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  • Airties Cloud now shows visibility of 5G FWA link performance providing unified view of QoE across WAN and LAN networks using Qualcomm® 5G Fixed Wireless Access Platforms 
  • Enables FWA operators to observe, diagnose, and fix connectivity issues automatically or through actionable recommendations for 5G broadband home gateways and extenders
  • New capability available in Q2 to be demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2025

Paris, France – February 6, 2025  Airties, a global leader of AI-driven software that improves the home connectivity experience for ISPs, today announced that it will showcase its converged broadband experience platform for Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) operators using Qualcomm® 5G Fixed Wireless Access Platforms at Mobile World Congress 2025. This new capability builds upon the recent collaboration previously announced between the two companies, and enables FWA operators to observe, diagnose, and fix their subscribers’ home connectivity issues automatically, or through actionable recommendations, across local (LAN) and wide-area wireless networks (WAN).

Broadband service providers rely upon Airties’ software for the ongoing optimization of their customers’ broadband experience to help reduce churn, attract new customers, lower operating costs, and innovate in new ways. Airties’ broadband experience platform includes Airties Edge; Airties Cloud; Airties Vision App; and Airties Orbit. In addition to home Wi-Fi, Airties Cloud can now provide WAN performance data and insights for FWA operators to determine whether they should take corrective actions for 5G CPE, such as frequency band changes, bandwidth provisioning, or switching base stations. This new capability will be commercially available in Q2 2025, as part of an ongoing collaboration between Airties and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

“Fixed wireless operators have been seeking the means to have a unified view into the home broadband experience of their customers, across their local and wide area networks, and that is precisely what we are now showcasing with Qualcomm Technologies,” said Metin Taskin, founder and CEO of Airties. “Customers using our broadband experience platform can now measure and manage end-to-end performance quality across 5G and home Wi-Fi within Airties Cloud. We look forward to demonstrating this enhanced capability with Qualcomm at Mobile World Congress and offering it to FWA service providers around the globe in the weeks ahead.”

“Ensuring a consistent and high-quality broadband experience for end-users is a top priority for all FWA carriers, and our collaboration with software innovators like Airties highlights the advanced managed network capabilities and optimizations Qualcomm 5G Fixed Wireless Access Platforms can help achieve,” said Gautam Sheoran, Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Broadband & Communications at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “This collaboration represents a significant advancement in providing operators with the tools necessary to ensure seamless connectivity and high performance across both WAN and LAN networks.”

Airties’ AI-driven connectivity experience platform helps ISPs observe, diagnose and fix in-home connectivity issues automatically or through actionable recommendations. By personalizing the customer experience and optimizing home connectivity, it is designed to help improve customer satisfaction and NPS scores. Airties’ data-driven insights, across devices and applications, help ISPs improve performance quality, market effectively, and deliver a premium managed broadband experience to consumers.

 

Key software solutions include:

  1. Airties Edge software for gateways/routers/extenders intelligently directs consumers’ devices (laptops, tablets, phones, game consoles, IoT, smart home devices, etc.) to the best available Wi-Fi access point and frequency band based on real-time network conditions; manages Mesh networking; optimizes QoS; and delivers critical data to Airties Cloud;
  2. Airties Cloud helps ISPs observe, diagnose, and fix in-home connectivity issues automatically or through actionable recommendations; delivers insights on connected devices and application performance; and provides APIs to support operators’ CRM systems, customer facing support apps, and Airties Vision App;
  3. Airties Vision, a white-label companion app, empowers homeowners to set-up and manage their home networks and set parent controls, prioritizations, guest access, and more; and,
  4. Airties Orbit, a continuous test automation platform for broadband service providers, customer premises equipment (CPE) manufacturers, and system-on-chip (SoC) manufacturers to support Wi-Fi integration efforts.

Airties has received many prestigious industry awards for its innovations, including: “Best Home Wi-Fi Solution Award” from Broadband World Forum; “Best Wi-Fi Service Provider Solution” and “Best Home Wi-Fi Product” awards from Wi-Fi NOW; “Best Wi-Fi Innovation” and “Best-In Home Wi-Fi Network” awards from Wireless Broadband Alliance; “Best Broadband Customer Experience” from Cable & Satellite International; and numerous others.

Additional information about Airties can be found at: www.airties.com. Additional information about Qualcomm can be found at www.qualcomm.com. To learn more about Qualcomm 5G Fixed Wireless Access platforms, visit link.

About Airties

Airties is a global leader of AI-driven software solutions that improve the home connectivity experience for ISPs to help reduce churn, attract new customers, lower operating costs, and innovate. Leveraging insights from millions of managed homes, Airties provides industry-leading customer experience measurement and optimization for broadband service providers to improve customer satisfaction and NPS scores. Airties’ holistic suite of hardware-agnostic software enables ISPs to manage home connectivity, based on leading industry standards and open-source software, across their fiber, cable/DSL, and fixed wireless access (FWA) deployments. Airties’ customers include leading service providers such as AT&T, Cox, Deutsche Telekom, Telia, Telstra, T-Mobile US, Vodafone, and many others across the world. More information is available at www.airties.com.

Decoding the 2024 Holiday Gaming Spike

Happy 2025, everyone. The new year brings a lot to consider – plans for the upcoming months, habits to start or renew, and reflections on the previous year. As we have covered in Plume IQ, the holiday period is one of the most interesting times for consumer behavior insights. Companies plan roadmaps and marketing campaigns specifically to drive purchases in just a few short weeks at the end of the year. In our first issue of 2025, we’re going to look at how the gaming industry did.

Not surprisingly, gaming devices were again one of the most popular gift items given during the holiday season. For the last few years, Plume IQ has tracked the popularity of these specific gifts by noting how many times we see a gaming device for the first time on our networks. Throughout the year they remain one of the most popular consumer devices to join Plume networks. In 2024, we saw tens of thousands of gaming devices added each week in the United States – a good baseline to compare against holiday performance.

Compared to an average week in 2024, the weeks in December saw meaningfully more gaming devices added. The first two weeks (starting on 12/2 and 12/9) saw 8% and 6% gains, respectively. Larger spikes followed: the week starting 12/16 saw 28% more gaming devices added, and the week starting 12/23 (Christmas and Hanukkah week) saw a stunning 233% increase in gaming devices added to Plume networks.

