Combo chip with Wi-Fi 6 and AP+Bluetooth

MediaTek has launched its newest intelligent connectivity chipset to support the next generation of Wi-Fi technology-Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) – for home and enterprise wireless network services. It will support a range of products including wireless access points, routers, gateways and repeaters, bringing faster and more reliable connectivity throughout the smart home.

The Wi-Fi 6 chips support 2×2 and 4×4, which comply with the most updated standards. It also has a flexible architecture to support updated features when the Wi-Fi 6 specification is finalized later in 2019. The chipset offers device makers several advantages based on the 802.11ax specification including uplink and downlink orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) increasing efficiency and capacity of wireless network devices. It ensures bandwidth for voice, video, social network, and gaming applications via download and uplink scheduling; Multi-User MIMO increases channel capacity when servicing multiple devices that operate simultaneously; Target wake time defines the specific times when clients wake and sleep enabling IoT devices to reduce power consumption and increase battery life; spatial reuse allows access points to share channel capacity by making intelligent decisions on when to transmit data.

MediaTek connectivity technology, empowered with OFDMA, 1024QAM solves data traffic conflicts. It re-schedules multi-user’s packets and provides a higher internet data rate. It also delivers better concurrent performance between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to guarantee spectrum efficiency when two radios work simultaneously. The new standard extends the Wi-Fi signal for total access in the home or even into the backyard.