>> from our studios in the heart of Silicon Valley. Holloway ALTO, California It is a cute conversation. >> Welcome to the special Keep conversation here in Palo Alto, California. Here, two cubes Studios. I'm John for the host of the Cube. We're talking WiFi six. If you, uh, have use the Internet anywhere outside inside Cos you know why Fiza lifeblood connectivity and hear Expert in WiFi Todd Nightingale, senior vice president general manager at Cisco Muraki. It's been around the block around y fight knows a lot about wireless. Great to see you again. Welcome back. >> Thanks so much. Love the Cube. >> Last time we chatted, we were at definite create, which is advance. Cisco runs around bringing developers cloud native developers into the definite community and programming the infrastructure houses key part of the Cisco. You've been doing a lot of great work. They're making things programmable, switches, wireless, and you got to be big success of Iraqi. But now you're involved in something that I'm super excited about, Which is WiFi. WiFi. Six is upon us. Love the name. It's simple. It's not some acronym letter. Tell us what WiFi six. What is it? What's the new innovation around WiFi six. >> Actually, I've spent practically my whole career in WiFi and we've had just this alphabet soup of WiFi for years, not eleven A and B G and and and A C. And, um, Finally, we're putting that behind us and getting out of the alphabet soup. So there was a new standard called X uh, which is just about to launch around the world. And as a as an industry wide change, we've decided no longer to call that woman dot eight x, but instead WiFi six, which will be hopefully just dramatically easier for people to kind of relate to and understand. And now we have a shortcut. So I'll take it >> on. We want seven eight nights. We innovation run wireless is happening. Seeing a lot of discussion for G five g. Anyone who has a smartphone knows the importance of connectivity. How many bars do you have? How much battery left you So the world has been indoctrinated. Now it's pretty standard that we kind of get this kind, understand the value of having connectivity. What is the innovation on WiFi? Because it's become the critical needed people's lives has been joke. That's that one of the Masters hierarchy of needs. You goto a sporting event, you can see the band with getting choked away. You go to a spotty office. You know the limitations of WiFi. People have experienced that firsthand. What's the new innovations for this next generation? WiFi? >> Yeah. Look, I think wireless has become a basic need. And where that comes from the cellular side and for G. And we hope soon five g or or for comes from the WiFi side. The future. While she's probably looks more and more like outdoor with cellular and five indoor really WiFi and WiFi six and WiFi sixes Justin enormous step forward for that. WiFi technology has far better performance, especially when it comes to ban with client density on blatant See, that could give us just much more immersive experiences, much cleaner video, Much, uh, better, you know, density and performance. It also has a really unique performance optimization, something I think that has a lot of power in the mystery, which is a very sophisticated change to power save power state mode, which means that a wife I will be able to stay to support a whole new generation of Io ti devices operating on batteries for for months or years on this Khun, just open up the door. Tow new IO to use cases we really never thought possible before. >> So the next generation higher band with better power sounds like to market or trends or user trends that we see on the consumption side are immersive experiences. Video people are streaming more than ever now, whether it's in the office or at home or on the go. You have a R N V are more pressure tohave real time, rendering more band with. So this is the band with pressure device pressure on the power. These are the two big ones and I oh, Ty's been enterprise now emerging cloud space. But you know, I ot use cases, but really, it's about the new experiences are really kind of jamming up the highway of Digital highway, if you will. What's going? What's the new things is gonna help that goat better, >> We'LL tell you. We're seeing just a larger and larger percentage of the band with on the Internet and on all networks is as video me. That is the way people want to consume content. ATM, Iraqi We actually launched Ah, whole line of smart cameras just just a couple of years ago, and we see this enormous surge in people deploying cameras and wanting to see real time truly rial time video feeds from around the world. They want to consume content that way, and video is driving just and these immersive experiences, whether it's V. R. It's just driving this enormous need for >> true >> you know, High Band with connectivity. The wireless office in WiFi six the wires office feature. It has to feel like a wired connection. It has to be better than a wired connection. Mohr Band with Lower Late and Seymour efficient. And that's That's the promise of life. I said, >> Just kneel you down on this. I want to get out of the company in the spec sheet in my mind. So why five six has what better than WiFi current version? What's the last version? New version, One of the key bullet points. If you could just go down, stack rank the features that you think are >> important, I think, look, it quadruples the band with scruples. The capacity of these channels that lowers the latent see significantly