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Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) |
The IEEE 802.11ax standard, also known as High-Efficiency Wireless
(HEW) or Wi-Fi 6, builds on 802.11ac. It delivers a better
experience in typical environments with more predictable performance
for advanced applications such as 4K or 8K video; high-density,
high-definition collaboration apps; all-wireless offices; and the
Internet of Things (IoT). Wi-Fi 6E is Wi-Fi 6 “extended” into
the 6-GHz frequency band. |
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Environmental sensors |
These built-in sensors measure air quality (Total Volatile Organic
Compounds [TVOC]), temperature, and humidity, and help ensure a safe
working environment, avoiding the need to install an overlay of
difficult-to-manage independent sensors. |
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Dual 5G Multigigabit Ethernet |
Dual Multigigabit Ethernet provides power-redundant uplink ports,
each with speeds up to 5 Gbps. All speeds are supported on Category
5e cabling, as well as 10GBASE-T (IEEE 802.3bz) cabling. Redundant
powering provides hitless performance during failover. |
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Smart AP |
Smart AP causes the access point to change its power consumption to
reflect its current client load. An access point will typically
operate on the radios provided to it irrespective of how many
clients are connected. With Smart AP, if there is a small enough
number of clients, the access point will automatically reduce the
radio stream count, saving power. (Available with a future software
upgrade.) |
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Band steering |
Enhanced to help clients that are 6-GHz capable to leave the 5-GHz
radio and connect to the 6-GHz one. Wi-Fi 6E clients are
automatically directed to connect to the 6-GHz radio to take
advantage of the benefits that that radio offers and free up the
2.4- and 5-GHz radios for legacy clients. |
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Uplink/downlink OFDMA |
Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)-based
scheduling splits the bandwidth into smaller frequency allocations
called Resource Units (RUs), which can be assigned to individual
clients in both the downlink and uplink directions to reduce
overhead and latency. |
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Uplink/downlink MU‑MIMO technology |
Supporting the highest number with 16 spatial streams, Multiuser
Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) enables the access points
to split spatial streams between client devices to maximize
throughput. |
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BSS coloring |
Spatial reuse (also known as Basic Service Set [BSS] coloring)
allows the access points and their clients to differentiate between
BSSs, thus permitting more simultaneous transmissions. |
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Target Wake Time |
Target Wake Time (TWT) allows the client to stay asleep and to wake
up only at prescheduled (target) times to exchange data with the
access point. This offers significant energy savings for
battery-operated devices, up to three to four times the savings
achieved by 802.11n and 802.11ac. |
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Intelligent Capture |
Intelligent Capture probes the network and provides Cisco DNA Center
with deep analysis. The software can track more than 240 anomalies
and instantaneously review all packets on demand, emulating the
onsite network administrator. Intelligent Capture allows for more
informed decisions on your wireless networks. |
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Flexible Radio Assignment (FRA) with quad-radio mode (with future
software SW upgrade) |
FRA allows the access points to intelligently determine the
operating mode of serving radios based on the RF environment and
traffic demands. The access points can operate in the following
modes:
● Tri-radio
mode: One 4x4 6-GHz radio, one 8x8 5-GHz radio, and one 4x4
2.4-GHz radio.
● Quad-radio
mode: One 4x4 6-GHz radio, Dual 4x4 5-GHz radios, and one 4x4
2.4-GHz radio. With four total 4x4 radios (quad-radio) inside
the access point, client device capacity can be increased on
demand.
The access point’s default mode is tri-radio with 8x8 5-GHz and 4x4
for 6-GHz and 2.4-GHz. It has the ability to split the 8x8 radio
into two separate 4x4 5-GHz radios through a future software
upgrade, thereby enabling the benefits of FRA while allowing the
2.4- and 6-GHz radios to remain active. |
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Application hosting |
Application hosting helps simplify IoT deployments and ready them
for the future by eliminating the need to install and manage overlay
networks. Using the USB interface, containerized applications and
hardware modules can be deployed to reduce cost and complexity.
Adding Cisco DNA Center provides workflows and deployment-wide
application lifecycle management. |
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Bluetooth 5 |
The integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5 radio enables
location-based use cases such as asset tracking, wayfinding, and
analytics. |
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Container support for applications |
Container support enables edge computing capabilities for IoT
applications on the host access point. |
