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    M.2 version Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 card gets FCC certified

    On January 28 the FCC published Intel's application for the M.2 version of their Wi-Fi 6 AX201 network adapter, with model name AX201NGW. In the process some specs got confirmed: 802.11ax support in both bands Uses M.2 2230 form factor 2 antenna's for 2x2 MIMO 5 GHz band supports 160 MHz...
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    Huawei announces 5G CPE Pro: Combining 5G SA & Wi-Fi 6

    Today Huawei announced its latest 5G modem router, the 5G CPE Pro. Based on the Balong 5000 chipset the CPE provides 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G connectivity with support for both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) 5G network architectures. At the Sub-6 GHz bands, Huawei claims that the Balong 5000...
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    Netgear adds WPA3 support to Nighthawk AX12 (RAX120) by firmware

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    CES 2019: ASUS announces RT-AX58U, an Intel-based 2x2 dual-band Wi-Fi 6 router

    In addition to the high-end RT-AX88U (dual-band 4x4, AX6000) and ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 (tri-band 4x4, AX11000) Asus announced today a mid-range Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) router, the RT-AX58U, based on Intel silicon. The AX3000 class router supports draft 802.11ax on both bands with 2x2 MIMO as well...
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    Qualcomm reveals Snapdragon 855 with 802.11ax, 802.11ay and WPA3

    Qualcomm revealed their new flagship chipset today in Hawaii aimed at the high-end phones of 2019, and it comes with a lot of firsts. The Snapdragon 855 mobile platform features Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) support, 802.11ay support in the 60GHz band and WPA3 security support, all 3 not seen before in any...
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    Aruba formally launches 510 Series of 'AI-powered' 802.11ax access points

    Today Aruba launched their first 802.11ax access points, the 510 Series. The 'AI-powered' AP's uses 4x4 MIMO on 5 GHz and 2x2 MIMO on 2.4 GHz and contains Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee (802.15.4) radio's. 2.5 Gb/s Ethernet and 802.3at PoE are supported. There are two variants: AP-514: External...
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    Calix launches GigaSpire MAX and BLAST: smart routers with Wi-Fi 6

    Calix launched two new Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) routers, the GigaSpire MAX and GigaSpire BLAST. Both feature 8x8 MIMO @ 5 GHz and 4x4 MIMO@ 2.4 GHz with 802.11ax support and two 1 GbE ports (1 LAN and 1 WAN). The MAX adds Universal IoT (Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee 3.0 & Z-Wave Pro) and built-in Alexa...
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    After DOCSIS, DSL goes Full Duplex: Broadcom releases Full Duplex G.fast modem

    Broadcom announced that they have a full duplex G.fast modem implementation production ready. The BCM65400 device family could enable symmetric download and upload speed over short xDSL lines. Broadcom is showcasing G.fast-based full-duplex in the Broadcom Booth MR10 Hall 22A this week at the...
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    Arris shows Docsis 3.1 modem with Wi-Fi 6 and EasyMesh at Cable-Tec Expo

    Jeff Baumgartner from Light Reading spotted a new Docsis 3.1 modem from Arris with Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and EasyMesh on the Cable-Tec Expo in Atlanta. The device, named Touchstone mAX, contains two 802.11ax 4x4 radio's, one on 2,4 GHz and one for 5 GHz, along with a single 2,5 GbE port, two 1...
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    Plume and Samsung Launch OpenSync™ Open Source Initiative

    Plume and Samsung Launch OpenSync™ Open Source Initiative backed by Liberty Global, Bell Canada, Comcast and Quantenna. Documentation and more information can be found on OpenSync.io OpenSync is available under the BSD 3-clause open source license and can be downloaded from Github. Press release
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    Quantenna and Cortina provide Wi-Fi 6 enabled GPON gateway & router reference designs

    Quantenna and Cortina today announced that they teamed up to deliver reference designs for Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) routers and GPON gateways based on Quantenna's Wi-Fi 6 chips, the QSR10GU-AX Plus and QSR5GU-AX Plus, and Cortina's network processors, the Cortina CA7742 and Cortina CA8279.
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    FCC proposes to triple 5 GHz spectrum for Wi-Fi with 1200 MHz additional spectrum (5.925-7.125 GHz)

    Right now 5GHz Wi-Fi uses 5.15 to 5.725 GHz, where 5.250–5.350 GHz and 5.470–5.725 GHz require DFS (exact values depend on region). This is around 600 MHz, and now the FCC proposes to add 1200 MHz spectrum to this band: 5.925 to 7.125 GHz. That's sixteen extra 80 MHz channels or eight extra 160...
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    Broadcom launches new Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax chips aimed at repeaters and Mesh nodes

    Broadcom introduced two news Wi-Fi 6 SoC's aimed mainly at repeaters and Mesh nodes. The BCM6752 contains a triple-core CPU, 2x2 802.11ax radio and dual gigabit ethernet ports in a single package, while the BCM6755 had a quad-core CPU, two 2x2 802.11ax radio's and a single gigabit ethernet port...
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    Broadcom's BCM63178 combines a VDSL Profile 35b modem and Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax radio in a single chip

    Today Broadcom introduced the BCM63178, a SoC that combines a VDSL Profile 35b, also known as VPlus, modem, and a 2x2 Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax radio. It contains a 1.5 GHz multi-core CPU (8.5k DMIPS) and can be combined with Broadcom's BCM43684 802.11ax WLAN chipset. The chipset family is sampling...
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    [Asus RT-AX88U] Experiences & Discussion

    Asus RT-AX88U Experiences & Discussion Preface The Asus RT-AX88U is the first router to support the 802.11ax draft specification, also known as Wi-Fi 6. The router is very similar to the RT-AC88U but has new radios and a new quad-core processor. The antenna's and 8 gigabit ethernet ports have...
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    Qualcomm introduces their first 802.11ay 60GHz chipsets

    Qualcomm announced today their first 60GHz Wi-Fi chipsets based on the 802.11ay-draft specification. QCA64x8 series (QCA6438 and QCA6428) for fixed infrastructure and QCA64x1 series (QCA6431 and QCA6421) for mobile devices will provide 802.11ay connectivity. Qualcomm is working together with...
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    Apple iPhone XS and XS Max might support 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)

    According to Tech Insights the new iPhones use a Broadcom BCM4377 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth wireless combo SoC. The BCM4377 is not publicly listed, and probably custom made for Apple. The closest related however is the BCM4375, also a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo chip. And it supports 802.11ax (recently branded...
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    Intel mentions Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (Cyclone Peak 2) and AX201 (Harrison Peak 2) network adapters

    On Intel's Technical Libary two new wireless network adapters appeared, the Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 (with code name Cyclone Peak 2) and the Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (with code name Harrison Peak 2). Previously, we saw the Intel Wireless-AX 22260 (22260NGW) with code name Cyclone Peak and the Intel...
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    [Asus RT-AX88U] Delivery times & prices

    Asus RT-AX88U Delivery times & prices It looks like the Asus RT-AX88U is the first draft-802.11ax router that will be available on the consumer market. This topic is only about the delivery times & prices of the Asus RT-AX88U: Where to get it the cheapest and the fastest. If you want to...
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    Aruba 802.11ax line-up

    The Aruba Networks 802.11ax AP-Series Aruba just announced their line-up of 802.11ax access points. They say that they are confident they will be software upgradable to pass the AX-certification from the Wi-Fi Alliance later in 2019. Down- and uplink OFDMA, downlink MU-MIMO, TxBF, TWT...
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