This week Ruckus, an Arris company, announced it plans to begin shipping access points that support the newest flavor of Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11ax, this quarter. The Wi-Fi enhancement is designed to support ultra-dense deployment scenarios—think airports, stadiums, convention centers, etc…—and Ruckus’ AP is also tailored to support a wide range of internet of things (IoT) use cases.
Dennis Huang, director of product marketing at Ruckus, said 802.11ax is special. Past iterations of Wi-Fi followed a “contention-based resource allocation protocol.