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LONDON, Feb. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Huawei today unveiled the AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 series products, including 10 new

Wi-Fi 6 access point (AP) models, at the 2020 product and solution launch event

in London. These all-new products are ideally suited to help enterprises step

into the fully wireless campus era. Powered by these new additions, enterprises

will accelerate their digital transformation journey by building fully

connected, all-wireless office and production campus networks with

unprecedented levels of office, production, and service experience.

Of these new offerings, the flagship AirEngine 8760 AP delivers an

air-interface data rate of up to 10.75 Gbps, twice the industry average. This

AP is the industry's first to achieve an air-interface data rate of over 10

Gbps, setting a new benchmark for Wi-Fi 6 products.

At the event, Huawei launched three series of products: AirEngine 8700,

AirEngine 6700, and AirEngine 5700, covering an extensive range of indoor and

outdoor application scenarios. These series will significantly improve network

experience in the following scenarios:

- High-density terminal access scenarios, such as office spaces, conference

rooms, stadiums, terminal buildings, and stations

- High-definition (HD) video application scenarios, such as Virtual

Reality/Augmented Reality (VR/AR) teaching and 4K/8K video conferencing

- Campus-wide mobile production scenarios, such as Automated Guided Vehicle

(AGV) robots

- IoT and Wi-Fi convergence scenarios, such as shopping malls, supermarkets,

and smart campuses

- Outdoor public network service scenarios, such as plazas and streets

More and more enterprises are currently using or are considering using Wi-Fi 6

as their preferred campus network access technology. Tam Dell'Oro, the Founder

and CEO of Dell'Oro Group, comments on Wi-Fi 6: "We are seeing Wi-Fi 6

beginning to ramp significantly as the market moves from early adopters of new

technology to the mass-market in 2020. Manufacturers are now rolling out

second-generation Wi-Fi 6 technology and passing along the rich features at

prices not much higher than Wi-Fi 5 or Wi-Fi 4 products."

As we usher in the fully wireless campus era, Wi-Fi 6 networks must have these

three distinct characteristics: lightning speed, always-on mobility, and 100

Mbps @ everywhere.

Lightning speed: Huawei AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 delivers an air-interface rate as

high as 10.75 Gbps, achieving an air-interface rate higher than the wired

network rate at the campus network access layer for the first time.

In the future, there will be more than 10-fold increase in the number of

terminals accessing enterprise Wi-Fi networks, and each terminal will require

at least 50 Mbps bandwidth for HD video applications such as 4K video.

Consequently, Huawei AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 is designed with the industry's largest

number of spatial streams (16 in total), achieving an air-interface data rate

of up to 10.75 Gbps, twice the industry average.

Always-on mobility: Huawei AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 stands out with strong coverage,

zero packet loss, and ultra-low latency, meeting the network quality

requirements of enterprises' mission-critical services and ensuring zero

interruptions.

To help enterprises connect key services to Wi-Fi networks, Huawei AirEngine

Wi-Fi 6 uses industry-unique smart antennas for more stable coverage. Compared

with other Wi-Fi 6 products in the industry, Huawei AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 doubles

the signal strength, delivers 20% greater coverage distance, and ensures no

signal degradation at the edge. Additionally, Huawei's unique lossless roaming

technology ensures zero-packet loss for key services during roaming, and

achieves a roaming success rate of 100%, delivering more stable mobile

operations and office work. Huawei AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 utilizes Dynamic Turbo

technology (an intelligent application acceleration technology) to achieve

ultra-low 10 ms latency, which is half the industry's average. This ultra-low

latency makes VR, AR, and HD videos more stable than ever.

100 Mbps @ everywhere: Powered by Huawei's innovative 5G technologies, Huawei

AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 achieves first-of-its-kind "100 Mbps @ everywhere" continuous

networking at scale.

In the Wi-Fi industry, ensuring uninterrupted bandwidth and experience for each

terminal on continuous networking at scale has always been a challenge. To

overcome this challenge, Huawei AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 has integrated multiple

cutting-edge 5G technologies to the Wi-Fi network. Consequently, in

high-density terminal access scenarios, each terminal can obtain stable 100

Mbps anytime, anywhere.

"We believe that wireless upgrades to Wi-Fi 6 will bring substantial changes to

enterprises' digital transformation journey, which differ greatly from previous

Wi-Fi generations. Huawei has applied its leading 5G technologies to the latest

AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 products that already integrate the most advanced antennas,

algorithms, and networking technologies in the industry. Huawei AirEngine Wi-Fi

6 helps enterprises build a high-quality wireless campus network," said Zhao

Zhipeng, President of the campus network domain of Huawei's Datacom Product

Line. "We expect that this high-quality Wi-Fi 6 campus network can truly help

enterprises to accelerate digital transformation in office, production, and

service scenarios, while improving efficiency and experience. In the future, we

will continue to innovate together with customers to create a fully-connected,

intelligent, and simplified campus network that is powered by AirEngine,

accelerating the entry into the fully wireless campus era as soon as possible."

Huawei never ceases to combine AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 innovations with specific

customer scenarios in order to bring greater benefits to customers.

- In enterprise office scenarios, Huawei AirEngine will accelerate smart

offices. Employees will shift from traditional communication via voice and text

at fixed workspaces to more efficient collaboration with HD video and

multi-screen interaction at any location.

- In education scenarios, Huawei AirEngine will promote the rapid

popularization of AR/VR-assisted immersive teaching. Students will transform

their learning styles, shifting from traditional textbooks to immersive

interactive learning. This shift will make learning more engaging and deliver

quality education resources to students who live in the remotest areas,

promoting education equality.

- In manufacturing and logistics scenarios, Huawei AirEngine will make unmanned

factories and distribution a reality. Intelligent robots will join to handle

repetitive, mechanical, and dangerous jobs, driving factories towards automated

production.

- In public service scenarios, Huawei AirEngine will transform service quality,

promote public service organizations to offer personalized online services that

are available anytime and anywhere, as well as enhance customer satisfaction.

Huawei launched the industry's first commercial Wi-Fi 6 product in 2017. Since

its debut, this product has been widely recognized and quickly deployed in

various industries around the world. Huawei ranks first in both the global

(except North America) and Chinese Wi-Fi 6 markets, according to the global

Wi-Fi 6 indoor AP market share from 2018 Q3 to 2019 Q3 by Dell'Oro Group.

To find out more, visit the Huawei AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 website

SOURCE Huawei