The MxL31712 from MaxLinear is a 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz Wi-Fi 7 SoC. It is based on the IEEE 802.11be standard and has 12 spatial streams delivering an Extremely High Throughput (EHT) of 18.6 Gbps. This SoC has a bandwidth of 320 MHz and supports an enhanced modulation scheme of up to 4096 QAM. It is a single-chip solution that offers unique advantages, including a seamless coordinated view of data flows across multiple channels in tri-band configurations for faster recovery from retransmissions in heavily congested environments like MDUs (Multi-Dwelling Units). This SoC also has improved “on-the-fly MAC” architecture for enhanced network efficiency while boosting the throughput for small and large packet sizes in the network.
The MxL31712 has a dedicated antenna for Zero Wait DFS to maximize the opportunity to use radar channels in 5 GHz without compromising the connected clients. This SoC is future-proofed and can connect up to 256 Wi-Fi clients simultaneously. It is optimized for MaxLinear’s AnyWAN (URX) broadband SoCs and Puma family SoCs to offload the wireless traffic with zero CPU utilization fully. This frees up the CPU for advanced services such as edge computing, rendering for the Metaverse, security, analytics, photo/video hosting, and parental controls while delivering a consistent user experience. It is ideal for gateways, cable, fiber, copper, ethernet, 2-box, FWA, routers, access points, extenders, repeaters, and mesh applications.
