Following the release of IEEE 802.11ac (WiFi 5) in 2013, IEEE 802.11ax (WiFi 6) was released in 2019 [1]. A performance analysis of the 802.11ax 2.4GHz (WiFi 6) protocol lists multiple benefits, with a major highlight being the inclusion of an improved MU-MIMO (Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) [2], which allows for simultaneous downlink and uplink. This increases the maximum number of simultaneous streams from four to eight [3], boosting maximum speeds to yield impressive throughput. This project will outline the main characteristics of the WiFi 6 protocol, indicating if there are any significant changes compared to previous iterations and displaying the outcomes of key variable manipulation in our code simulations.
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