1. 6GHz for Cisco WLAN Best Practices Guide
  2. Introduction
  • Best Practices for Wi-Fi 6E (Tri-Band) including Voice, with Cisco WLAN Infrastructure
Introduction

Introduction

This guide is designed to provide recommendations of deployment best practices for the WiFi6E (6GHz) devices listed in the following table, and for the serving WLAN network that includes AP hardware WiFi6E (6GHz).
Supported WiFi6E (6GHz) Devices
Device Type
Supported Devices
Handhelds
TC53, TC53e, TC53e-RFID, TC73, TC58, TC58e, TC78, MC3400, MC9400, MC9450, PS30
*TC22, *TC27
Handhelds for Healthcare
HC50, *HC20
Wearables
WT6400, WT5400
Tablets
ET60, ET65
Devices without “*” support full Enterprise quality experience and configurability out of the box over the entire tri-band spectrum and functionality.
Devices with “*” require a Zebra mDNA license for enabling the 6GHz spectrum and functionality, as well as for the full Enterprise quality experience and configurability.
This Best Practices guide does not address devices not listed in the table that support up to dual-band radios (WiFi5, WiFi6) when deployed in a WLAN network using AP hardware WiFi6E (6GHz). In this deployment case, refer to the appropriate non-6GHz Best Practices guides on the Zebra Wireless Fusion Support page for configuration information.
Wi-Fi 6E is an extension of Wi-Fi 6 (also known as 802.11ax), which enables the operation of features in the 6GHz band, in addition to the existing 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. The 6GHz frequency band provides additional spectrum to increase the efficiency and performance for the growing density needs of Wi-Fi devices.
The 6 GHz radio band provides greater capacity and better performance with higher data rates and low delays for a better overall user experience. In addition to the existing features available under Wi-Fi 6 standard, such as Uplink/Downlink MU-MIMO, OFDMA and TWT, Wi-Fi 6E supports Multiple BSSID functionality, Reduced Neighbor Report, greater number of channels, and wider Channel Widths.
The combined benefits of the Wi-Fi 6E features, utilized in the 1200MHz additional spectrum, enable boosting applications performance and quality in enterprise use-cases, while the connected device is roaming around in the ever-dynamic Wi-Fi environment, such as Retail, Healthcare, Education, Manufacturing and Warehousing.