By Steve Harris, Paul Rodrigues; SCTE
Today, Wi-Fi is the predominant way telecommunication customers connect their untethered devices to the Internet, as well as access content like video, virtual reality, and gaming. In the near future, operators will shift compute closer to the end user, expanding the requirements for better Wi-Fi edge compute connectivity. The original Institute of Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard was released in 1997. Since then, the IEEE 802.11 working group has developed and released many amendments to keep up with the growing bandwidth demands of our customers and the industry. During this time, telecommunication operators, CableLabs®, the SCTE®, and vendors developed and deployed DOCSIS and other access network technologies to keep up with the same bandwidth demands.