Abstract

With the official launch of the Wi-Fi 6 standard, future-proof WLAN infrastructure should be Wi-Fi 6 compatible. Comparing to Wi-Fi 5 WLAN access points (APs), Wi-Fi 6 APs provide greater bandwidth, higher concurrent users, lower latency and other benefits.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. commissioned Tolly to evaluate the performance, capacity, interoperability and IoT integration of its Wi-Fi 6 access points (AP7060DN, AirEngine 5760-10, and AirEngine 5760S-10). The Huawei AP7060DN is the first Wi-Fi 6 access point tested by Tolly and is the fastest access point evaluated by Tolly to date.

Performance tests on the AP7060DN access point showed single-client throughput of 3.5Gbps with a Wi-Fi 6 client, bridging throughput of 3.8Gbps between two AP7060DN access points on the 5GHz radio, multimedia application support for 400 concurrent Wi-Fi 6 users, user capacity of 1,024 users, as well as a 15% performance improvement for multiple Wi-Fi 5 clients communicating with the new, Wi-Fi 6 AP. Tests also demonstrated Huawei Wi-Fi 6 APs’ interoperability with all previous generation Wi-Fi clients, IoT application integration, VR acceleration, and auto guided vehicle (AGV) roaming optimization.