 

Nintendo devices were the winner, beating both Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation. Of those three brands, Nintendo accounted for 37.4% of new gaming devices added in December. Sony wasn’t far behind, with 37.2% of the share of new devices among the three and Microsoft, as has been the case in years past, came in third with a 25% share of the increase. Game on.

Join Plume in Atlanta

Join us at the NCTC Winter Educational Conference (WEC). On February 25th from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm ET, Plume Acting CEO and Co-founder Adam Hotchkiss will delve into Optimizing Network Efficiency: Strategies and Benefits of Offloading Cellular Data to Wi-Fi Networks.

Interested in learning more? Book a meeting with Plume here.

OpenSync 6.6

OpenSync 6.6 is now available. This comprehensive update enables key advancements for WiFi 7, unified management, and 5G Uplink support.

OpenSync 6.6 Highlights:

  • MLO for WiFi 7: Met the Wi-Fi Alliance requirement for the WiFi 7 certification
  • Simplified Integration: platform-agnostic iptables/ebtables skip-accel action, simplify DPI support by reducing custom patches in SDK
  • Simpler SDN Design: Dropped Open vSwitch bridge support and dual-bridge design, focusing on Linux SDN only
  • Unified Management: Replaced Wireless Manager (WM) and Band Steering Manager (BM) with OneWiFi for seamless, combined control of WiFi functions
  • 5G Uplink Support: Combined LTEM and CELLM into one manager, enabling 5G support and a more efficient codebase

Learn more about OpenSync 6.6 here.

News Roundup

Plume’s Principal Product Manager for Uprise, Tony Liebel, joined Doug Green on the Telecom Reseller podcast. They discussed the news of the first outdoor access point certified to work with Plume’s services, what the multi-resident real estate market needs from a WiFi product, and how Plume works with our partners to improve the quality of their services.

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Plume’s Chief Legal & Privacy Officer, Shari Piré added expert guidance on Data Privacy Day and the 2025 theme of “Take control of your data.” In an industry roundup, “Tech Experts Reflect on Data Privacy Day 2025” she noted, “With roughly three billion devices connected to our cloud, we’re able to leverage the data we collect to delight our customers with the services they want and insights they need—while contemporaneously protecting that data.

Simply put, at Plume, we believe our customers should stay in control of their personal data—regardless of where they live. Plume’s desire to deliver the highest quality experience and put our customers in the driver’s seat with respect to the data they share with us, underscores our privacy program and supports our decision to adopt a ‘high-watermark’ approach to compliance. We think that this approach makes good business sense. Not only does it streamline compliance, it helps Plume protect our customers’ data.”

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#PlumeStrong

Opening of Aslam Selim Anatolian High School in Adiyaman, TurkeyIn 2023, #PlumeStrong pledged funds raised from the #PlumeStrong Cycling Challenge (#PSCC23) to help construct a new public school in the Adiyaman region of Turkey, an area devastated in the Turkey-Syria earthquake that occurred in February of that year.

We’re proud to share that the Aslam Selim Anatolian High School has now opened in Adiyaman, Turkey.

Plume’s General Manager of European Operations, Jasna Mihelj Coustaury, who has led the #PlumeStrong program, was in Adiyaman on January 14 to officially open the school and welcome the new students.

The school will accommodate 540 students and over 40 teachers in 16 classrooms, along with a library, science lab, and a computer lab with laptops donated by Plume. We are extremely grateful for the efforts and generosity of our #PSCC23 riders, partners, and donors – this would not have been possible without you. Thank you again!

Hitron CPE devices will now come pre-integrated with Aprecomm’s customer experience management platform, providing fast access to its AI-driven cloud applications for broadband providers in the Americas.

Centennial, CO – February 4, 2025: Hitron Technologies Americas has announced a new partnership with Aprecomm, a network and customer experience solutions leader. The collaboration will see Aprecomm’s advanced AI-powered platform integrated into Hitron’s cutting-edge broadband customer premises equipment (CPE). This integration enables broadband service providers (BSPs) to immediately leverage Aprecomm’s cloud-based applications, ensuring a seamless deployment with minimal setup time. Hitron also becomes Aprecomm’s exclusive partner for DOCSIS-based solutions throughout the Americas. 

By embedding Aprecomm’s agent into its CPE lineup—including state-of-the-art WiFi 7 routers, gateways, and extenders—Hitron offers service providers a ready-to-use solution that improves operational efficiency and enhances subscriber satisfaction. This pre-integration empowers BSPs to access critical AI-driven tools for optimizing customer experience and network performance right out of the box. 

“We’re excited to partner with Aprecomm to bring immediate value to our customers,” said Greg Fisher, President & CTO of Hitron Technologies Americas. “This collaboration ensures that our devices are equipped to deliver fast, AI-optimized connectivity, helping operators reduce costs, resolve issues proactively, and provide superior customer experiences without additional integration efforts.” 

This collaboration with Aprecomm complements Hitron’s existing integrations and partnerships, further enriching the software ecosystem that accompanies its cutting-edge broadband solutions. By offering a diverse suite of tools and applications, Hitron ensures broadband providers can access solutions tailored to their needs. The combined offering leverages industry standards such as the TR-369 User Services Platform (USP) developed by the Broadband Forum, ensuring compatibility with established tools and protocols for device management. 

“We are delighted to see Hitron and Aprecomm collaborate to widen the availability of USP in its cloud-based device management offering,” said Craig Thomas, CEO of Broadband Forum. “USP continues to act as the key facilitator of seamless management and monitoring of connected devices in today’s smart home.” 

Immediate Benefits for Service Providers: 

  • Agentic AI: The solution, which uses sophisticated AI and a patented quality of experience algorithm, enables automated self-healing of common network issues to reduce customer service costs and maximize OPEX. 
  • Rapid Deployment: Hitron’s pre-integrated devices provide instant access to Aprecomm’s cloud applications, significantly reducing BSPs’ time to market. 
  • Enhanced Efficiency: Aprecomm’s AI-powered optimization and analytics reduce operational costs by improving first-call resolution rates, minimizing truck rolls, and automating network adjustments. 
  • Improved Subscriber Experience: The combined solution ensures that consumers enjoy uninterrupted, high-quality connectivity through self-optimizing and self-healing WiFi networks. 

“We’re excited to expand the global availability of our solution,” said Pramod Gummaraj, Founder and CEO of Aprecomm. “Broadband providers are looking to maximize AI’s opportunity to automate support and provide better online experiences through self-optimizing Wi-Fi. Our combined solution capitalizes on the growing trend of service providers moving on from broadband speed and price to selling on guaranteed customer experience.” 

