A Development Direction Outlook for the Next Generation Wi-Fi 8
Young-myoung Kang · The Journal of the Korean Institute of Information and Communication Engineering · 2023
Emerging immersive and delay-sensitive applications such as AR, VR, and XR are driving the fast development of the next generation Wi-Fi 8 standard. Whereas Wi-Fi 7 have focused on extremely fast transmission, Wi-Fi 8 aims to ensure reliability. We first explore the technical requirements, current standardization status, new features, use cases, and research challenges for the IEEE 802.11bn ultra-high reliability (UHR), which is the foundation of Wi-Fi 8. We then investigate the innovative key features such as distributed Multi-link operation, determinism, and AP coordination. Finally, we suggest how these could be adopted in the coordination framework, one of the core protocol solutions of the Wi-Fi 8.