You can always improve and ensure that, if a technology works well, it will do even better in the future. And this is the idea that is intended to be achieved when testing the AFC system for the WiFi connection . Specifically, it has been the FCC (the Federal Communications Commission) that has taken the next step to enable a better WiFi and, above all, one that is faster.
This system will be tested in the United States, but if it is a real success, it will soon expand to the rest of the world. Practically, what is intended is that a centralized database is used. In particular, the FCC approved up to 13 companies for the use of the 6 GHz band in order to test it together with the AFC (Automated Frequency Coordination or Automated Frequency Assignment ) system.
What is the AFC system?
One of the first points that we must take into account when talking about the 6 GHz band is that this band can only be used in home networks, that is, it must be used indoors in editions with fixed access points. , as approved since the end of last year in Spain. But, what is really important about this is that the objective of the FCC is that more power can be given to this 6 GHz band outdoors .
They are still in testing, but from the looks of it, as they explain in their press release, the FCC seems to have found a solution to the problem that this band had. And all thanks to the AFC system that we mentioned before.
Specifically, this system will help the different WiFi access points to provide coverage with a good power level, as high as possible, by consulting the FCC database . In this way, and after making an automatic query, said authorization is obtained and it is possible to use a more powerful access point.
13 companies will test this system
To begin with, those chosen by the FCC have been up to 13 companies that will be in charge of testing this AFC system in the first phase. These companies are as follows, as listed in the US telecommunications regulator’s press release: Broadcom, Google , Comsearch, Sony Group , Kyrio, Key Bridge Wireless, Nokia Innovations, Federated Wireless, Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA), Qualcomm , Plume Design, and RED Technologies.
Therefore, these companies will be responsible for using Wi-Fi devices in the 6 GHz band , including Wi-Fi 6E. And it is that, the idea of the FCC is not only to improve the speed of the WiFi connection, but they want to lay the foundations for WiFi 7.
In the case of success in the future, the truth is that a solution would finally have been found to the problem of using this band outdoors that we see in Europe. Since only the lower half of said band can be used, so the 6 GHz band cannot be fully used .