With the Wi-Fi HaLow's 9.9 mile range, you could connect to your home Wi-Fi at work, at the grocery store, and even inside your car throughout your ride. Wi-Fi is probably the most important part of any piece of technology today. It helps devices connect, communicate, update, and be cutting-edge... but the problem with Wi-Fi
So, sounds neat. But, holy fuck was that “article” light on any sort of details. “Sub-GHz frequency waves”, seriously? The author couldn’t ask basic questions like “what frequency does it use?” or “how are you handling spectrum licensing?” This sort of thing would be great, but not if it’s going to mean showing up at an FCC auction whenever you want to add an access point.
So, sounds neat. But, holy fuck was that “article” light on any sort of details. “Sub-GHz frequency waves”, seriously? The author couldn’t ask basic questions like “what frequency does it use?” or “how are you handling spectrum licensing?” This sort of thing would be great, but not if it’s going to mean showing up at an FCC auction whenever you want to add an access point.
So what, it’s 915MHz? Groundbreaking, truly. They’ve reinvented LoRA
It’s specifically an implementation of 802.11 protocols over LoRa, called HaLow https://www.wi-fi.org/beacon/y-zachary-freeman/wi-fi-halow-and-lorawan-how-do-the-technologies-compare