The MxL31708 from MaxLinear is a Wi-Fi 7 SoC that operates from 2.4 – 5 GHz and 5 – 7 GHz bands. It supports channel bandwidths of up to 320 MHz, delivers a PHY throughput of 17 Gbps, and has up to 8 spatial streams (dual-band 4+4). This SoC is Wi-Fi 7 certified and supports for 4096 QAM modulation, Multi-Link Operation (MLO) and Multi Resource Unit (MRU) Wi-Fi 7 features. It provides an optimal Multi-Link experience with a single seamless coordinated view of data flows across multiple channels in dual-band configuration for faster recovery from retransmissions in heavily congested environments like MDUs (Multi-Dwelling Units).
The MxL31708 has improved “on-the-fly MAC” architecture for enhanced network efficiency while boosting the throughput for small and large packet sizes in the network. It has a dedicated antenna for Zero Wait DFS, which maximizes the opportunity to use radar channels in 5 GHz without compromising the performance of the connected clients. It can connect up to 256 Wi-Fi clients simultaneously. This SoC is optimized for MaxLinear’s AnyWAN broadband SoCs and Puma family SoCs to fully offload the wireless traffic with zero CPU utilization. It is ideal for gateways, cable, fiber, copper, Ethernet, 2-box, FWA, routers, access points, extenders, repeaters and mesh applications.
