Wireless Superhero Duo of the Future: The Story of Wi-Fi 6 and 5G
Superheroes get the job done better together. Batman relies on Robin, Rocket can’t live without Groot, and Captain has Bucky. And when it comes to wireless access, nothing can be as complementary as Wi-Fi 6 and 5G. This is the story of these two wireless superheroes. It’s about their strengths, weaknesses, and how they can fight the villain better together, making users happy by giving them the best experience and saving the day for enterprises.
The Beginning
Wi-Fi 6 put itself on the superhero map a few years ago to address increasing wireless network issues within organizations. It comes from a long-standing and reputable wireless family. In comparison to its predecessors, Wi-Fi 5 and earlier versions, Wi-Fi 6 has the power to fight far more network bottlenecks. It protects more users and more devices with its powerful resource utilization and efficiency. With the lightning speed of Wi-Fi 6, devices can perform at higher peak speed in high throughput environments. And our new champion is able to significantly improve device battery life and enhance coverage.
5G is a young hero who was born into a family of superheroes. Its ancestors 3G and 4G were the first generations who made it possible for users, while on the move, to consume voice, video, and data in newly digitized form. As the type and volume of the data increased and became more sophisticated, users were looking for a new hero to protect them with lower latency and higher data rates.
The Rivalry
We all have an idea or two about the classic old vs. new rivalry. Our heroes are not immune to this concept. 5G emerged as an adversarial new contender for wireless connectivity in the mobility game. When this happened, Wi-Fi was portrayed as an obsolete technology, even though its popularity and footprint expand every day. On the other side of the coin, 5G capabilities and limited usages were questioned in comparison to Wi-Fi’s dominance in the market. This animosity confused users who simply want the best network access, anywhere at any time, regardless of which hero to call.
The Villains
The powerful villains of this story are network latency and bad performance within users’ wireless experience. What caused the rise of these villains is the explosion of mobility within access, traffic and devices. More mobile users with more connected devices and more innovative wireless devices (including IoTs) are entering the wireless market every day, contributing to the growth of mobile data traffic, including business data.
These are powerful villains who disturb the network in many ways and angles, creating the need for more than one superhero to save us. The combined strength of each hero can fight more effectively to deliver the best performance and experience for every possible scenario, helping remove any network bottlenecks for enterprise agility. And that comes only when these 5G and Wi-Fi 6 super forces work together.
