2020 vision on 802.

11ax (Wi-Fi 6)

Update on Wi-Fi 6 technology migration Presented on November 12, 2019

with thanks to
Pre-standard vs Post-standard
Cambium investment protection and risk management

Daran Hermans, Product Management

[email protected]
+1 925 250 1467

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 Brand

ONE
Cambium Networks and Xirrus
Portfolio
Enterprise Wi-Fi for SME to large venues

Team

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Enterprise Wi-Fi for SMB to large Venues

cnPilot & cnMaestro Xirrus & XMS-Cloud

Cloud Managed Access Scalable Capacity & Advanced Services
Target < 500 employee enterprise Target > 500 employee enterprise
Broadband-Ethernet-Enterprise grade RF App Policy control, multi-tenant Command Ctr,
EasyPass BYOD

Dual Radio, 2x2 and 4x4 Software Defined DUAL and QUAD Radio Access Points
Enterprise RF, Single Cloud Dashboard High to Ultra High Density, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4
Small form factor Indoor / Outdoor wave 2 Segmented IOT, BYOD, WIFI, App Ctrl, Security

Intelligent PoE Switches

Lodging Small Office K12 Enterprise Higher Ed/Conference Hotel Auditorium Stadium/Convention
Need for Higher Capacity, Greater Density

Always connected social media, IOT at home, school, enterprise, Massive streaming media at
mobile media, connected industry, hospitals, hospitality higher bitrates
lifestyle
Personal IOT works best when it 4k Live TV: 36x growth from 2016-2021
2019: VoWIFI passes VoLTE interfaces with people, not just Source: Cisco VNI, 2016
things

80%
of Mobile Traffic is over Wi-Fi
Source Furry Analytics

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Wi-Fi 6 breaks the Gigabit throuphput barrier
Aggregate Ethernet bitrate with common 2x2 clients
802.11n = 4x faster
• MIM0 and 40Mhz channels

802.11ac =4x faster

• VHT rates, 256QAM, TxBF, MU-MIMO
80Mhz channel 11AC,
•
80MHz
11AX,
550Mbps 80MHz
2.5Gbps
802.11ax = 4x faster and more
• HE rates, 1024QAM, OFDMA, MU-MIMO
• 80MHz, 80+80MHz channels
• Deterministic access 11N, 40MHz – 150Mbps
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802.11ax Key Features

802.11ax Keys Benefit vs 11ac

MU-OFDMA Small packet efficiency; 37 users
802.11ax will focus on improving the
MU-MIMO 4x capacity, scheduled transmission connected client experience by making the
Spatial Reuse Overlapping networks network more efficient
TWT Longer battery life
1024QAM Faster Datarates Rates
8x8 AP High capacity 8SS SU/MU
Extended Range 3 dB range improvement

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 Downlink Multi-User OFDMA and MIMO
OFDMA MU-MIMO

2MHz up to 4
RU MU

Allocates Resource Units as small as 2MHz Transmit to multiple devices at the same time

Benefit: Reduced Latency, efficient use of time and Benefit: high capacity with high bitrate
frequency
Ideal for: Streaming media, high bitrate applications,
Ideal for: VoWLAN, IOT devices, always-connected stationary PCs
mobile devices
Higher Education, Hotel Conference center, Enterprise
Stadiums, Higher Education, Hotels, Enterprise
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Uplink Multi-User OFDMA and MIMO
OFDMA MU-MIMO

Increase reverse-path range of multiple 2MHz up to 4

Increase uplink datarate, reduce latency
low power clients RU MU
Great for gaming, high density social media

Up to 4.8Gbps PHY rate,

Greater combined SNR = improved range
combined, bi-directional
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Other 802.11ax key technology

1024 QAM
• 30% topline speed improvement over 11ac. Works with 11ac clients and 11ax
Spatial Reuse (BSS Coloring)
• Allows multiple BSS (AP + its connected clients) to overlap in same frequency
Preamble Boost and sub-carrier repetition
• 3dB power boost increases range outdoor, increased GI improves resilience
Target Wait Time
• Sleep time negotiated by AP and Client
• Longer battery life for mobile devices even while streaming media, extended IOT life
2.4GHz band
• Extend AX capabilities to new bands (2.4GHz and planned 6GHz)
• Ideal for IOT devices with low bitrate requirements

