{"id":3495,"date":"2024-07-05T13:46:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T11:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpethzprd.ethz.ch\/its\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2024-07-05T13:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T11:46:33","slug":"wi-fi-goes-wi-fi-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/2024\/07\/05\/wi-fi-goes-wi-fi-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Wi-Fi goes Wi-Fi 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The release of the 6 GHz frequency band for Wi-Fi represents the largest and most important expansion of the available frequency spectrum since the introduction of the 5 GHz band around 20 years ago. This expansion is implemented from the Wi-Fi 6E standard onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How will this affect the Wi-Fi in the future?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the new 6 GHz frequency band and the Wi-Fi 6E standard, ground-breaking improvements in wireless network technology are on the horizon. Important to know: the new frequency band (6 GHz) has nothing to do with the name of the standard (such as Wi-Fi 6, 6E or 7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the 6 GHz frequency band?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 6 GHz frequency band is a new spectrum that has been released for Wi-Fi. Up to now, Wi-Fi networks have been operated in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz range. With the release of the 6 GHz band, an additional 500 MHz of spectrum is now available, practically doubling the available frequency spectrum for Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wi-Fi 6, 6E &amp; 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wi-Fi 6 (or 802.11ax according to the old designations) is only available on 2.4 and 5 GHz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the even newer Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) standard is on everyone&#8217;s lips. Wi-Fi 7 also optimises transmission and allows even higher data rates. The first tests at ETH are already underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does this mean for ETH Zurich?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New devices (Wi-Fi access points) that support Wi-Fi 7 are already being installed in the largest lecture theatres in preparation for the coming autumn semester.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At the same time, adjustments will also be made to the SSIDs (labelling of Wi-Fi networks) next summer: eduroam-5 will disappear and eduroam will be used uniformly in all three bands. The SSID eth-6, on the other hand, is new.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The release of the 6 GHz frequency band for Wi-Fi represents the largest and most important expansion of the available frequency spectrum since the introduction of the 5 GHz band around 20 years ago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":838,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257891,25],"tags":[301825,301827,301826,301824],"class_list":["post-3495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-sec","category-news","tag-6-ghz-frequency-band","tag-ssid-eth-6","tag-wi-fi-6e-standard","tag-wi-fi-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethz.ch\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}