Wi‑Fi 5

E24674
IEEE 802.11 family standard Wi‑Fi standard

Wi‑Fi 5 is the fifth-generation Wi‑Fi standard (based on IEEE 802.11ac) that significantly increased wireless network speed and capacity, especially in the 5 GHz band.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
IEEE 802.11ac 8
Wi‑Fi 5 canonical 4
802.11ac Wi‑Fi 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf IEEE 802.11 family standard ⓘ
Wi‑Fi standard ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 5th‑generation Wi‑Fi ⓘ
Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
surface form: 802.11ac Wi‑Fi
basedOn IEEE 802.11 ⓘ
surface form: IEEE 802.11ac
category wireless local area network technology ⓘ
enables gigabit‑class Wi‑Fi speeds ⓘ
frequencyBand 5 GHz band ⓘ
generationNumber 5 ⓘ
improves wireless network capacity ⓘ
wireless network speed ⓘ
improvesOver Wi‑Fi 5 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wi‑Fi 4 in spectral efficiency

Wi‑Fi 4 in throughput ⓘ
introducedAs successor to IEEE 802.11n ⓘ
marketNameFor Wi‑Fi 5 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IEEE 802.11ac
operatesOn unlicensed 5 GHz spectrum ⓘ
optimizedFor 5 GHz operation ⓘ
partOf IEEE 802.11 ⓘ
surface form: IEEE 802.11 standard family
predecessor Wi‑Fi 4 ⓘ
primaryFrequencyBand 5 GHz ⓘ
standardizedBy Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ
surface form: IEEE
successor Wi‑Fi 6 ⓘ
supportsBeamforming explicit beamforming ⓘ
supportsChannelWidth 160 MHz ⓘ
20 MHz ⓘ
40 MHz ⓘ
80 MHz ⓘ
80+80 MHz ⓘ
supportsDuplexMode half‑duplex ⓘ
supportsFrequencyBand 5 GHz ⓘ
supportsMIMO Multi‑User MIMO ⓘ
Single‑User MIMO ⓘ
supportsModulationScheme 256‑QAM ⓘ
supportsSecurityProtocol WPA2 ⓘ
WPA3 (with compatible devices) ⓘ
supportsSpatialStreams up to 8 spatial streams ⓘ
supportsStandard backward compatibility with 802.11a ⓘ
backward compatibility with 802.11n ⓘ
supportsTopology ad‑hoc mode ⓘ
infrastructure mode ⓘ
targetEnvironment high‑throughput WLANs ⓘ
targetUseCase high‑density Wi‑Fi deployments ⓘ
online gaming ⓘ
video streaming ⓘ
typicalUse enterprise wireless networks ⓘ
home wireless networks ⓘ
public Wi‑Fi hotspots ⓘ
usesModulation OFDM ⓘ

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Wi‑Fi Alliance → focusesOnTechnology → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
IEEE 802 family of standards → includesStandard → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11ac
IEEE standards → includesExample → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11ac
Wi‑Fi 5 → alsoKnownAs → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 802.11ac Wi‑Fi
Wi‑Fi 5 → improvesOver → Wi‑Fi 5 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wi‑Fi 4 in spectral efficiency
Wi‑Fi 5 → marketNameFor → Wi‑Fi 5 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11ac
Wi‑Fi 6 → successorOf → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
Wi‑Fi 6 → successorOf → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11ac
Wi‑Fi 6 → backwardCompatibleWith → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11ac
Wi‑Fi 6E → improvesOver → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
Wi‑Fi → supportsStandard → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11ac
Wi‑Fi → marketedAs → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
AirPort → supportsStandard → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11ac
OFDM → appliedIn → Wi‑Fi 5 ⓘ
this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11ac