Wi-Fi 6 gaining momentum with Boingo launching commercial trial

Wi-Fi 6, based on the IEEE 802.11ax standard, is designed for high-density user environments and features uplink and downlink OFDMA, 8×8 multi-user MIMO and 1024 QAM. With network equipment and device support moving along, Boingo today announced a commercial trial of the latest Wi-Fi generation at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. Boingo Chief Technology Officer Derek Peterson said the trial is showing triple-digit speeds using a 20 megahertz channel. “The new technology is going to bring better and faster and improved connectivity to everybody. One of the great things about Wi-Fi 6 is the channel sharing because it’s using OFDMA, which is basically the ability to share a channel more effectively like what cellular does today. That’s going to improve your experience in your dense locations in an airport where you have 400 people coming off an airplane trying to get connected.”