Chapter 9

Future Directions

future channel guidance: future channel guidance communicates likely future channel information so that stations (STAs) can efficiently move their activity when the absence of Beacon frames is noticed.

802.11-2020, Clause 3

As 802.11be is being published and the Wi-Fi Alliance completes its Wi-Fi 7 release 2 program, the industry continues thinking about the future of Wi-Fi. The technology has proved to be immensely successful, and new use cases, new scenarios, and their cohort of challenges are being brought to the IEEE 802.11 Working Group every day. Multiple groups are constantly in operation—some that started when 802.11be was active, and others that follow 802.11be to continue what the HE group started. This ...

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