The WAV665 from MaxLinear is a Wi-Fi Chipset that operates in the 5/6 GHz bands. It meets the IEEE 802.11ax-2021 standard and is Wi-Fi 6 Release 2 certified. This SoC is designed to deliver fast and consistent connectivity for smart home devices and delivers a data rate of up to 4.8 Gbps in the 5 GHz band. It supports a bandwidth of up to 160 MHz with four spatial streams. The chipset is future-proofed for Wi-Fi 6 clients and provides the ability to simultaneously connect to 256 clients. It offers support for key PHY and baseband technologies such as Enhanced maximum likelihood, LDPC codes, STBC (2x1), beamforming, MU-MIMO (UL and DL), preamble puncture, key power saving features for clients, OFDMA, 1024-QAM, BSS coloring, and spatial reuse.
The WAV665 is based on the 6th generation Wi-Fi chipset solution that delivers on the major features of the 802.11ax standard which further increases the range, network capacity per user, and battery life of connected client devices. It utilizes Uplink Extended Range Capability defined in Release 2 to ensure that outdoor stations remain connected with access points over a long range, thereby providing wide area coverage even in dense and congested environments. This SoC supports up to 32 virtual access points per radio along with multiple client modes such as WDS, L2NAT, and WISP. It uses M-BSSID to reduce management and signaling overhead when supporting multiple networks and minimizes narrow-band interference using preamble puncturing.
The WAV665 is optimized for MaxLinear’s AnyWAN URX and Puma 7 SoC family to fully offload the wireless traffic with zero CPU utilization, thereby freeing up the CPU performance for advanced services. It is authenticated and encrypted based on various security standards and robust algorithms. This SoC is available in a Ball Grid Array (BGA) package that measures 12.00 x 17.00 x 1.35 mm and is ideal for service provider gateways, routers, access points, extenders, repeaters, and wireless infrastructure applications.
