Spectrum Slicing allows a frequency band to be divided, or sliced, to allow more radios to operate in a given area. This capability is a signal processing technique that works at the most base network layer, the Physical layer, PHY layer, or Layer 1.
Real-time Spectrum Slicing 6-Channel Scan
Spectrum Slicing force multiplies other Wi-Fi techniques because it creates more physical channels for other Wi-Fi features higher up the stack to run upon. For example, a packet scheduling feature, running on a single channel, improves Wi-Fi traffic on that single channel. With Spectrum Slicing, that packet scheduling feature would have multiple channels to run on, therefore adding a force multiplying effect to the feature.
Think of Spectrum Slicing like moving from a single-lane road to a multi-lane highway with no changes to existing end user devices. In Wi-Fi, Spectrum Slicing allows multiple radios to operate in the same ‘band’ within the same coverage area.
Packing more radios in the same coverage area requires complex engineering. More capacity, with less interference means happy Wi-Fi users.
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