Wi-Fi CERTIFIED HaLow delivers long range, low power Wi-Fi

The Wi-Fi Alliance has introduced Wi-Fi CERTIFIED HaLow – a certification program for products incorporating IEEE 802.11ah technology – to expand Wi-Fi applications for the Internet of Things (IoT). Wi-Fi HaLow operates in the sub-1 GHz band, with the Wi-Fi Alliance claiming that this enables long range and low power connectivity, while providing a robust connection in challenging Wi-Fi environments. Wi-Fi HaLow is predicted to enable a variety of new, power-efficient use cases for IoT and Industrial IoT (IIoT) environments, as well as retail, agriculture, healthcare, smart home, and smart city markets.

Wi-Fi HaLow enables low power connectivity necessary for applications including sensors, personal wearable devices, and utility meters that require multi-year battery operation. Wi-Fi HaLow supports applications such as streaming compressed video from security cameras, even in challenging environments where the ability to penetrate walls or other barriers to provide a robust connection is an important consideration. In agriculture or logistics monitoring applications where long range is a priority, the Wi-Fi Alliance told Incisor.tv that HaLow delivers data at ranges exceeding one kilometer. Wi-Fi HaLow adopts existing Wi-Fi protocols to deliver many of the benefits that consumers have come to expect from Wi-Fi, including multi-vendor interoperability, strong WPA3 security, easy setup, and seamless integration into IP networks