Rohde & Schwarz and NETGEAR Collaborate for Wi-Fi 8 Access Point Testing
Monday, March 9, 2026
NETGEAR has selected the CMP180 radio communication tester from Rohde & Schwarz for the development of future Wi-Fi 8 access points. By integrating the tester into their design validation test environment, NETGEAR will be able to speed up the development of performance optimised Wi-Fi products.
Rohde & Schwarz, a supplier of test and measurement equipment for wireless applications and NETGEAR, manufacturer of advanced networking technologies and leading-edge Wi-Fi 7 products, collaborate to get the next generation Wi-Fi 8 products ready for the market. Contd
Wi-Fi 8 is the next Wi-Fi based on the upcoming IEEE 802.11bn standard. With the focus on ultra-high (UHR) WLAN, this new technology aims to improve the wireless user experience at homes, offices and factories: high-speed connectivity under all conditions with low latency for gaming, learning and working applications which will use augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to provide an immersive user experience.
Design validation of Wi-Fi 8 access points requires test solutions which support the latest Wi-Fi 8 features like distributed resource units (DRU) or unequal modulation (UEQM) with up to 320 MHz wide channels in all supported bands and highest modulation schemes (4096QAM), while providing the performance (EVM) and scalability (4x4 MIMO) required to optimise the wireless device performance.
Joseph Emmanuel, VP, Consumer Business Unit HW Engineering, NETGEAR says, “Working with Rohde & Schwarz enables us to bring our Wi-Fi 8 products on the market with the expected high quality and extremely high performance for the best multi-gigabit Wi-Fi experience everywhere at home.”
Goce Talaganov, VP Mobile Radio Testers, Rohde & Schwarz says, “We are grateful for the close collaboration with NETGEAR on the latest Wi-Fi 8 technology. Our experience in wireless device testing and early cooperation with Wi-Fi 8 chipset and device vendors helped us to improve our test solution for the upcoming broad Wi-Fi 8 market.”