On the back end, Aprecomm’s analytics and automated support tools provide BSPs with actionable insights into network performance, enabling them to address potential issues before they affect customers. Field-proven results from Aprecomm’s platform include a 62% reduction in truck rolls, a 35% improvement in first-call resolutions, and a 30% decrease in call resolution times—leading to a 20% overall reduction in subscriber churn. 

This integration is now available to broadband service providers across the Americas, serving both residential and business subscribers. 


About Hitron Technologies 

With more than 30 years of experience, Hitron Technologies has been a global leader in providing innovative Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) to leading Broadband Service Providers all over the world. Our unwavering commitment to excellence and a deep understanding of the industry’s evolving needs have made us the trusted partner of choice for service providers seeking to deliver high-performance connectivity to homes and businesses. With a strong focus on cutting-edge technology and cost-effective solutions, Hitron remains at the forefront of shaping the future of network connectivity. Hitron Technologies Americas Inc. is a subsidiary of Hitron Technologies and is based in Centennial, Colorado. 

To learn more about Hitron Technologies Americas, visit www.us.hitrontech.com 

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About Aprecomm 

Aprecomm harnesses the power of AI to provide a unique applications suite that enables service providers to create self-optimizing and self-healing broadband networks. 

Our quality-of-experience engine monitors and optimizes WiFi performance to ensure consumers enjoy the best possible internet experience. At the same time, our cloud-based support applications leverage real-time data to predict and resolve customer service issues before they happen, saving providers time and money. 

Aprecomm manages over 7 million home and business locations, partnering with more than 45 service providers worldwide. 

Together, we are making intuitive networks a reality. 

Follow Aprecomm on LinkedIn here. 

#IntuitiveNetworks 

Visit www.aprecomm.ai to discover more. 

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One of the biggest trends in hospitality is increased personalisation. Guests no longer just book a room; they expect a tailored experience that resonates with their preferences. Hotel guests, just like retail consumers, report being more satisfied and are willing to spend more when their experiences are personalised. For hotels in the EMEA region, implementing personalisation effectively can differentiate their brand, increase guest satisfaction, and build long-term loyalty. Here are our recommendations for personalisation in EMEA hotels, focusing on enhancing Wi-Fi and in-room entertainment.

Personalising Wi-Fi Services

Wi-Fi is often thought of as a utility, but it can be a touchpoint for personalisation to enhance the guest experience. Here are several ways that EMEA hotels can personalise around Wi-Fi:

  • Branded portals with personal greetings – By integrating PMS solutions with Wi-Fi networks, hotels can create branded log-in portals. These portals can greet guests by name and display customised offers or recommendations.
  • Device recognition for seamless connectivity – Recognising guests’ devices enables automatic connectivity during return visits, eliminating repeated logins. This improves convenience and makes guests feel valued.
  • Tiered Wi-Fi packages – Offering different tiers of Wi-Fi (such as free basic access and premium high-speed options) caters to varying guest needs. While most guests now expect fast, reliable, free Wi-Fi, some are willing to pay for higher speeds and additional features.

Enhancing In-Room Entertainment

Guests want their in-room systems to feel like extensions of their personal tech. Solutions like personalised welcome screens, saved content preferences, and even tailored recommendations are in demand. Other features for personalisation in EMEA hotels include:

  • Integration with personal streaming accounts – Allowing guests to log in securely to their Netflix, MAX, or Spotify accounts ensures familiarity and convenience. Some major hotel brands have partnered with streaming services to enable this feature natively. Another popular option is to enable secure casting of content from personal devices to in-room TVs.
  • Personalised offers, event calendars, and messaging – In-room TVs can transform into personalised information centres where guests can view details specific to their stay, such as room service menus, property amenities, or checkout information. The WorldVue HUB can integrate with the hotel’s PMS to customise the guest experience even further – for example, by sending event information only to the rooms of guests who are attending that event.
  • Multilingual content and interfaces – EMEA hotels cater to diverse traveller demographics. Offering multilingual interfaces and content ensures accessibility and comfort for international guests.
  • Content recommendations – Using AI, hotels can suggest tailored entertainment options based on guest preferences or past interactions. This enhances personalisation and engagement, fostering a sense of being understood and valued.
guest talking with receptionist, as an example of personalisation in EMEA hotels

Additional Opportunities for Personalisation

In addition to Wi-Fi and IRE, there are other ways to use innovative technologies for personalisation in EMEA hotels, such as:

  • Smart room technologies – The hotel PMS can help staff tie personalised information to hotel operations. For example, a property can exceed expectations by adjusting the lighting and temperature in a guest’s room to their preferred settings before they arrive. They can even set the TV or in-room music to a guest’s preferred channel to welcome them.
  • Concierge services – With help from the PMS and AI-powered solutions, hotels can provide personalised recommendations for dining, spa treatments, and other activities. Concierge staff have an opportunity to use this data to create an experience that’s tailored to surprise and delight each guest.
  • Mobile applications for personalised services – Mobile apps can offer guests convenience in choosing the services that matter to them. Such apps also provide an opportunity for tailored recommendations and services. They can even be tied into loyalty programmes to offer additional rewards to repeat guests.

Steps to Implementing Personalisation in EMEA Hotels

For hoteliers looking to embrace personalisation, it’s important to keep a few things in mind.

High-speed, reliable Internet is the backbone of modern hospitality technology, and guests expect a flawless, uninterrupted connection. The right digital infrastructure boosts guest satisfaction and enables hotels to implement other tech-driven solutions for personalisation, from smart rooms to advanced in-room entertainment.

Leveraging guest data is crucial for gathering insights from booking engines, loyalty programmes, and more to anticipate guest needs. However, it is essential to adhere to GDPR and other privacy regulations to protect guest data and maintain trust.

An experienced vendor like WorldVue can streamline the integration of PMS, Wi-Fi, IRE, and more, making personalisation seamless. Not only will this enhance the guest experience, but it will also streamline operations so staff can focus on providing personalised service.

Personalisation in EMEA hotels has become a strategic imperative that shapes guest experiences and drives revenue. By investing in tailored Wi-Fi and IRE solutions and embracing other innovative technologies, hoteliers can meet evolving guest expectations while securing a competitive edge.

