LitePoint and MediaTek Join Forces to Accelerate a New Era of "Ultra-High Reliability" Wireless Connectivity

Wi-Fi 8 Breaks Through Transmission Limits, Delivering a More Stable and Lower-Latency Wireless Network Environment

LitePoint, a leading provider of wireless test solutions, announced a collaboration with MediaTek to develop test solutions for Wi-Fi 8 technology. This collaboration will assist product developers to accelerate the design verification and mass production of their Wi-Fi 8 products. This initiative will focus on the "Ultra-High Reliability" features of Wi-Fi 8, ensuring that the next generation of wireless chips deliver low-latency connectivity to meet stringent demands even in challenging channel conditions while supporting new AI use cases.

Over the past 25 years, Wi-Fi technology has focused primarily on transmission speeds and user efficiency. However, with the introduction of Wi-Fi 8 (based on the IEEE 802.11bn standard), the technology breaks away from the traditional path to focus on improved reliability and an enhanced end-user experience. Wi-Fi 8 introduces key innovations like dynamic resource allocation, improved coding schemes, and better access point coordination. Essentially, Wi-Fi 8 adjusts resource allocation in real-time based on network environment, ensuring optimized network performance for more predictable connectivity and robustness.

Through this strategic collaboration, LitePoint and MediaTek will drive the widespread adoption of Wi-Fi 8 technology, helping the industry usher in an era of ultra-reliable wireless connectivity. The engagement covers test solutions and also enables ecosystem construction, bringing consumers a more stable and faster wireless experience.

Adam Smith, Vice President of Marketing at LitePoint, said, "LitePoint continues to drive innovation in Wi-Fi product testing, and this collaboration with MediaTek further solidifies our leading position in Wi-Fi testing. Our solutions assist customers in quickly verifying the reliability and performance of Wi-Fi 8, reducing time-to-market for their products, getting these innovations into customer hands, faster."

"To accelerate adoption of Wi‑Fi 8, MediaTek has collaborated with LitePoint to test and validate MediaTek's Wi‑Fi 8 technology and is progressing toward earning the Wi‑Fi 8 CERTIFIED logo," said CY Lin, Deputy General Manager of the Connectivity Technology Development Division at MediaTek. "In system‑level tests conducted by LitePoint, the MediaTek Wi‑Fi 8 implementation achieved the theoretical peak PHY throughput—establishing a new technical foundation for Wi‑Fi 8 solutions across the industry and ushering in a new era of wireless connectivity."

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Technical Details:

The IQxel-MX is uniquely positioned to address the complexities of Wi-Fi 8 (UHR) testing. Building on its leadership in Wi-Fi, the IQxel-MX now supports Wi-Fi 8's advanced features, including but not limited to enhanced modulation and coding schemes (MCS, distributed resource units (dRU), unequal modulation and long-length LDPC Codes).

The IQxel-MX platform offers comprehensive, full lifecycle testing capabilities, from early-stage R&D characterization to high-volume manufacturing. Its industry-leading performance, coupled with its ability to support Wi-Fi standards through Wi-Fi 8, ensures a future-proof investment for customers navigating the evolving wireless landscape.

For faster time to market, turnkey IQfact+^™ software solutions offer customized testing of leading chipsets and enable thorough design verification and rapid volume manufacturing with minimal engineering effort.

Availability and More Information

The Wi-Fi 8 (802.11bn) test capabilities for the IQxel-MX are available immediately. Customers can contact their LitePoint sales representative for more information.

About LitePoint

LitePoint creates wireless test solutions and services for the world's most innovative wireless device makers, helping them to ensure their products perform for today's demanding consumers. A leading innovator in wireless testing, LitePoint products come out of the box ready to test the most widely used wireless chipsets in the world. LitePoint works with the world's leading makers of smartphones, tablets, PCs, wireless access points and chipsets. Headquartered in San Jose, California and with offices worldwide, LitePoint is a wholly owned subsidiary of Teradyne ((TER), a leading supplier of automatic test equipment and industrial automation solutions. Teradyne® is a registered trademark of Teradyne, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

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