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Go one step further with the Wi-Fi Hallow standard that can be used up to 3 kilometers away.

2024-02-02 10:08:30

The Wi-Fi Alliance's eight-year-old standard was first introduced and designed to support low-power devices that have a significantly wider range than traditional Wi-Fi. But recently published testing from Morse Micro proves that the Wi-Fi HaLow standard, also known as IEEE 802.11ah, can provide connectivity up to 3km away, even though HaLow doesn't have It's intended to replace Wi-Fi 6 or the new Wi-Fi 7. Still, it can complement it in some situations.

HaLow operates on a 900 MHz frequency band and uses low power. It is engineered to support IoT, Smarthome, and wearable devices. and infrastructure Thousands of devices can be connected across a community. The maximum bandwidth is only 32 Mbps, which is a fraction of the bandwidth offered by the more popular Wi-Fi standards that use the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, compensated for by its superior ability to transmit signals. Can pass through walls and hard objects.

This feature is very useful for businesses, organizations, or government agencies to connect CCTV cameras and systems wirelessly, reducing the cost of using cables. And in the video, we tested it using Facetime, which was very stable, but the HaLow wasn't very popular.

which during that same period There have been updates to the Wi-Fi 7 specs over the last year. And devices will have to adapt to the new standards. Wi-Fi 7 routers according to draft specifications began to appear last year. Even though HaLow's bandwidth is at a disadvantage compared to Wi-Fi 7's sensitivity, the Morse Micro can still deliver on its promise of being able to deliver farther than Wi-Fi 7.