Ready to lead in personalisation for a better guest experience? Learn more about WorldVue’s solutions and discover how your hotel can create exceptional, guest-centric experiences for happier guests.

In today’s fast-paced, always-connected world, Wi-Fi networks are no longer just a utility—they’re a highly-desired amenity and critical tool for revenue generation and visitor engagement. At GoZone WiFi, we’re constantly innovating to help venues unlock the full potential of their visitor Wi-Fi networks.

That’s why we’re excited to announce major enhancements to our Ads4WiFi platform. These updates include a dynamic splash page specifically designed for OpenRoaming and cellular subscribers who will be able to connect automatically to the Wi-Fi network, allowing venues to reach more users, generate additional revenue, and create meaningful connections with their visitors.

But that’s not all—venues can also leverage our Marketing4WiFi platform for traditional Wi-Fi connections, letting everyone connect and enabling even more ways to engage visitors and capture value.

Partnering with the WBA to Expand OpenRoaming Opportunities

A key part of this innovation is GoZone’s partnership with the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) to advance the adoption of OpenRoaming. This collaboration enables seamless, automatic connectivity for users across participating networks, eliminating the need for manual logins and ensuring a frictionless experience for visitors.

By working with the WBA, GoZone ensures that venues can easily integrate OpenRoaming into their existing networks, enabling more users to connect effortlessly while unlocking new opportunities for engagement and monetization.

“Partnering with the WBA allows us to bring the power of OpenRoaming to venues of all types,” said Todd Myers, CEO of GoZone WiFi. “This collaboration ensures that venues can offer visitors a world-class connectivity experience while creating measurable business value.”

A Seamless Splash Page for OpenRoaming and Cellular Subscribers

Imagine scores of new users connecting to your Wi-Fi network automatically, without the need to log in or navigate a captive portal. Thanks to OpenRoaming and the ability to automatically connect cellular subscribers to the Wi-Fi network, this is now possible. With our enhanced Ads4WiFi platform, venues can take this seamless connection experience to the next level by displaying a targeted splash page to these users immediately upon connection.

This splash page is a powerful tool that helps venues:

  • Generate Revenue: Display targeted ads, sponsored content, or promotions that align with your brand and resonate with your audience.
  • Deliver Messaging: Showcase value-driven content, special offers, or loyalty program details directly to connected users.
  • Increase Impressions: With more users connecting automatically via OpenRoaming or cellular network integration, your messaging reaches a larger audience effortlessly.

This solution turns automatic connectivity into a powerful business opportunity, enabling venues to monetize their networks and engage visitors in meaningful ways.

Marketing4WiFi: A Captive Portal Solution for Traditional Wi-Fi Users

Our Marketing4WiFi platform offers additional ways to engage and capture value for visitors who connect via a captive portal. Venues can collect email addresses, enroll visitors in loyalty programs, and gather valuable insights that fuel future engagement strategies.

This dual-platform approach—Ads4WiFi for automatically connected users and Marketing4WiFi for traditional logins—ensures venues can engage every type of guest while driving measurable business results.

 

Maximizing Wi-Fi Hardware Investments

One of the key benefits of these enhancements is the ability to maximize the return on investment (ROI) from existing Wi-Fi infrastructure. Venues invest significant capital in Wi-Fi hardware to provide reliable connectivity for their visitors, but many networks remain underutilized.

By integrating OpenRoaming and automatically connecting cellular subscribers with the Ads4WiFi platform, GoZone helps venues make the most of their networks. Automatically connecting more users to the network not only enhances the visitor experience but also opens up new opportunities for revenue and engagement.

“Our goal is to transform every connection into an opportunity,” said Todd Myers, CEO of GoZone WiFi. “With our Ads4WiFi and Marketing4WiFi platforms, we’re helping venues reach more users, capture their attention with targeted messaging, and maximize the value of their Wi-Fi infrastructure investments.”

 

Driving Value with Partnerships

Our partnership with American Bandwidth strengthens this effort by enabling cellular subscribers to connect automatically to venue Wi-Fi networks. This reduces strain on cellular networks, provides a seamless connection for users, and further expands the audience venues can engage with their Ads4WiFi splash page.

 

Turn Wi-Fi into a Revenue-Generating Asset

Wi-Fi networks are more than just a convenience—they’re an untapped opportunity to generate revenue, build loyalty, and engage visitors in new and exciting ways. Whether through automatically connected OpenRoaming and cellular subscribers or traditional captive portal visitors, GoZone’s enhanced Ads4WiFi and Marketing4WiFi platforms empower venues to transform their networks into powerful tools for business growth.

Ready to unlock the full potential of your Wi-Fi network? Learn more about our innovative solutions at www.gozonewifi.com and www.ads4wifi.com.

In an increasingly connected world, the demand for robust and reliable wireless communication has grown exponentially. Wi-Fi Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) access points play a crucial role in maintaining seamless connectivity across various devices. However, the dense occupancy of the Wi-Fi Tri-band RF spectrum and the inherent challenges in multi-band operations necessitate the use of specialized filters in CPE access points (APs). These filters ensure that Wi-Fi signals remain strong and stable, even in the presence of potential sources of interference. This article explores the critical need for filters in CPE APs, delving into the challenges posed by the RF spectrum, self-generated interference, and the technical requirements of these filters.

 

 

 

Figure 1: The many devices inside a home that can cause Wi-Fi AP congestion and interference challenges.
 

As shown in Figure 2, tri-band Wi-Fi 6 and 7 offer increased bandwidth, relieving congestion and enhancing performance, along with offering greater capacity to provide consumers with a larger data pipeline. However, this also creates more opportunities for interference, which can degrade performance across various applications.

 

 

 

Figure 2: Tri-band AP Wi-Fi spectrum.
 

Using RF filters in these more advanced tri-band AP applications not only mitigates signal interference but also plays a vital role in extending coverage, enhancing frequency performance, and increasing network capacity. They also address key design challenges faced by engineers developing Wi-Fi routers for congested RF environments.

 

Self-Generated Interference in Multi-Band Routers

While this tri-band capability (i.e., 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6) enhances network flexibility and performance, it also introduces a significant challenge: self-generated interference. This self-generated interference arises whenever a multi-band AP transmits. Since the multi-band transmitters are located in the same product as the receivers in the AP, mitigation of cross-band interference must be a major design consideration.

 

 

 

Figure 3: Access point showing many areas where self-generated inference can occur.
 

