Is your network ready for WiFi 6?
What foundations do you need so your network is really ready for WiFi 6?
Many businesses do their best to stay ahead of the curve with respect to technology. At least they probably do their best to keep up with the latest tech. Wi-Fi 6 is currently pitched to provide the best possible experience for their network users (employees and customers). Ultimately, the technology should be a top consideration for businesses that want to ensure their network users can get the best use out of the tech services the business provides. Companies of this nature are often found in highly competitive industries e.g: higher education, luxury retail and entertainment venues. Poorly performing wireless can quickly drive their customers across to use an alternative solution 3G/4G for example.
Many businesses nowadays have integrated high-bandwidth applications into their business processes as well. Examples of this are real-time cloud data backup (for servers as well as individual client machines) and HD video / streaming for conferencing in enterprise workspaces, huddle spaces and meeting rooms. The increased bandwidth of Wi-Fi 6 will ensure a better user experience.
The current trend is that businesses want to build high-density wireless networks. This includes public spaces, universities, stadiums, and theaters. The issue for most is that they’re not sure where to start. Companies are often trying to capture usage data about their audience so they have a metric to make some considerations from. Thus they need people to ‘sign in’ to use the Wi-Fi service (this process also helps with remaining GDPR compliant). With older versions of Wi-Fi, the network can get saturated very quickly, this in turns causes users to switch to alternative options quickly. When this happens the visibility of users and their login credentials are gone. Use cases like this have been very difficult to implement with older versions of WiFi, but thankfully this is possible with Wi-Fi 6.