How does Wi-Fi 6E compare to other wireless technologies like 5G and Bluetooth?

OFDMA introduction also enables dedicated channels bringing possibility of serving high-bandwidth and low latency applications. It can also benefit from relatively recently introduced Wi-Fi QoS management capabilities.

In my home network, I am using Wi-Fi 6E as a 6 GHz backhaul between Wi-Fi 6 access points in a mesh. It allows less channel collisions because of different backhaul frequency.

Really great option but price in the market will dictate good penetration. The other details everyone would like to know are security features offered in the new version. How difficult it is to break these measures?

Wifi 6 must be widely adopted by businesses with multiple LANs/WANs to manage as more networking managers/engineers work tirelessly to upgrade to the latest standard. This upgrade is not a matter of "if" it is a matter of "when" due to enhanced security features to: - authenticate users and manage permissions - up to date encryption to secure data - reliability enhancements that improve wifi gap coverage -Zero touch provisioning with preconfigured templates Remaining with legacy wifi standards will lead to exposure/vulnerabilities and susceptible to cyber attacks.

One thing that I’ve noticed is, though, this article said that the range tends to be shorter than older WiFi standards. When I compare my WiFi 6 router to my old WiFi 5 router, my device proves to have consistently higher data transfer rates of bandwidth from a further distance than my WiFi 5 device did.

Another challenge (mentioned in the next section) is when multiple concurrent technologies are using the same spectrum reducing spectrum available for Wi-Fi.

The short answer in my opinion is that wi-fi 6E and 5G both will both complement each other. 5G is a better mobility option and wi-fi 6E is a great indoor option. There are other drivers that need to be considered. Laptops, routers, smartphones equipped with wifi 6E are expensive so the costs need to come down. 5G chipset costs need to significantly come down as well. There is also a need for gigabit level backhaul bandwidth at every premise whether it is a home or a business or a cell site to completely leverage the full power of these technologies.

We may want to talk about use cases and three critical factors for solving those use cases; technology and innovation, cost, and ecosystem. WiFi6, 5G, and Bluetooth solve different problems. The key will be to identify if ecosystem-like devices, integration, HW/SW, etc., around that is in place, the cost can be brought down to a level that makes business sense.

5G is not coming with shorter range in general. It all depends on frequencies used. Higher frequency - shorter range. Same frequency - same range. Also, 5G and WiFi might try to solve the same problem when they, for instance, target wireless broadband service indoors.

As more devices and peripherals have the ability to connect to networks ie smart watches, TVs, and other IOT devices wifi has also become purpose built - Bluetooth for pairing, Wifi 5 fast speed and low latency and Wifi 6 with natively secure connectivity, Internet service providers will need to provide more needs based analysis rather than recommend upgrades to current wifi generation. Additionally information to add helpful to readers would be how is this changing the ISP market? What to ask of a service provider? Discounts based on #of peripherals/devices connected? Or increased consumption? Etc