Wave 2 Market

With supporting over 60 client devices and 25 routers, the 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi standard is quickly cementing its footprint in the commercial market and is expected to become the highest shipping Wi-Fi standard in coming years.

The Wi-Fi Alliance, a global nonprofit association of companies that determine the interoperability of Wi-Fi technology, certified the 802.11ac Wave 2 standard in 2015. Wave 2 standard is built upon Wave 1 with some significant enhancements including support to speeds upto 2.34 Gbps in the 5 GHz band, support to multiuser multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) and greater performance with option of using 160-MHz-wide channels and a fourth spatial stream.

Market Dynamics:

Major factors driving the growth of global 802.11ac Wave 2 market include high growth in mobile video usage & VoIP services, continued shift to end-user mobility, increasing volumes of Wi-Fi-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and demand for high-speed delivery of large files and data access and movement.

Wave 2 standard offers greater density of connected devices than wave 1 as it supports multiuser multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO). This enables efficient utilization of spectrum is for multiple connected devices providing consumers with options to easily get their devices on and off of the network. Other software improvements in MU-MIMO include ability to group/schedule the type of traffic for each device, dynamic adaptation of modulation & coding, and sounding rate control.

Additionally, the market growth is further propelled by the trend to employ multiple connected devices per user and traction towards “all wireless office” user experience is expected to witness potential growth opportunities during the forecast period.

Market Segmentation:

Global 802.11ac wave 2 market is mainly classified on the basis of end users and geographies.

On the basis of end users, global 802.11ac wave 2 market is segmented into enterprises, cellular operators, residential and public areas (such as airports, hotspots and conferences).

Key Market Players

Some of the major players in the global 802.11ac wave 2 market include NETGEAR, Inc., Cisco Systems, ASUSTeK Computer Inc., D-Link Corporation, TP-Link, Linksys and Buffalo Americas, Inc. to name a few.

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