For example, as shown in above Figure 3, when an AP transmits signals across multiple bands simultaneously, strong RF signals from one band can interfere with others. This is especially problematic because Wi-Fi receivers are highly sensitive to detecting weak signals, making them more susceptible to interference from both external sources and other bands within the AP. This phenomenon can cause receiver desensitization.

 

RF Receiver Desensitization: A Critical Concern

Intra-device coexistence issues arise when multiple radios in a system interfere with each other.  This interference, combined with external AP transmit signals, increases the noise power at the affected receiver, degrading the signal-to-noise ratio and leading to reduced receiver sensitivity, or “desensitization.” This results in dropped or interrupted wireless connections.

While desensitization has long been an issue, it’s especially problematic today for devices like smartphones, Wi-Fi APs, IoT and Bluetooth systems. There are two effective ways to prevent this: providing sufficient isolation between transmit and receive signals and using RF filters. While coexistence filters to reduce desense are common in smartphones and client devices, their use in Wi-Fi APs is becoming increasingly important.

Most RF chain antenna designs provide 20-30 dB of isolation between interfering and intended signals to mitigate desense. However, to maintain good throughput, interfering signals should not exceed -70 to -90 dBc, meaning designers need an additional 40-60 dB of isolation in the Wi-Fi front end. Filters play a critical role in achieving this.

 

Technical Requirements for RF Filters

To ensure that a Wi-Fi AP operates efficiently and reliably, it must be equipped with filters that meet specific technical criteria. An adequate filter for a CPE AP should possess the following characteristics:

  • Low Insertion Loss: Insertion loss refers to the reduction in signal strength as it passes through the filter. A low insertion loss is crucial for both the transmit and receive paths. On the transmit side, minimizing insertion loss reduces heat generation and power consumption, which are critical for maintaining the AP’s efficiency. On the receiving side, low insertion loss is essential for preserving receiver sensitivity, which directly impacts the router’s coverage area and performance.
  • Steep Filter Skirts: The filter skirts define how rapidly the filter’s response transitions from low insertion loss to high rejection in the frequency domain. Steeper filter skirts are desirable because they allow for better coexistence with neighboring frequency bands, both within the Wi-Fi spectrum and with external bands. This characteristic is particularly important in densely populated RF environments, where precise filtering is necessary to prevent interference.
  • High Rejection Levels: Rejection refers to the filter’s ability to attenuate unwanted signals and prevent them from interfering with the desired signal. Adequate rejection is necessary to minimize receiver desensitization, especially in the presence of out-of-band interference. A filter with high rejection levels ensures that the Wi-Fi receiver remains sensitive and reliable, even in challenging RF environments.
  • Small Size: In addition to their technical performance, filters used in CPE APs must be small and cost-effective. As APs become more compact and manufacturers strive to reduce costs, finding filters that meet these criteria while still delivering high performance is a significant challenge.

 

 

 

 

Figure 4: Typical RF filter response.
 

 

Qorvo’s Best-in-Class Filters

Qorvo, a leading provider of RF solutions, has developed filters that excel in meeting the demanding requirements of modern CPE APs. One of the key factors contributing to the superior performance of Qorvo’s filters is their use of Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) technology. BAW filters are known for their high-quality factor (Q), which is a measure of the filter’s efficiency in terms of insertion loss and the steepness of its skirts.

 

 

 

Figure 5: RF filter Q factor resonator response.
 

Qorvo creates compact, cost-effective filter designs that fit all Wi-Fi applications. Figure 6 shows the placement of two such filters. Qorvo’s BAW filters have the highest Q in the industry, allowing them to achieve low insertion losses, steep filter skirts, and high rejection levels. These characteristics make them ideal for use in CPE APs, where the need for precise filtering is paramount to ensure reliable and high-performance Wi-Fi connectivity.

 

 

 

Figure 6: RF Filtering used in a typical Wi-Fi frequency AP plan.
 

Qorvo’s filters are designed to address the increasingly stringent requirements for coexistence between different Wi-Fi bands, sub-bands, and external systems like cellular networks. In support of this coexistence and compliance with out-of-band restricted emissions regulations, Qorvo’s filters ensure that Wi-Fi APs operate efficiently without compromising the performance of neighboring bands.

This is particularly critical when transmitting over wider Wi-Fi channels, such as a 320 MHz channel in the UNII-5 band, commonly used in the 6 GHz spectrum. In this scenario, an AP broadcasts the lowest channel, channel 31, which spans from 5945 MHz to 6265 MHz, as shown in Figure 7 below. Without a filter, as seen in the light blue trace of the graph, significant spectral regrowth occurs both above and below the 320 MHz waveform. This regrowth represents noise that spills into adjacent frequency bands, such as UNII-2c and UNII-3 in the 5 GHz band. Such noise would desensitize the 5 GHz receivers, rendering them ineffective.

 

 

 

Figure 7: Wi-Fi channel 31 response using analyzer showing with filter and without filter.
 

Introducing a bandpass filter, shown in Figure 7, results in a much cleaner signal with significant noise reduction in the 5 GHz bands. The filter’s high rejection characteristics, particularly in the lower frequencies of the 320 MHz waveform, allow the AP to maintain signal clarity and minimize interference with the adjacent Wi-Fi bands. A similar situation can be demonstrated with a 5 GHz Bandpass Filter with a Ch 155 transmission, as shown in below Figure 8. The ensuing noise level is much lower when a filter is present, ensuring stronger signal integrity.

 

 

 

Figure 8: Wi-Fi channel 155 response using analyzer showing with filter and without filter.
 

However, not all filters are suitable for this type of application. A filter with a very high Q-factor is necessary to achieve minimal insertion loss while ensuring steep skirts, meaning the transition from low insertion loss to high rejection happens within a narrow frequency range. This steep rejection is essential not only for preventing interference with other Wi-Fi bands but also for adhering to regulatory standards, such as the out-of-band restricted emissions imposed by the FCC in the United States.

 

RF Filters – A Critical Component in Future CPE Applications

As the RF spectrum becomes increasingly crowded and the demand for high-performance Wi-Fi continues to rise, the need for effective filters in CPE routers has never been more critical. These filters play a vital role in mitigating both external and self-generated interference, ensuring that Wi-Fi signals remain strong, stable, and reliable. By incorporating high-quality filters, such as those offered by Qorvo, CPE access points can achieve optimal performance, providing users with seamless and uninterrupted connectivity in even the most challenging RF environments.

