Next-gen Wi-Fi gaining ground in mobile, infrastructure
According to Christopher Taylor, Director of Strategy Analytics RF and Wireless Component Services, "802.11ac Wave 2 with MU-MIMO provides significant benefits to users and a better Wi-Fi user experience compared to 802.11n and 802.11ac Wave 1, but works best when both ends of the Wi-Fi connection have Wave 2 capable radio chips."
"With the efforts of Qualcomm and other chip suppliers, more than 60 mobile device models with 802.11ac Wave 2 have now reached the market, and Wi-Fi equipment vendors have embraced Wave 2 for residential and enterprise Wi-Fi infrastructure applications."
David Watkins, Director of the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service, adds that "Hundreds of millions of Wave 2-enabled mobile devices will ship in 2016, leading to sales of tens of millions of Wave 2 routers and related infrastructure through 2017."
For more, see the report titled, "802.11ac Wave 2 with MU-MIMO: The Next Mainstream Wi-Fi Standard."
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