Qualcomm Atheros Next-Generation 802.1ac 5G Wifi is Coming Out soon

Wifi N-Draft (which most of the current devices has!) will consider to be Old by the End of this Year, Qualcomm Atheros says that the next-generation of WiFi wireless Networking will roll-out in a smoother manner than past industry transitions with less confusion for consumers. The new 802.11ac technology, also known as 5G WiFi, promises blazing fast internet access that is several times faster than today existing network speeds for 802.11n chips.

Rob Chandhok, Qualcomm president of internet services and senior vice president, said in an interview that the 802.11ac technology will likely see a simultaneous rollout for both access point chips as well as end-use devices. The first wireless networking 802.11ac chip sets are expected to debut late this year or early next year, depending on when the engineering standard is finalized by an industry consortium. This time, there has been less squabbling around the standard among industry players.

The technology is faster because it uses a wider channel for delivering data, at 80 megahertz instead of 40. It uses 256-QAM, a modulation scheme that is four times more efficient than the prior 64-QAM scheme. And it taps multiple antennae using the MIMO (Multiple-Inputs, Multiple-Outputs) spatial stream technology, using twice as many streams as were available before.