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Wi-Fl 6's the ‘marketing name administered by the Wii Alliance, an its supposed tomake iteasyto understand that a product, suchas a router smartphone or motherboard, offers a guaranteed set of features, oul think that t10 Wi-Fi 6 devices would work together at the best speeds withall the bells ard whistles enable, but that's not the case because some features ate ony optional in the certifcation is. ‘Thiscetifistionlistisseparatefrom the EEE The certification listis Key features, such as the latest WPA 3 security, is rightly required, while target wait time lets connected devices sleep ‘until they're called upon. improving the power efficiency of ‘every device on the network Others features such as OFDMA and DLMU-MIMO, which improve the handling of many devices are required on both24GHzand sGHzbands However, currently not every producti released with these mandatory features enabled, For example, the Asus RT-AX88U (Broadcom ‘BOM494c8}, whichis WF 6 certified, supports the optional oMHz channel bandwidth, but only enables mandatory OFDMA in the SGH sozsioxspectication overnee by these. Separate fromthe lEEE band nocaacke TreGoasiaxspecifcation'spublieforanyore —_O Hax specification ‘to view, but the same isn't true for the WiFi 6 certification requirements ~that lists only available to WiFi Alliance (WBA) members. t's inconvenient rather than insidious The WFAis acommercialentity thatmerely ‘exists toregulate the use ofits branding througha certification program, by making sure WI-Fi products conform.It's thistick- box approval method that's proving inadequate. reached out toa technology company that makes WLFL products and has WEA membership to obtain a copy of the certification list, and Im going to go through it here. Strictly speaking there's mote hut they dive ep into technical territory ‘that's beyond this column, Let'sstart withthe mandatory’ iter for certification, which include WPA 3 security, target wait time, long symbol (data signaling), DL MU-IIMO, UL OFDMA and DL OFDMA. Then there are the optional’ parts which include 26ohAHz channel bandwidth, 1024 AM, Bluetooth inclusion, ULMU2AIMO,DCM (dual sub-carrier modulation) and spatial reuse There'salso'no requirement tohave 2.4 +5GHe throughput to get certification. A certain type of signaling (long signal) is requited to let devices know they're WiFi 6 capable, buta particularprotocol used in beam forming which improves performance ~is only optional. The reason why its optionals thesameas the other optional features: rotall products require rare evencapableot high performance. ‘WHRIS ubiqulty Is also its Achilles hel. (ts used to connect all sorts, fiom high-end routers and enterprise gear toa mullion smart devices with limited capabilities. This blanket optional list regardless of product type, ultimately gives manufacturers too much ree rein. ‘While your smartphone vould benefit from optional features, ssuchas160MHiz bands, ULMU-MIMOand 1024 QAM. the reality is that it has no space for extra antennae and using these features would desteoy ils battery life. However, your home router not restricted in power and size~ would absolutely benefit from all three. The WI-FI Alliance needs to segenent feature requirements by product type to ensure the best experience with the right product, and not just run tiek-box certification scheme. ore Richard nas worked in tech for over a decade, as a UK journals on Asus’ ROG team and now as an Industry analst based in Tawan [7] @ncswi