both of those are important has a technology embedded and called off Oh FDA, which will help us increase the client density per channel, and especially for highly dense deployments that Khun Stadiums. We'LL be able to support MAWR clients on more channels, which is more clients on each channel, which is the key to making those deployments work. Um, and this this power save change for I have T devices for battery powered devices. That's that's really remarkable. And that power save change will affect everyone's mobile phone to I mean, I'm a person who worries about the battery life on my phone almost every day, and I'm hoping WiFi sex will really change that. There's other changes going on in the life I spaces. Well, there's more spectrum opening up. We're starting to see the six gigahertz band being opened up, which will be right, have a unique type of, uh, partially license, regionally licensed model. And by opening up more channels again, we can gain better, better dancer. >> So good density that on the modulation in the multiplex inside that that's for large stadiums. We've all been there offices. What's the impact would like, say, an enterprise who have been, you know, architect ing elaborate wireless networks Because this channel and all the configuration that goes on has been had to be done. What happens there? Is it easier to manage or what's the improvements with WiFi six over in an office space example? >> You know, I think what we'LL see is in high density spaces in conference rooms and our times immediately. See this benefit was higher density. This better performance. Uh, many of the WiFi platforms being built for WiFi six. They have twice as many antennas as the last generations of the high end of life. I five, uh, which was called a Hell of a C that was a four antenna system of what we call four by four radio. The high end of life high sex will be an eight by eight, and what that means is far better response to multi path, meaning these air radios that can see through walls that Khun see around corners. It's remarkable the performance, the thie R F sensitivities device, >> and that solves that people called the Dead Zone areas where, you know, like okay, the bars are down, or why's the why's the video stopping and kind of buffering. >> Exactly. Also solves issues were on interference, so places that of interference. Extra antennas could help see through that as well. And we sometimes call it the line of sight problem. If I could see the AP, it works. But if it's around a wall, I can't lie. Five, six and especially eight by eight antenna. >> Any mission concrete earlier before getting Karen also bounces around a lot of thistle environment where the are wrecked houses around that solves that problem helps that. >> Actually, that's called multi path in the industry. And, yeah, this eight, this eighty antenna ate our chain system really makes a difference >> because that change the form factories, they're still getting faster, smaller, cheaper, kind of thing. Going on boards law, um, or is it same size radios or chipsets? And >> that's a good question. The A. P s, uh, that we're building ATM Iraqi. Uh, they're about the same size, maybe, maybe a little bigger, but we've just built them in a slightly different shape. Um, but I think generally speaking, the technology has hit a point where the size of these devices similar toward the where they were in the last generation our eight by eight, uh, appeal. Maybe about things I >> think, General, if you pulled anyone who's in the WiFi business, whether deploying and rolling out our users, they really don't care what you think it the best performance is also not like, massively, like a tower of his small form factor. It's not going to change much. >> Do you really care? That's everything. There's some people who really care, and the aesthetic of the device really matters. They either wanted to look like physical plant like maybe it should look like it's kind of part of the building, or it should be really aesthetically pleasing and mixing and in your right. Of course, there's some people who really don't care. It's above a ceiling tile or something. All >> right, so let's talk about like the good point about the word matters. Size wise, also kind of footprint. A wind tower and I ot device. This does matter because size is important, whether it's a physical factory floor or somewhere out in the wild. Out in the open, rugged, durable Can it fit in with something? How does y five six save that? Is there any changes there? >> I think we're going to see pretty similar kind of idea will have. In turn, we will see the industry building internal antennas that we call it. Integrate antenna system an external ones for people who want to put custom and tennis solutions. And we'LL see indoor and outdoor e peas and the ruggedized after ones. I don't think that'LL change too much from life by six, but we will see perhaps just higher density deployment because these Raiders, they're so much more power. >> Tell what the impact to the industry isn't going to change the chipsets. How is WiFi? Signal Rollout is R O E EMS who manufactures it? Standards can use at some commentary around the industry coalition around it and impact. >> Yes, a WiFi six will become the new standard wife I will. Over time it will. It will replace not just the consumer at home. Ah, WiFi standard, but also the business and enterprise life I standard what it means is today we're starting to roll out the very first deployments of life I six in enterprise