Year

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Application

Backbone

500 Mbps
11n wHDMI, UWB

2 Gbps
WiHD

10 Gbps
WiHD2*

50 Gbps

Multi-room

yes
11n

hybrid
11n+WiHD

not native
WiHD2*

not native

Fixed client

500 Mbps
11n

2 Gbps
WiHN

10 Gbps
WiHD2*

10 Gbps

Mobile client

400 Mbps
3.5G + 11n

500 Mbps
LTE + 11n

10 Gbps
4G + WiHD2*

10Gbps
4.5 G

Technology

Baseline

Air interface

2.5/5/10 Ghz

60Ghz
AoC?

Wideband 60 Ghz

90 GHz?
or free-space optics?

Networks

Seperate/bridged
UMA, VoIP

Autoconfiguration

Mobile/home concergence
Wall Vias

Architecture elements

Combo MIMO,

diveresity
Co-existance

Multi-mode < 10Ghz
Seperate 60Ghz
Post-distortion

Vector processing

Adaptive antenna match

SDR Cognitive
Unified Wideband TRX?

Massive beamforming

SDR FE

Mitola