6 GHz Spectrum Needs for Wi-Fi 7

There is insufficient license-exempt spectrum in 2.4 GHz and the 5 GHz bands to accommodate the growth in demand with the expected quality of service (QoS) of the current applications (video streaming, gaming, voice, etc.) and, at the same time, to enable new innovative services and usage scenarios that make use of the Wi-Fi network. Therefore, user experience is compromised due to channel congestion. Allocation of the 1200 MHz of contiguous spectrum in the 6 GHz band to license-exempt operation provides sufficient bandwidth such that Wi-Fi 6E and the next generation of Wi-Fi, namely Wi-Fi 7, can benefit from the cleaner, non-overlapping larger channel bandwidths of up to 320 MHz.