IEEE 802.11ax

The IEEE 802.11ax standard is the successor to 802.11ac, but unlike its predecessor, it can operate on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz radio frequency bands. The Wi-Fi technology is targeting at least a four times improvement in data throughput and is expected to operate in highly dense usage environments. This technology is also known as Wi-Fi 6.

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