IEEE 802.11ay

IEEE 802.11ay, Enhanced Throughput for Operation in License-exempt Bands above 45 GHz, is a follow-up to IEEE 802.11ad WiGig standard which quadruples the bandwidth and adds MIMO up to 8 streams.

[1][2] Development started in 2015 and the final standard IEEE 802.11ay-2021 was approved in March 2021.

It includes mechanisms for channel bonding and MU-MIMO technologies.

The 802.11ay standard is designed to run at much higher frequencies.

[1][10] Draft version 7.0 was released in December 2020 and the Final 802 Working Group Approval was received in February 2021.