Wi-Fi

At MWC in Barcelona (2-5 March), Quectel Wireless Solutions launched the FGH200M long range, low power module. It is based on the IEEE 802.11ah wireless networking (Wi-Fi HaLow) protocol and has up to 10 times the range of traditional 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, said the company. The module is based on the Morse Micro MM8108 chipset and operates in the sub-1GHz license ...

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has produced a report called AI/ML for Wi-Fi: Enabling Scalable, Intelligent Wi-Fi Ecosystems. “Wi-Fi is now expected to perform like critical infrastructure across homes, enterprises and cities, yet operational complexity is rising fast,” says WBA president Tiago Rodriguez, “AI and machine learning are becoming essential to keep networks reliable, secure and efficient at scale. The ...

Leankon is introducing two compact integrated antennas supporting WiFi 7, WiFi 6E, and Bluetooth for use in space-constrained wireless devices. They are designed for OEM and embedded applications requiring multi-band connectivity across WiFi, Bluetooth, and common IoT protocols. For example, IoT gateways, smart home devices, industrial monitoring equipment, smart meters, and compact consumer electronics. There is an SMD Bluetooth/WiFi 6E ...

Skyworks Solutions is sampling FEMs and BAW filters designed to enhance the range  and coverage of WiFi 7 across 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands. The FEMs  have been validated across leading SoC platforms. The Full-band filters claim to be the industry’s only product that allow simultaneous operation over the 5.170~5.895GHz and 5.945-7.125GHz bands with only one filter ...

Tiago Rodrigues provides an update on the long range, low power connectivity standard that he believes is the next big thing for the IoT. Wi-Fi HaLow has been called an IoT enabler that overcomes the challenges faced by wireless low-power IoT devices, but what is it, and why does it matter? Also known as IEEE 802.11ah, Wi-Fi HaLow began life ...

Antenna maker Taoglas has started manufacturing enclosures that include antennas. Called the Thunder series, the enclosures allow a router to be mounted outdoors, right next to the antenna “significantly reducing the need for long RF cables – cutting tens of meters per deployment – minimising signal loss”, according to the company. There are 14 ABS enclosures covering seven routers from ...

Anritsu has teamed up with Microwave Vision to offer a Wi-Fi 7 over-the-air tester. It combines Anritsu’s MT8862A wireless connectivity test set (below) as a signal source with Microwave Vision’s multi-probe over-the-air test system (right) to support IEEE 802.11be measurements – which is the standard behind Wi-Fi 7. “Advanced technologies such as 320MHz channels, 4K QAM and MLO are incorporated ...

Bluetest and Rohde & Schwarz have created a MIMO stress testing perform for IEEE 802.11be  (Wi-Fi 7) equipment. It consists of R&S one-box CMX500 signaling tester (right), a Bluetest RF reverberation chamber – its RTS65, for example (below left), and Bluetest’s Flow control software. “In contrast to anechoic test chambers, reverberation chambers extensively reflect an RF signal inside the chamber, ...

The Qorvo QPF4239 is an integrated front end module (FEM) designed for Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) systems. The compact form factor and integrated matching minimises layout area in the application. Performance is focused on optimising the PA for a 3.3V supply voltage that conserves power consumption while maintaining the highest linear output power and leading-edge throughput. Integrated die level filtering for ...

Raspberry Pi has announced the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth version of its 21 x 51mm Pico 2 microcontroller board. Called ‘Pico 2 W’, it shares the dual 150MHz Arm Cortex-M33 cores, which can be replaced at boot by dual Hazard3 RISC-V processors. Memory remains 520kbyte of on-chip SRAM plus 4Mbyte of on-board QSPI flash. The added wireless interfaces are 2.4GHz 802.11n ...