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Wi-Fi 6E

Next Generation Wi-Fi

Juniper Wi-Fi 6

What is Wi-Fi 6E?

Introduced by Wi-Fi Alliance, Wi-Fi 6E is the upcoming standard for an extension of Wi-Fi 6 (also known as 802.11ax), enabling the operation of features in the unlicensed 6 GHz band, in addition to the currently supported 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands.

With an additional 1200 MHz of spectrum available for use in the 6 GHz band for Wi-Fi applications, Wi-Fi 6E devices will operate in 14 additional 80 MHz channels and 7 additional 160 MHz channels. This broader spectrum simplifies network design and deliver ultimate Wi-Fi performance with higher throughput and wider channels, while eliminating the need to support legacy devices, resulting in less network congestion.

Making use of this extended spectrum capacity in 6 GHz brings the promising outlook of continued innovation across Wi-Fi user experience and connected devices. The Wi-Fi 6E standard further improves the 802.11ax network user experience with faster and more reliable Wi-Fi networks that are designed for soaring device densities and high-bandwidth applications such as video streaming, videoconferencing, and voice calls.

How Does Wi-Fi 6E Work?

Wi-Fi 6E provides all the features and capabilities of 802.11ax, but it does so by operating in the 6 GHz band. 802.11ax goes beyond boosting network speed and combines innovative technologies to improve overall network performance when connecting a large number of devices running high-bandwidth, low-latency applications.

Wi-Fi 6E networks will provide increased capacity by operating on the 6 GHz band with 14 additional 80 MHz channels and 7 additional 160 MHz channels, while leveraging these existing 802.11ax features:

  • 8x8 uplink/downlink MU-MIMO, OFDMA, and BSS Color to provide up to four times more capacity to handle more devices.
  • Target wake time (TWT) to improve network efficiency and device battery life, including that of IoT devices.
  • 1024 quadrature amplitude modulation mode (1024-QAM) to increase throughput for emerging, bandwidth-intensive uses by transmitting more data in the same amount of spectrum.

Realizing the Benefits of Multigigabit Ethernet

Juniper is committed to delivering innovative and high-performance products that will allow enterprises and service providers to realize the full potential of Wi-Fi 6E innovations.

With the support of an additional 1.2 GHz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band, Wi-Fi 6E will drive up the access point uplink requirements and require multigigabit Ethernet (802.3bz) connectivity to the access layer switching infrastructure.


Juniper Networks Wireless Access Points

Wireless Access Points

Juniper is leading the convergence of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, and IoT with our enterprise-grade Access Points. The Juniper Access Points work in conjunction with the Juniper Mist Cloud Architecture and Mist AI to collect and analyze metadata in near real-time from all wireless clients.


Juniper Networks EX Series Switches

EX Series Ethernet Switches

Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches, a family of high-performance access switches that support 802.3bz (multigigabit Ethernet), can address these soaring bandwidth needs. To help enterprises deliver great end-to-end user and IoT experiences, these switches also work with the complementary Mist Wired Assurance service, which uses AI and data science for actionable insights and self-driving network capabilities.


As enterprise companies prepare to roll out Wi-Fi 6 access points today or plan future upgrades to Wi-Fi 6E for their access switching, they should make sure that their solution has the capability to support 802.3bz connections at 2.5GBASE-T or 5GBASE-T speeds.


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