1、Ericsson White PaperGFTL-25:000045 UenJanuary 2025Achieving Gigabit connectivity with Wi-Fi todayAchieving Gigabit connectivity with Wi-Fi todayContentJanuary 20252ContentExecutive Summary 3Spectrum availability 4Wi-Fi standards evolution 6Detailed analysis:Todays Wi-Fi offers Gigabit speeds through

2、 5 GHz and lower 6 GHz bands 8Conclusion 18References 19Authors 21Achieving Gigabit connectivity with Wi-Fi todayExecutive SummaryJanuary 20253Executive SummaryThe Digital Decade Policy Programme(DDPP)sets concrete targets and objectives for 2030 to guide Europes digital transformation.Digital infra

3、structure is one of the cardinal points focusing on improving and developing mobile and fiber network infrastructures.The goal is to ensure Gigabit connectivity for everyone and achieve high-speed mobile coverage(at least 5G)everywhere”1.The Commission sets the Gigabit connectivity target for fixed

4、broadband connections delivered to the home 2.Fixed broadband connectivity is typically delivered to households via fiber or fixed wireless access.This is then connected to a Wi-Fi router,which distributes the connection within the home/enterprise.Wi-Fi plays a key role in maximizing the capacity th

5、at reaches the consumer.There are diverging views on how to prevent Wi-Fi from becoming a bottleneck in delivering Gigabit connectivity to consumers.Some request additional spectrum in the upper 6 GHz band 3 while others point to efficiency deficits and argue for more efficient usage of the current

6、spectrum 4.We have analyzed Wi-Fi performance in an apartment building,considering the most common channel allocation in Europe,namely the 5 GHz and lower 6 GHz bands,for different channel bandwidths,and concluded that:Speeds significantly higher than 1 Gbps can be achieved today with current Wi-Fi