Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 6

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Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 6 is the Wi‑Fi Alliance’s certification program for devices implementing the Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard, ensuring improved performance, capacity, and efficiency in wireless networks.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Wi‑Fi certification program
interoperability certification
technology standard certification
administeredBy Wi‑Fi Alliance
appliesToStandard IEEE 802.11ax
Wi‑Fi 6
basedOn IEEE 802.11ax specification
certificationScope MAC layer enhancements of 802.11ax
PHY layer enhancements of 802.11ax
developer Wi‑Fi Alliance
ensures backward compatibility with earlier Wi‑Fi generations
better spectrum efficiency
higher network capacity
improved network performance
interoperability between Wi‑Fi 6 devices
focusesOn dense deployment environments
high‑traffic Wi‑Fi networks
goal to ensure multi‑vendor interoperability
to validate compliance with Wi‑Fi 6 features
improves latency performance
power efficiency for client devices
throughput per user in congested networks
improvesOver Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED ac in capacity
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED ac in efficiency
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED ac in performance in dense environments
includesFeature 1024‑QAM
BSS Coloring
MU‑MIMO
OFDMA
Target Wake Time
introducedBy Wi‑Fi Alliance in late 2010s
logoText Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 6
marketedAs Wi‑Fi 6 certification
partOf Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED program family
predecessor Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED ac
relatedTo Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 6E
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 7
supportsFrequencyBand 2.4 GHz
5 GHz
targetDeviceType IoT devices
Wi‑Fi access points
Wi‑Fi routers
laptops
smartphones
tablets
usedIn enterprise Wi‑Fi networks
home Wi‑Fi networks
public Wi‑Fi hotspots

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 6 ("Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 6E")
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Agile Multiband ("Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Wi‑Fi 6")
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED QoS Management ("Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Wi‑Fi 6")
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Vantage
relatedTo
Wi‑Fi Alliance
Wi‑Fi Alliance ("Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 6E")
developsProgram
Wi‑Fi 6E
certificationProgram
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 6
logoText
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 7
successorTo

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