Multi-Link Operation is a key feature of Wi-Fi 7 that brings significant improvements in throughput, latency, and reliability. In the past, Wi-Fi client devices like smartphones were limited to operating on a single channel within the 2.4GHz, 5GHz, or 6GHz band. However, with the introduction of Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link operation (MLO), clients can now utilize multiple links across frequency bands.
Simultaneous Multi-Link Operation allows traffic to be aggregated across multiple bands, resulting in peak throughput and low latency, while alternating Multi-Link Operation dynamically switches traffic between bands to avoid wireless interference, ensuring deterministic and predictable low latency even in heavily congested environments.
Qualcomm Technologies' expert implementation of Multi-Link technology is at the heart of realizing massive gains in performance, including the most powerful multi-link client implementation called High Band Simultaneous Multi-Link (HBS Multi-Link), as well as mesh Wi-Fi networking with Qualcomm Multi-Link Mesh technology.