On July 25th, Irvind Ghai, Vice President of Product Management at Qualcomm, was interviewed by the media in Beijing to showcase the dynamics of Qualcomm's Wi-Fi mesh products and technologies, and to answer in detail the questions raised by the media.
Irvind Ghai, Vice President, Product Management, Qualcomm
First, Irvind Ghai believes that Qualcomm's network solution prior to focusing on the interconnection between people, and in the future will consider more of the interconnection between things, providing the best connection in the many use scenarios that everyone is concerned about. Qualcomm At present, the share of the global Wi-Fi market ranks first. In the home market, the share of the enterprise and operator market is the first, and it maintains high-speed growth, mainly because of the arrival of the smart home era. The number of connected devices in the home is increasing day by day, and Qualcomm's product solutions account for the highest proportion of market share.
Qualcomm's solution is to create a seamless network experience for consumers in their home life through multiple areas. The main aspects include the following four aspects: connection technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, interactive technology and security. Sex.
In terms of connection technology, Qualcomm's solution is to use a Wi-Fi mesh network with self-organizing, self-optimizing, self-healing and self-protection features.
Compared with the traditional hardware management of each set of hardware, and then rely on AP relay to complete the coverage of the overall network in the home, Qualcomm tends to complete the entire network deployment through multiple nodes according to the actual environment and area of the home. After the nodes are evenly arranged, the user does not need to intervene too much, and the mesh network is automatically set up between the device and the node. At the same time, the most reasonable layout structure and dual-band bandwidth distribution are realized according to the network environment.
With the highly integrated intelligent gateway, Bluetooth, 802.15.4, Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies can be integrated, which is easier to manage, and the data flows through the same system of the same node. Interoperability will also be more convenient, and the problem of coexistence can be solved more intelligently. At the same time, because of the utilization of technologies such as antenna multiplexing, better control can be achieved in design and cost. The adjustability of distributed nodes ensures The user selects the number of nodes and functions of the mesh network according to actual apartment type, specific use scenarios and other factors.
At the same time, Qualcomm also revealed that it is expected to introduce the latest 11ax technology this year and next year. Compared with 11ac's 4x4 MU-MIMO, 11ax first defined and supported 8x8 MU-MIMO, which is very helpful for bandwidth utilization and beamforming. The adoption of OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technology can improve the transmission rate of small data packets through carrier optimization. In addition, more flexible control of target wake-up time can ensure higher energy efficiency of the terminal. A combination of several can lead to a more optimized resource scheduling solution to meet the individual needs of customers.
In terms of domestic OEMs, leading companies such as Huawei and H3C have cooperated with Qualcomm to launch products supporting 12 channels (8@5GHz + 4@2.4GHz), in addition to KT (Korea Telecom) in Korea, and Japanese carriers. KDDI, Ruckus, etc. in the United States have launched related products, making investment in the home and enterprise market.
And for the security concerns that everyone is paying attention to, Qualcomm said that all Wi-Fi solutions, including infrastructure and mobile clients, starting this summer will support the latest WPA-3 security standards, ensuring privacy in a public network environment. And the protection of the password can reach a higher level, which is the basis of the Wi-Fi mesh network and the integrated system.
It can be seen that Qualcomm's mesh network solution hopes to build a supporting platform by solving the connection between the whole. On this platform, many new functions and interactions can be supported, such as richer. Voice interaction, any device in the home can control any device through any node with voice function, such as multi-node radio wave scanning for positioning and identification and other operations with more possibilities. Even with Wi-Fi The evolution of technology, the capabilities of the mesh network itself will also be enhanced.
Being able to integrate this into a system of inclusiveness, thanks to Qualcomm's huge investment in this area and its consistent industry leadership, and we believe that in more cooperation with Chinese OEMs, Qualcomm will also bring this more convenient and easy-to-use wireless network experience to our homes.
On July 25th, Irvind Ghai, Vice President of Product Management at Qualcomm, was interviewed by the media in Beijing to showcase the dynamics of Qualcomm's Wi-Fi mesh products and technologies, and to answer in detail the questions raised by the media.
Irvind Ghai, Vice President, Product Management, Qualcomm
First, Irvind Ghai believes that Qualcomm's network solution prior to focusing on the interconnection between people, and in the future will consider more of the interconnection between things, providing the best connection in the many use scenarios that everyone is concerned about. Qualcomm At present, the share of the global Wi-Fi market ranks first. In the home market, the share of the enterprise and operator market is the first, and it maintains high-speed growth, mainly because of the arrival of the smart home era. The number of connected devices in the home is increasing day by day, and Qualcomm's product solutions account for the highest proportion of market share.
Qualcomm's solution is to create a seamless network experience for consumers in their home life through multiple areas. The main aspects include the following four aspects: connection technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, interactive technology and security. Sex.
In terms of connection technology, Qualcomm's solution is to use a Wi-Fi mesh network with self-organizing, self-optimizing, self-healing and self-protection features.
Compared with the traditional hardware management of each set of hardware, and then rely on AP relay to complete the coverage of the overall network in the home, Qualcomm tends to complete the entire network deployment through multiple nodes according to the actual environment and area of the home. After the nodes are evenly arranged, the user does not need to intervene too much, and the mesh network is automatically set up between the device and the node. At the same time, the most reasonable layout structure and dual-band bandwidth distribution are realized according to the network environment.
With the highly integrated intelligent gateway, Bluetooth, 802.15.4, Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies can be integrated, which is easier to manage, and the data flows through the same system of the same node. Interoperability will also be more convenient, and the problem of coexistence can be solved more intelligently. At the same time, because of the utilization of technologies such as antenna multiplexing, better control can be achieved in design and cost. The adjustability of distributed nodes ensures The user selects the number of nodes and functions of the mesh network according to actual apartment type, specific use scenarios and other factors.
At the same time, Qualcomm also revealed that it is expected to introduce the latest 11ax technology this year and next year. Compared with 11ac's 4x4 MU-MIMO, 11ax first defined and supported 8x8 MU-MIMO, which is very helpful for bandwidth utilization and beamforming. The adoption of OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technology can improve the transmission rate of small data packets through carrier optimization. In addition, more flexible control of target wake-up time can ensure higher energy efficiency of the terminal. A combination of several can lead to a more optimized resource scheduling solution to meet the individual needs of customers.
In terms of domestic OEMs, leading companies such as Huawei and H3C have cooperated with Qualcomm to launch products supporting 12 channels (8@5GHz + 4@2.4GHz), in addition to KT (Korea Telecom) in Korea, and Japanese carriers. KDDI, Ruckus, etc. in the United States have launched related products, making investment in the home and enterprise market.
And for the security concerns that everyone is paying attention to, Qualcomm said that all Wi-Fi solutions, including infrastructure and mobile clients, starting this summer will support the latest WPA-3 security standards, ensuring privacy in a public network environment. And the protection of the password can reach a higher level, which is the basis of the Wi-Fi mesh network and the integrated system.
It can be seen that Qualcomm's mesh network solution hopes to build a supporting platform by solving the connection between the whole. On this platform, many new functions and interactions can be supported, such as richer. Voice interaction, any device in the home can control any device through any node with voice function, such as multi-node radio wave scanning for positioning and identification and other operations with more possibilities. Even with Wi-Fi The evolution of technology, the capabilities of the mesh network itself will also be enhanced.
Being able to integrate this into a system of inclusiveness, thanks to Qualcomm's huge investment in this area and its consistent industry leadership, and we believe that in more cooperation with Chinese OEMs, Qualcomm will also bring this more convenient and easy-to-use wireless network experience to our homes.
