3 | — | 802.11g | 2003 | 2.4 | |
Wi-Fi 4 | ![]() |
802.11n | 2009 | 6.5–600 | 2.4, 5 |
Wi-Fi 5 | ![]() |
802.11ac | 2013 | 6.5–6,933 | [a] | 5
Wi-Fi 6 | ![]() |
802.11ax | 2021 | 0.4–9,608 | 2.4, 5 |
Wi-Fi 6E[b] | 6 | ||||
Wi-Fi 7 | ![]() |
802.11be | 2024 | 0.4–23,059 | 2.4, 5, 6 |
Wi-Fi 8[2][3] | — | 802.11bn | 100,000[4] | 2.4, 5, 6 |
IEEE 802.11bn, dubbed Ultra High Reliability (UHR), is to be the next IEEE 802.11 standard.[5] It is also designated Wi-Fi 8. As its name suggests, 802.11bn aims to improve the reliability of Wi-Fi.[3] It is projected to be finalized in 2028.[6]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Evolution of Wi-Fi Technology and Standards". IEEE. 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ Reshef, Ehud; Cordeiro, Carlos (2023). "Future Directions for Wi-Fi 8 and Beyond". IEEE Communications Magazine. 60 (10). IEEE: 50–55. doi:10.1109/MCOM.003.2200037.
- ^ a b Giordano, Lorenzo; Geraci, Giovanni; Carrascosa, Marc; Bellalta, Boris (November 21, 2023). "What Will Wi-Fi 8 Be? A Primer on IEEE 802.11bn Ultra High Reliability". arXiv:2303.10442 [cs.NI].
- ^ Geraci, Giovanni; Meneghello, Francesca; Wilhelmi, Francesc; Lopez-Perez, David; Val, Iñaki; Lorenzo Galati Giordano; Cordeiro, Carlos; Ghosh, Monisha; Knightly, Edward; Bellalta, Boris (2025). "Wi-Fi: Twenty-Five Years and Counting". arXiv:2507.09613.
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(help) - ^ Levinbook, Yoav; Ezri, Doron (2024-07-01). "AP cooperation in Wi-Fi: Joint transmission with a novel precoding scheme, resilient to phase offsets between transmitters". Signal Processing. 220 (July 2024). doi:10.1016/j.sigpro.2024.109432. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "Status of Project IEEE P802.11bn". IEEE. Retrieved 2025-04-22.