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 Inflection Point to Consider 802.11ax

Samsung Xiaomi Huawei Apple

S10 MiCC9 Mate 30 iPhone 11
March 2019 July 2019 October 2019 October 2019

Average phone refresh >25 months

Prediction…

50% 802.11ax penetration

by early 2021
802.11ax 802.11ac 802.11ac 802.11ax
802.11ax
5G optional 4G 5G optional 4G
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Market takes almost 3-years to adjust to new technology

2021 will feature 802.11ax mobile 11n 11ac 11ax

devices common in the network

Devices radios shipped

Big Years for 802.11ac: 2H.2014 and 2015

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019* 2020* 2021* 2022*

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 802.11ax timeline
Two top handset support for 11ax
Samsung S10 (Q1.19) Most handsets and laptops expected to
Apple iPhone XI (Q4.19) support 11ax by Q4.2020 and Q1.2021
[Xiaomei and Huawei stay on 11ac in ‘19]

2014 2019 2020

AX standards-compliant
AX pre-standard IEEE ratifies standard: Software Defined Radios
IEEE technical group July ’14 Yes: OFDMA, MU-MIMO WI-FI ALLIANCE, Predicted : Nov ’19 MU-OFDMA, MU-MIMO (dn/up)
Pre-standard chips ‘18 No: MU-OFDMA, DN/UP MU- Sept ‘19 Could be : Nov ‘20 Spatial Reuse, TWT, 2.4GHz, Preamble boost
MIMO, Spatial reuse Software upgradeable to new features

Pre-standard 11ax access points lack key features, not

software upgradable to all features, expensive, and there is
no way to test

As stated by Gartner, ensure the solution supports critical

features and is software upgradable to final standard and
new features
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Pre Standard Chipset vs Standardized 802.11ax

Cambium is using standard

compliant chipset

Pre-standard Standard compliant What it does…

Feature
chipset chipset Why we care…
IEEE 802.11 abgnac/ax  
1024QAM  
AC/AX Tx Beamforming  
DL OFDMA  (8 users)  (37 users)
In band DFS/SA  
4x4 Dual 5GHz; or 8x8 Single 5GHz  Flexible deployments
UL OFDMA  (37 users) Increase range for low pwr devices
UL MU-MIMO  Higher data rates (4x), low latency
Spatial Reuse – BSS Coloring  Support heavy user density
Preamble boost/DSM  Greater outdoor range
MU-RTS, LTF/GI combined, Agile DFS  Req for UL/DL OFDMA/MIMO, preck DFS

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Investment Protection with Cambium Networks

Hardware Investment Protection

• 802.11ax release compliant radios and management chipset - not pre-standard
• Dual 5GHz for legacy networks, and 8x8 single radio for full 802.11ax networks
• Flexible deployments with Software defined radio

Software Investment Protection

• Leverage Single Cloud Dashboard with cnMaestro to minimize risk
• Upgrade-as-you-Grow to Xirrus XMS-Cloud or XMS-Enterprise
• Application policy control
• BYOD security policy access
• IOT device segmentation
• Managed Services management

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 Software Defined radios; dual 4x4 5GHz or Single 8x8
Ultra high-density for legacy networks and 802.11ax
Up to 9.6Gbps 5GHz, IOT ready
2.4GHz 4x4 2.4GHz 4x4

5GHz 4x4 5GHz 4x4 5GHz 8x8

Legacy Networks: Migration to 802.11ax Networks:

Double network capacity for high density networks Increase network density and capacity, reduce latency
Increase MU-MIMO performance for legacy 11ac clients MU-OFDMA, MU-MIMO, IOT ready

Ideal for 11n, 11ac mixed with new 11ax devices Ideal when the network is 50% 11ax and 11ax IOT
IEEE 802.11ax

IEEE Standard likely ratified November 2019

Mobile devices slow adoption of 11ax, growing toward end of 2020

Higher Capacity networks in Downlink and Uplink

Improved spectrum efficiency and throughput in presence of interference

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 Wi-Fi 6 Update

November 2019

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