6 Things You Should Know About 802.11ax

Whether you’re in education, retail, healthcare, or hospitality, Wi-Fi is essential. It helps students learn, mobile transactions occur, doctors share information, and fans engage.

However, the insatiable appetite for Wi-Fi creates challenges. Hospitals struggle to meet the demands of their diverse users (doctors, nurses, technicians, patients, guests) and devices (infusion pumps, EMR mobile, IoT devices) all competing for the same airwaves. Educational institutions struggle with the dense user environment in their lecture halls and auditoriums. Retailers are challenged to deliver tech-driven customer experiences for in-store shoppers. And hotels, faced with an 8 to 10x increase in mobile devices running high bandwidth services like Netflix and YouTube, cannot add Wi-Fi bandwidth fast enough. Fortunately, help is at hand. The next generation of Wi-Fi helps address these real-life issues and creates new opportunities and services. Now let’s get into the details.