The IoT (Internet of Things) market has seen a massive boost recently, thanks to the adoption of various smart home products like smart speakers, smart doorbells, smart vacuum cleaners, and many others. As a result, more devices need to remain connected to the internet in the industrial sector as well as at home than in the past. So, to provide a longer range and save power at the time, a new Wi-Fi technology dubbed as Wi-Fi HaLow has been developed by researchers.
Now, coming to the question – how does Wi-Fi HaLow work? Well, it is similar to the current-gen Wi-Fi networks but has a significant difference. Traditional Wi-Fi networks that we use at offices and homes usually rely on 2.4GHz to 5GHz radio frequency to operate. So, these networks can deliver a high amount of data in a short period of time. Hence, the large bandwidth and more power consumption.
However, a major drawback of using a lower frequency bandwidth is that Wi-Fi HaLow cannot transmit as much data as current Wi-Fi networks using higher frequency bandwidth. Nonetheless, as the new Wi-Fi technology has been designed to primarily cater to IoT devices, which usually have basic data-transfer needs, Wi-Fi HaLow should be more than capable of supporting the devices.