For more on this topic and solutions, we encourage you to view these collateral pieces – Wi-Fi 7 & Matter Ratification: What You Need to Know, 4 Ways to Address the Most Common RF Filtering Challenges for Modern Applications, Exploring Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) in the Wi-Fi 6 GHz Realm, or read our RF Filter Technology For Dummies book. Additionally, you can find more interesting collateral on this subject by visiting our Qorvo Design Hub for a rich assortment of videos, technical articles, white papers, tools and more.

For more information on this and other Qorvo 5G and 6G base station design solutions, please visit Qorvo.com or reach out to Technical Support.

IPv6 in 2025 – Where Are We?

The first in a series of blogs throughout 2025 highlighting the state of IPv6 across the industry, best practices to consider, and how Cisco is helping customers on their journeys with its products and services.

The complex history of IPv6

IPv6: a protocol with a long and winding history, and one that is sure to evoke a wide range of reactions upon mention – from skepticism to curiosity, from dismissal to openness, from indifference to fear, and everything in between. Most of the time, the first things I hear are either “It’s never going to happen” or “What’s going on with IPv6 anyway?” The first is quite easy to address – it is happening. The progress may not be uniform around the world nor across market segments, but the data is there, and it may come as a surprise to many.

The rise of IPv6 traffic

The percentage of global IPv6 traffic Google sees across all its properties from users did not cross the 1% threshold until 2013. Since then, it has risen dramatically, hitting around 48% at the end of 2024. Going by country, the United States is at 53%, while France, Germany, and India are at 78%, 76% and 72%, respectively. As of 2022, Akamai saw 52% of their US traffic as IPv6 and Facebook was seeing over 61% in the US. And yet when one digs into the data, you find that Residential and Mobile segments have driven a lot of these numbers, with Enterprise and Public Sector lagging.

Delayed adoption despite early promise

Given these prominent levels of adoption, it is natural to wonder why it has taken so long to deploy a protocol that is 30 years old (!). Many people have memories of the 1995-2015 time period where there was a lot of talk and hype around IPv6, but nothing ever seemed to materialize. Network professionals got rounds of training, it was incorporated into exam material, and we even had previous government mandates, but nothing ever seemed to get deployed.

Around the same time as the creation of IPv6, the industry also developed some life extenders for IPv4 – CIDR, VLSM, NAT and RFC 1918 private address space – that turned out to be so effective they delayed the need for IPv6 not just by a couple years, but by several decades. But as successful as they were, they still could not overcome the fact that 32 bits simply isn’t enough space for today’s global Internet. We ran out of new public IPv4 addresses to hand out in the mid 2010’s and are still feeling the consequences: Prices have skyrocketed on the secondary markets. ISP’s have had to increasingly deploy Carrier Grade NAT and shoulder the operational issues that accompany it. Enterprises have had to constantly re-address their networks to squeeze every last bit out of each subnet. Furthermore, many have had to deal with the pain of overlapping private address space, as different parts of their network started using the same address blocks independently. This forces more and more NAT just to achieve internal communication, let alone external connectivity.

The shift towards IPv6

The good news is we had a solution ready to go – it had just been in hibernation. However, it was going to require a team effort, an endeavor that has been working well in some areas, but that we still struggle with in others. Service Providers, both mobile and terrestrial, have IPv6-enabled many of their networks (with some choosing to run a single-stacked IPv6 core), large content providers have turned on dual-stack to serve as many potential customers as possible, and major operating systems vendors have ramped up their support. Combine these with developments like Happy Eyeballs (an algorithm built into most endpoints that will attempt IPv6 first, but quickly fail over to IPv4 without any noticeable delay to the user) and you begin to see why adoption has significantly increased.

However, more work is needed within Enterprises. There are a whole set of middleboxes, software suites, monitoring and management tools, identity and policy products, and other operational considerations that present challenges not faced by mobile and home users.

Governmental support and IPv6 moving forward

Many governments around the world, including the United States with OMB M-21-07, have seen this and are putting more emphasis behind closing these gaps [1]. They foresee an IPv6-only future and know that remaining in a dual-stack state indefinitely is the worst situation to be in, even though it is almost certainly required in the short-term. This future is not just about overcoming address exhaustion, but also presents new and exciting opportunities around architecture and operations that simply were not possible in a constrained IPv4 world. While Cisco has published a bit on this previously [2], my colleagues and I are going to use the rest of 2025 to lay out a series of blogs that will help you on that journey: how to think about and plan your new (nearly infinite) address space, how to transition from IPv4-only to IPv6-only, considerations for security and operations, the role of fabrics and other architectural designs, and what management and monitoring looks like in an IPv6 world. Stay tuned!

Countries with IPv6 mandates in place (not exhaustive)

Picture this: You’re finally ready to upgrade a property—whether it’s a bustling multi-dwelling unit (MDU) or a historic building steeped in legacy.
The goal: Deliver and extend blazing-fast connectivity that meets modern demands, boosts property value, and keeps tenants happy.

Then reality hits. Those walls you need to open up to upgrade and extend your Ethernet backbones? They’re filled with asbestos.

Suddenly, the simple plan to run new cabling becomes a logistical nightmare.

Permits, inspections, specialized abatement teams—costs spiral out of control, timelines stretch for months, and what started as progress screeches to a halt. Faced with these challenges, many owners and service providers simply abandon their plans, leaving aging buildings stuck in the past.

But what if you didn’t have to open those walls at all?

No permits. No construction. No asbestos abatement. Just fast, seamless connectivity—delivered wirelessly. This isn’t a pipe dream—it’s WaveCore by Airvine.

Asbestos: The Silent Barrier to Modernization

For decades, asbestos was hailed as a miracle material, lining the walls, floors, and ceilings of buildings worldwide. Today, it’s a costly liability waiting to derail any renovation. The “asbestos tax” is an invisible but unavoidable burden:

  • Sky-high costs: Abatement often adds tens of thousands of dollars to project budgets.
  • Lengthy delays: Permits, inspections, and abatement crews turn weeks into months.
  • Missed opportunities: Many upgrades are abandoned, leaving tenants stuck with outdated connectivity.

This isn’t just an issue for MDUs. Commercial buildings, schools, historic landmarks—any structure built before the 1980s faces the same challenge. As demand for high-speed connectivity surges, asbestos is turning buildings into digital dead zones.

