December 17, 2019 By BlueAlly
By Larry Lunetta, VP WLAN & Security Solutions Marketing
Given the time of the year, we’ve decided to combine two-holiday traditions to share our perspectives on how Wi-Fi will grow and evolve in 2020. Hence, here are our 12 Days of Wi-Fi predictions for 2020. This time next year we’ll report back on how well we did but no matter what the future holds, the Aruba wireless family wishes you a great holiday season and 2020 filled with Wi-Fi that works.
- The FCC will approve 5.9 GHz expansion for Wi-Fi use – adding greater capacity to the 5GHz band.
- Cloud-managed network analytics, assurance and automation will come to the campus at enterprise scale.
- Networking teams will look beyond demos and hype and deploy Artificial Intelligence based on its demonstrated ability to deliver great user experiences while simplifying network management.
- SD-WAN will become a feature of SD-Branch.
- Over 500 MHz of new unlicensed spectrum will open up for Wi-Fi in the 6GHz band, enabling widespread use of 80 and 160 MHz channel bandwidth.
- 6GHz Wi-Fi products will become commercially available after the FCC opens up the 6GHz spectrum for unlicensed use.
- 8x8 802.11ax connectivity will pave the way for Wi-Fi 6 to be the standard choice for high-density applications such as IoT.
- There will be more client Wi-Fi 6 devices than 5G client devices – this will be driven by IoT.
- 5G will begin using Wi-Fi as a more affordable on-ramp for cellular services in indoor enterprise environments.
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint will emerge as the leading wireless access solution that makes switching between cellular networks and enterprise Wi-Fi networks seamless and secure.
- Enterprise risk managers will see favorable cyber insurance terms based on embedded Wi-Fi security capabilities.
- 60Ghz 802.11ad access points will deliver seamless connectivity for large public venues and complex industrial environments.
