A Survey of Wi-Fi 6: Technologies, Advances, and Challenges

Erfan Mozaffariahrar (), Fabrice Theoleyre and Michael Menth
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Erfan Mozaffariahrar: Chair of Communication Networks, University of Tuebingen, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany
Fabrice Theoleyre: ICube Laboratory, CNRS/University of Strasbourg, Pole API, 67081 Strasbourg, France
Michael Menth: Chair of Communication Networks, University of Tuebingen, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany

Future Internet, 2022, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-52

Abstract: Wi-Fi is a popular wireless technology and is continuously extended to keep pace with requirements such as high throughput, real-time communication, dense networks, or resource and energy efficiency. The IEEE 802.11ax standard, also known as Wi-Fi 6, promises to provide data rates of up to almost 10 Gb/s, lower energy consumption, and higher reliability. Its capabilities go far beyond Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and novel technical concepts have been introduced for this purpose. As such, the Wi-Fi 6 standard includes Multi-User Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (MU OFDMA), Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU MIMO), new mechanisms for Spatial Reuse (SR), new mechanisms for power saving, higher-order modulation, and additional minor improvements. In this paper, we provide a survey of Wi-Fi 6. Initially, we provide a compact technological summary of Wi-Fi 5 and its predecessors. Then, we discuss the potential application domains of Wi-Fi 6, which are enabled through its novel features. Subsequently, we explain these features and review the related works in these areas. Finally, performance evaluation tools for Wi-Fi 6 and future roadmaps are discussed.

Keywords: IEEE 802.11ax; Wi-Fi 6; spatial reuse; OFDMA; MU-MIMO; target wake time (TWT); 1024-QAM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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