

Wi-Fi and 5G: Not One and the Same
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) that operates at 5 GHz reached broad adoption and saw steady growth over the past five years at the same time that the mobile industry started talking about 5G cellular service. This caused some confusion among those who thought they were one and the same. As a result, when IEEE developed Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), some assumed it was better than 5G. To complicate matters, we now have Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) capable of supporting 6 GHz operation in addition to the 2.4