Wi-Fi 6 enhances the user experience with a wireless connectivity that achieves high data rates and low-latency. With businesses constantly growing and evolving, the number of users and devices grows too. Wi-Fi 6 has been designed with this growth in mind, being able to handle multiple users and devices simultaneously, improving both speed and performance for all.
What’s New with Wi-Fi 6?
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
MU-MIMO |
OFDMA | 2.4GHz Band Compatibility | 1024-QAM | Target Wake Time | BSS Colouring |
MU-MIMO – Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output
Before MU-MIMO, there was SU-MIMO (Single User Multiple Input Multiple Output). SU-MIMO only allowed communication with multiple devices one at a time, where as MU-MIMO now allows up to 8 devices to transmit simultaneously through multiple spatial streams. This feature allows large data to be streamed more efficently.
OFDMA – Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
OFDMA allows shorter packets to be tramsmitted in parallel rather than forcing devices to wait their turn. Subdividing a data packet in this way reduces contention, cuts down on jitter, gives small but latency sensitive traffic a boost, and provides overall better network performance.
2.4 GHz Band Compatibility
Older Wi-Fi generations were created exclusiviely with the 5 GHz band, meaning many low IoT devices weren’t compatible. With Wi-Fi, the 2.4 GHz band is included allowing low latency, high capacity devices to be connected too.
1024-QAM – 1024 Quandrature Amplitude Modulation
With a higher quadrature amplitude modulation, Wi-Fi 6 can add another 2 bits of data per symbol transmitted in comparison to Wi-Fi 5. This impressive 25% increase in data rate ensures a high quality of service, particularly useful in high-traffic venues like sports arenas, train stations and convention centers.
Target Wake Time
No longer do devices have to fight to transmit at the same time, leaving data transfer as a quickly diminished free-for-all. With Wi-Fi 6’s Target Wake Time, devices are given a time slot to transmit their data, saving power and battery life outside this time whilst left in sleep mode. This schedule based communication environment also reduces network congestion and optimizes spectral efficiency.
BSS (Basic Service Set) Colouring
Wi-Fi 6 enables access points to set ‘colouring’ information to help minimize wireless interference. This colouring data enables the access points to identify signals from overlapping networks and ignore said signals to eliminate the interference.
D-Link Wi-Fi 6 Routers
Explore D-Link Wi-Fi 6 Routers
D-Link Wi-Fi 6 Mobile Wireless
Explore D-Link Wi-Fi 6 Mobile Wireless
D-Link Wi-Fi 6 Access Points
Requires DCS-2802KT-EU Wire-Free Camera Kit (sold separately)
Explore D-Link Wi-Fi 6 Access Points
Compatible DGS-1520 Series Multi-Gigabit Switches
D-Link DGS-1520 Series
Multi Gigabit Stackable Smart Switches
Unleash Wi-Fi 6 and Future-Proof Your Network with Multi-Gigabit PoE & Stackability
The DGS-1520 Series, a new generation of Lite Layer 3 Stackable Smart Managed Switches, includes four 10 GB ports for uplink or stacking up to a total of eight switches with a total of 80 Gigabit stacking bandwidth. Designed for effortless multi-site network deployments with Zero Touch Provisioning, the DGS-1520 Series is also powerful enough for server and storage applications.
For unrestricted Wi-Fi 6 edge device capabilities, PoE models offer four 2.5 GB Base-T ports for Multi-Gigabit connectivity. For SMBs with expanding networks and significant bandwidth growth, the DGS-1520 effortlessly adds highly cost-effective 10 GB connectivity to ensure seamless aggregation between access and core layers.
Key DGS-1520 Series Switch Features:
- Effortless deployment with Zero Touch Provisioning
- Multi-site management via Web GUI
- Perfect for SMB access & aggregation layers
- Quickly add 10 GB Ethernet upgrade to infrastructure
- Power over Ethernet and fiber options with various port combinations
D-Link DGS-1520-28
Layer 3 Stackable Smart Managed Multi-Gigabit Switch
The DGS-1520-28 interface includes 24x 10/100/1000 Base-T PoE ports, 2x 10G BaseT ports, 2x 10G SFP+ ports and has a 128 Gbps switching capacity.
Buy D-Link DGS-1520-28 Smart Switch
D-Link DGS-1520-28MP
Layer 3 Stackable Smart Managed Multi-Gigabit Switch
The DGS-1520-28MP interface includes 20x 10/100/1000 Base-T PoE ports, 4x 2.5G BaseT PoE ports, 2x 10G BaseT ports and 2x 10G SFP+ ports. It has a 140 Gbps switching capacity and PoE power budget of 370W/740W with RPS.
Buy D-Link DGS-1520-28MP Smart Switch
D-Link DGS-1520-52
Layer 3 Stackable Smart Managed Multi-Gigabit Switch
The DGS-1520-52 interface includes 48x 10/100/1000 Base-T PoE ports, 2x 10G BaseT ports, 2x 10G SFP+ ports and has a 176 Gbps switching capacity.
Buy D-Link DGS-1520-52 Smart Switch
D-Link DGS-1520-52MP
Layer 3 Stackable Smart Managed Multi-Gigabit Switch
The DGS-1520-52MP interface includes 44x 10/100/1000 Base-T PoE ports, 4x 2.5G Base-T PoE Ports, 2x 10G BaseT ports, 2x 10G SFP+ ports. It has a 188 Gbps switching capacity and PoE power budget of 370W/740W with RPS.
Buy D-Link DBA-X2830P Smart Switch
More D-Link Products Available from Comms Express:
D-Link Switches | D-Link IP Cameras | D-Link Wireless | D-Link Security & Firewalls | D-Link USB Hubs | D-Liink Nuclias Cloud Gateways
If you require any further information on these or any other products that we stock here at Comms Express, please do not hesitate to contact our team who will be only too happy to help.
Until next time…
