The waveform features an ultra-short frame structure and a flexible scheduling scheme of time-domain resources, reducing transmission latency to approximately 20 microseconds.

In addition, NearLink applies polar codes and adopts Hybrid Automatic Repeat-reQuest (HARQ) schemes to support applications with high reliability requirements, such as industrial closed-loop control applications for automated assembly lines, where reliability requirements are at least 99.999%.

[1] The first product to feature NearLink technology was the Huawei Mate 60 series smartphone introduced by Huawei on August 29, 2023,[10][11] followed by FreeBuds Pro 3 on November 25, 2023, M-Pencil 3rd gen with the MatePad 13.2 tablet on 14 December 2023,[12][13] and the Pura 70 series on April 18, 2024.

[14][15] On September 22, 2020, the SparkLight Alliance was established to formulate the NearLink short-range wireless technology standard.

The Requirements were formulated by various parties including Huawei, BYD, Changan, GAC, FAW, etc.