Redefining the Possible with WaveCore

WaveCore by Airvine isn’t just a workaround—it’s a breakthrough. By delivering wireless connectivity that doesn’t require tearing into walls, WaveCore makes asbestos a non-issue.
Here’s how it works:

  • Wireless Backbone: Confronted by a cement wall or a wall with asbestos, instead of drilling and dealing with abatement, the WaveCore will deliver multi-gigabit connections through the walls wirelessly.
  • No Disruption: No construction, no permits, no downtime—WaveCore bypasses asbestos entirely.
  • Lightning-Fast Deployment: Installations take hours, not months, minimizing tenant disruption and project timelines.

A Tale of Two Buildings

The difference WaveCore could make.

A historic landmark—built in the 1920s. Its walls are filled with asbestos, but the staff needs modern connectivity to stream services, power IoT devices, and support administrative operations. Traditional solutions were off the table—costs were prohibitive, and delays unacceptable. With the WaveCore it is possible to deliver multi-gigabit connectivity with zero disruption to the building’s structure or operations.

An MDU project. The property manager had budgeted for an Ethernet upgrade to meet tenants’ growing demands for faster Wi-Fi and smart home capabilities.

But when asbestos was discovered, the project was scrapped. The result? Frustrated tenants and a property that couldn’t keep up with its competition.

Why Technology Matters to You

For Property Owners
Your tenants expect fast, reliable connectivity—whether they’re working remotely, streaming, or integrating smart devices. Without it, properties lose their edge. WaveCore ensures you can:

  • Upgrade without compromise: No construction. No downtime.
  • Attract and retain tenants: Offer the kind of connectivity that justifies higher rents and builds loyalty.
  • Boost property value: Modern infrastructure translates to long-term ROI.

For Service Providers
WaveCore isn’t just another tool in your kit—it’s a competitive edge.

By offering WaveCore, you can:

  • Simplify deployments: Complete upgrades in hours, not weeks.
  • Expand your offerings: Provide a solution that bypasses asbestos without cutting corners.
  • Win more clients: Differentiate yourself with faster, safer, and more affordable options.

Flipping the Script on Asbestos

Asbestos doesn’t just slow projects—it stops progress. WaveCore by Airvine changes that, turning a liability into an opportunity. Imagine:

  • A university upgrading its network without disrupting students or faculty.
  • A commercial property embracing IoT capabilities without losing tenants.
  • A historic landmark modernizing its infrastructure without compromising its character.

With WaveCore, the possibilities are endless—and the barriers are gone.

Let’s Build the Future, Together

The demand for better connectivity isn’t going anywhere. Whether you’re a property owner ready to invest in the future or a service provider looking to solve impossible problems, WaveCore by Airvine ensures you can deliver.

The future of connectivity starts here.

We recently had a Matter roundtable at Silicon Labs Works With 2024. It was a fantastic chance for ecosystems, device makers, development partners, and others to learn more about the current state of Matter, its challenges and limitations, what is being done to address its shortcomings, new device types coming in the future, and new markets or use cases that are being worked on.

The goal of the roundtable was to allow people to have a more open and honest conversation, so we did not stream or record the event as has been done in previous Works With events. This allowed for attendees to share their own experiences for bad or good, confusion with the goals of the standard, or just general concerns. It is never easy to hear this but is important to get the open feedback.

One of the pieces of confusion that we heard had to do with the need for multiple apps on your mobile device. Shouldn’t Matter mean I can get rid of all my other smart home apps? I never need to even download another smart home app again right? Well, almost.

Matter as a standard has done great things for providing a baseline of interoperability to greatly simplify the commissioning and standardize IP based IoT communications. This helps so many new and existing device makers avoid inventing ways of doing the same basic commissioning that Matter already provides. It doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement in the Matter device setup, but the goal is to ensure that proprietary improvements will be really innovative and not just mildly improved.

When it comes to smart home apps, I see them falling into three categories:

  • Generalist smart home apps
  • Device feature apps
  • Services apps

Generalist Smart Home Apps

There is a lot of simple functionality that can be accessed via Matter, and that means users can do most all of it with just a single app. Matter already has support for most of the popular device types. Put more succinctly, I don’t need multiple lighting apps on my phone just because the smart bulbs happen to be from different manufacturers.

Apps that will handle most of the basic home automation, I call generalist smart home apps. These will handle associating devices with different rooms, scenes, routines, and labelling them to make logical sense with the way we naturally live in our smart homes. Users only need one of these generalist apps on their phone. However, it’s important that we allow users the option to switch between generalist smart home apps if they want. One of the goals of Matter is to avoid manufacturer lock-in by ensuring devices can be paired to multiple smart home apps simultaneously, even if the user will only use one.

From a developer perspective, creating your own mobile app is a high barrier to entry and could mean a sub-par experience for something basic. I recently bought a temperature sensor system that had a hub and a number of remote sensors so that I could monitor the temperature in remote locations in my house (the garage, the attic, and a couple of rooms where the thermostat wasn’t located). My goal was to get a better sense of the temperature swings during the cold winters and the warm summers here in the Boston area. These temperature sensors required me to download the mobile app, create an account on the manufacturer’s website, commission the hub, commission each sensor individually, label the sensors, and only then could I finally achieve what I wanted. Monitoring the system required me to re-launch the app regularly, which on occasion made me log back in just to see the temperature. The worst part is that this particular system had extremely poor range and I couldn’t find the right place to install the hub to make all the sensors happy. I eventually gave up and returned the system.

This entire experience has a lot of overhead just to get a temperature sensor up and running. This really shouldn’t be the case, for either a user or developer. It is easy to say that a temperature sensor doesn’t need its own Mobile App. This is an obvious case where a generalist smart home app could easily provide support for temperature sensors along with its other features and functionality. Apple, Google, Samsung, and Amazon all provide this kind of experience through their current hardware and software offering.

Smart Home Device Feature Apps

But now let’s take something more sophisticated like a robot vacuum. This is a more complex device type that can be setup with a schedule, maps of rooms, excluded vacuum areas, control for mopping vs vacuuming, sensors for indicating battery charge, the level of the vacuum bag, and more. Although Matter does have support for robot vacuums, you can easily see why you may want to have a device feature app on your phone for your a robot vacuum and its more complex management. Now certain simpler functionality could be handled, and I would argue should be handled, via a generalist smart home app means. Start, stop, or notifications could easily be handled by a generalist app. If your robot vacuum starts running while you are in the middle of having a kids party, you may want to very quickly use a voice assistant to tell the device to stop or delay its routine. Perhaps the device gets stuck, and you would like to see a notification pop up on a more convenient screen such as a Matter-enabled TV.

