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Nokia Introduces New Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Router and Technology Innovations to
Deliver Ultimate Gigabit Experience in a 5G World

Nokia announced it is adding a new Wi-Fi speed by at least four times in dense areas experience in low-latency applications
6 Beacon to its whole-home WiFi portfolio, and reduces latency by 75 percent1. The like gaming and virtual reality.
helping operators to deliver a powerful Beacon 6 is the first Nokia WiFi device The introduction of Nokia’s Beacon 6 and
user experience. Providing a high-capacity, to showcase several new technologies new low-latency innovations will play an
high-performance in-home solution, the working seamlessly together. This important role in helping operators deliver
new Beacon 6 uses Wi-Fi 6 to deliver 40 includes: a powerful 5G user experience at home.
percent faster speeds than previous Wi- • Support for Wi-Fi 6 which improves the With Nokia’s Beacon 6, operators can
Fi generations. To further enhance the overall speed, performance and latency leverage the speed and performance of
in-home experience, Nokia is also adding of a Wi-Fi network with OFDMA2, a Wi-Fi 6 to seamlessly off-load 5G mobile
low-latency technology built on Nokia Bell modulation scheme used in 5G that traffic to the Wi-Fi network, allowing
Labs innovations to its Wi-Fi portfolio. allows the access point to talk to more end users connected to a 5G wireless
Drastically improving residential Wi-Fi devices at once. network to go from the car into the home
networks, the Nokia Beacon 6 provides • The Beacon 6 introduces Wi-Fi Certified without any disruptions. This is critical
operators with an easy to install solution EasyMesh3 and is fully interoperable for operators looking to free up expensive
that can support low-latency applications with 3rd party Wi-Fi Certified EasyMesh 5G spectrum for higher ARPU use cases
such as gaming and gigabit speeds products for easy install. Nokia’s new like Industry 4.0 and IoT. “Nokia’s new
essential for creating a seamless end- mesh controller capabilities ensure the Beacon 6 will play a fundamental role in
to-end 5G experience. Ben Wood, chief of best Wi-Fi performance is achieved helping operators significantly enhance
research at CCS Insight said: “The benefits in the home by managing channel residential Wi-Fi and for the first time,
of 5G are going to change user experiences selection and adding advanced deliver a true 5G experience across the
and customers’ expectations. The blend of interference capabilities that are unique network,” said Sandra Motley, President
the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology, low latency in the market. of Fixed Networks at Nokia. “By leveraging
performance and in-home Wi-Fi mesh • Nokia Bell Labs low-latency the power of Wi-Fi 6, Nokia’s new Beacon
solutions linked to 5G will allow operators innovations including PI24 algorithm 6 can help establish a significantly faster
to deliver a seamless communications (available 2H20) that consistently and more powerful Wi-Fi network in the
platform for next generation applications improves latency even in congested home that will forever change the game for
and solutions.” Currently more than 25 environments. With PI2, latency is operators and end users alike. Whether it’s
percent of homes globally are connected reduced from hundreds of milliseconds a home, work or public environment, the
to a Wi-Fi network and there are about to 20 milliseconds which can be further ability to seamlessly offload from mobile
5 billion Wi-Fi-connected devices in the reduced to <5 milliseconds when 5G to Wi-Fi 6 will enable operators to
home including home computing, smart paired with L4S in the core network. accelerate 5G rollouts, reduce costs and
TVs and smart home devices. To cope L4S is currently being standardized ultimately ensure a consistent, premium
with this growth, operators and end-users by the IETF5 and builds on Bell Labs 5G end-users experience is achieved.”
are investing in devices that support Wi- innovations that eliminate jitters “New Zealand already has some of the
Fi 6, a new Wi-Fi standard that improves and delays that can impact the user fastest internet connectivity in the world
thanks to the strong customer uptake of
the FTTH Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB)
program,” said JB Rousselot, Chorus New
Zealand’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are
building on this fantastic progress with the
launch of our 10G GPON services under
the product banner of HyperFibre and are
excited about the role that WiFi6 will play
in enhancing the customers experience.
Lab testing of the Beacon 6 on our fibre
network has demonstrated that we can
take wireless speeds beyond a gig. This
new technology provides a way for our
fantastic fibre asset to play a meaningful
part in New Zealanders 5G wireless
experiences.”

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