This new agreement promotes the development of products that support 60 GHz technology to expand Wi-Fi capabilities.
Connectivity for devices in the 60 GHz band will complement the existing family of Wi-Fi technologies. Primarily aimed at applications requiring gigabit speeds, 60 GHz products are expected to be used in a wide range of high-performance devices. A significant portion of these devices, if not all, are also expected to be used in traditional Wi-Fi networks at the 2.4 and 5 GHz frequencies.
“Connectivity for 60 GHz devices will be an exciting enhancement to the capabilities of current Wi-Fi technologies. It will expand the utility of Wi-Fi, which is used by hundreds of millions of people every day,” said Edgar Figueroa, CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance. “From its inception, the WiGig specification was designed to work in a wide variety of devices, so it’s an attractive entry point as we begin to define our 60 GHz certification program.”
“Now that our specification is complete and published, it’s time to focus on driving better user service through interoperability and certification,” said Dr. Ali Sadri, president of the WiGig Alliance. “We are excited to work with the Wi-Fi Alliance to extend multi-gigabit capabilities to the Wi-Fi technology portfolio.”
The WiGig Alliance, which shares many member companies with the Wi-Fi Alliance, was created to unify the next generation of multi-gigabit wireless products by fostering the widespread adoption and use of 60 GHz wireless technology worldwide.
The WiGig specification defines the protocols to deliver transfer rates measured in gigabytes rather than megabits and supports a new range of applications and uses. The specification also defines the procedures that allow WiGig-compatible devices to relinquish sessions to operate in the 2.4 or 5 GHz band. A new class of tri-band Wi-Fi Certified devices is expected to offer multi-gigabit wireless speeds while ensuring compatibility.
“There is no doubt that this agreement will allow 60 GHz technology to form an important part of the high-performance future for wireless networks,” said Phil Solis, practice director of Wireless Connectivity at ABI Research. “Through this cooperation, the groups have established a path to interoperability and backward compatibility that will accelerate the adoption and utility of multi-gigabit wireless networks.”
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