From a user perspective, it should be intuitive when you need a dedicated app.

From a developer perspective, Matter enables simpler device integrations but also provides flexibility for a more complex interface experience via a dedicated device feature app. Building a smart home mobile app is now a choice based on the user experience and the device capabilities, rather than just a necessity in all cases.

For some device classes, Matter will grow in its feature set and the major ecosystem will evolve to provide a “good enough” experience for your device that you can phase out your own specialized app. For smaller companies, this means they can focus on adding new hardware features rather than being required to hire mobile developers to re-create yet another a smart home mobile app.

Smart Home Device Services Apps

Now, for a users there will be situations where a generalist smart home app will be too simple in what it can do but where a device feature app will be too limiting. A device feature app is focused in its usage to interact with a single device or single device type. What a user may want is to integrate with a feature across multiple devices. This is where a services app comes in.

Take for example the case of energy management. Matter has enabled devices to report their energy usage and provide the means to aggregate that data in a single unified place. A services app can interact with multiple devices in the home all in support of tracking energy usage. An energy management app needs to understand big energy consumers, like thermostats connected to HVAC, laundry dryers, laundry washers, and a few other related devices like ceiling fans. It doesn’t need to know about lights or sensors or many other Matter enabled nodes that are just not relevant to that goal. It doesn’t need to provide home automation routines or integrate with a voice assistant. This app may have knowledge of your local utility’s cost for electricity or that you have solar panels on your roof, or a generator hooked up to the house. An energy management app may have dedicated screens showing your energy usage over time, correlating this to the past weather conditions. It could have various modes focused on how you can fine tune energy in your home or business to achieve lower costs or just going more green and comparing to your neighbor’s usage. This kind of app will need access to your Matter network but is not meant to be a substitute for the other kinds of apps, and in particular will not be a generalist app.

This kind of specialized service offering is common on the internet. Take for example Slack. Slack is still hugely important for business messaging. It integrates with a number of other tools to provide a means of getting updates and even interacting all within Slack as a means to provide a better user experience. However, it is not a substitute for those other tools. You can integrate Slack with Jira to get updates and perform some simple operations, but it doesn’t replace Jira. I foresee the same kind of thing will occur with user’s Smart Homes.

Smart Home App Conclusion

Ultimately it’s up to the user to decide how they want to manage their network. If they want only a single generalist smart home apps because their usage is simple enough that’s their choice. But if they need a bit more functionality there is option for a blend of smart home apps based on what they do or which one the user likes best.

Having the option for multiple apps is a good thing because it will allow companies to specialize and innovate, and of course compete. Device makers can focus on building the best-in-class device and how to highlight those unique elements that users desire. Services apps can build a service offering based around a theme or specialized use case without having to support all the Matter enabled device types. For all the typical automation use cases, you have the generalist apps.

To put it more succinctly, Chris La Pre Head of Technology at CSA had this great way to summarize it: “You’ll intuitively know when you need a separate app for your smart home device”.

There are a lot of amazing WiFi 7 technologies and features worth knowing about, and Preamble Puncturing is one of them. You may know of quad-band WiFi 7 with faster speeds, 320 MHz channels, multi-link operation (MLO), and 4096 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (4K QAM), but did you know preamble puncturing can split the bandwidth even more to cut through the chatter?https://www.netgear.com/hub/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/preamble-punturing-graphic-featured.jpg

What Is Preamble Puncturing?

Multi-RU Preamble Puncturing is a new feature in WiFi 7 routers. It lets you bypass interference from neighboring networks or radio sources by “puncturing” or “splitting” part of a WiFi channel. The rest of the channel remains usable with better internet speed, particularly in busy and built-up environments.

Imagine a highway, but only the left lane is open, and the other lanes are closed. That was the scenario before the introduction of WiFi 7 routers. Preamble Puncturing allows your router to split the bandwidth into additional usable channels.

Preamble puncturing gives you an extra lane of superfast and reliable WiFi 7, comparable to an extra lane opening on a highway to relieve congestion.

How Preamble Puncturing Benefits Users

WiFi 7, also called Extremely High Throughput, builds upon the best WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E features such as MU-MIMO and OFDMA to deliver multi-Gbps speeds, more usable channel bandwidth, and ultra-low latency. Preamble Puncturing can:

Reduce Network Congestion

Preamble Puncturing makes your WiFi more efficient by letting your devices use any part of the channel that’s not already in use. You can connect WiFi devices seamlessly to the internet with a WiFi 7 router, unlike older routers that only connect when the entire channel is clear.

Improved Performance for High-Bandwidth Applications

By keeping more bandwidth available, Preamble Puncturing is perfect for large WiFi networks and consistently high speeds for gamers, streamers, and podcasters. WiFi 7 is the secret behind the best enhanced AI, virtual reality, and augmented reality technology for the internet.

How Preamble Puncturing Works

Preamble puncturing gives you wider channels for wireless networking. The new ‘punctured’ channel portion doesn’t suffer from narrowband interference from nearby networks or devices. This allows for more WiFi 7 access points and next-generation devices in your network. The average home in the US includes 24 WiFi-connected devices all vying for speed and bandwidth, and WiFi 7 routers and mesh systems are the best way to stay connected.

Leading NETGEAR Nighthawk Routers and NETGEAR Orbi Whole-Home Mesh Systems include WiFi 7 for faster data rates, more channel width, and connection for up to 200 concurrent devices. You can create a home network, a guest network, and a smart home IoT network, so everyone under your roof has their own space for online work or play. NETGEAR WiFi 7 with Preamble Puncturing makes life easier.

NOTE: Preamble Puncturing is a new WiFi 7 technology. You will experience the full benefit of preamble puncturing as you progressively upgrade to WiFi 7 devices.

How WiFi 7 Benefits Users

There are lots of use cases that showcase the benefits of WiFi 7. The new WiFi generation is a quantum leap forward in a world where wireless connectivity is important. The addition of the 6 GHz band, 4096 QAM, and 320MHz channels (up from 160MHz), preamble puncturing, and other benefits give WiFi 7 2.4x faster speeds than WiFi 6, with lower latency for multiple devices. WiFi 7 is perfect for homes and apartments of all sizes.