in enterprise B to B use cases on the access point side, and the client devices are just starting to come out. And so we're really right at the beginning of this transition of this curve, and over the next couple of years, we'LL see more and more devices move overto life by six until essentially all devices a couple years are launching on that. >> Iran has been the wireless because you've been in for a long time. They all kind of have this, you know, you know, Comrade of Arms can think is why, if I became so revolutionary that it just grew so fast. But there's been trouble spots has been hard thinking frequency physics, laws of physics, security, security all kind of coming. What's your personal take on where we are now mentioned? Five. G great back haul potential. The network's getting better and faster. Your thoughts just in the industry. Your personal perspective >> give you something I think is really important about life. I is, um, as an industry wife, I sort of developed together as part of a consortium called the WiFi Alliance, and what that means is these air truly standardised protocols and we run interoperability testing with our partners at Cisco. We work closely with the Intel and Samsung, and we run tons and tons of interrupt really testing. So the day this equipment ships it is operating at old, ultra high quality and interrupt. Inter operates with all types of devices made by all types of different vendors. Many other standards don't have that type of strong consortium, that kind of strong ecosystem of partners and that that that's a really powerful for why find? I think that's why it has become such a strong standard. >> You know, I know you're really humble Todd's, but I'LL give the plugs haven't fallen Cisco for many, many decades, So I've been following you. Guys have done a lot of wireless early days, you know. Misfires. Stop start acquisitions, airspace one of the notable acquisition, the WiFi space. Think a bunch of memo based acquisitions also have come in. You could have a lot of experience almost twenty years, plus experienced fifteen that I can point to direct wireless experience that Cisco you guys also care about. You're involved. You're part of the Alliance group ecosystem. What's the vibe internally at Cisco and why? Because it's packets or packets and we went with the air. They movement through cables. It's the same kind of philosophy right >> packets are packets, but it's how you care for your packets that really matters. That's why Cisco is different. >> No, I, uh I >> think the Cisco teams are all super excited. I'm of course, part of the Iraqi acquisition and our team is is just like I know we're pumped. WiFi six is going to be the new standard of WiFi across all of Cisco across all of our regions were starting to roll out education about it and getting ready for a big WiFi six product launch in the coming weeks. And >> what pumps you most? My wife, I six just is that attack? Is that the program ability? What if some of the key things that get you excited? >> I just think we will put the era of wiring desks behind us, and that is an enormous step forward. The life I six enables truly, ah, wireless work space and what we call the true digital work space. And we just won't be wiring offices anymore. After the life I six roll out and that is that's exciting. Wireless has arrived. >> I mean, I want one of my friends built this big house, and he was so meticulous. He's a nerd. He wired fiber to every port, every room. And I'm like, I don't think you need that anymore. He's out. I just going to have the highest band with. So now again, to the tear point that kind of becomes obsolete as long as you've got an access point to some back Hall with its Comcast or two networks. Three. >> Realistically, actually, the wireless devices for the enterprise, especially wireless capacity, is driving switch capacity. At this point, Um, we're building M gig switches to connect our access points primarily, and the purpose of the performance on that on that WiFi access points. Really, What's driving the wired performance on DH? That's, I think, just a telltale sign that this is a wireless digital work spaces. >> So I totally agree with that thing. It's a great vision. Nothing. It's pretty plausible. What would be your advice to your friend if I was your CEO, buddy? And I said, Hey, Todd, how should I be thinking about our protecting my network for the next ten years? OK, bye. Bye bye. The wireless thing I got What should I be thinking about? How shall be architect ing the big holistic plan. >> Yeah, I think right now we're really talking about building for the future. Most CEOs air thinking about rolling something out today or of the next twelve months, and they wantto be using that. Now we're deployment for five years, seven years. And in order to do that, you really need to look. The two technologies really need to look at our WiFi six and EM gig in the access layer, and you have to find a solution that provides a holistic, secure access. And don't think about any of your network deployment without bringing security into that thought process and decide how you're going to secure these sites. Because the band with goes up as the capacity goes up. All of our security concerns, of course. Just increase with that. And we have to be meticulous about that. My number one piece of advice to CEOs is planned for the future of life by six and m gig and plan plan for security. Because even if it's not top of mind >> today, in >> six months and twelve months and eighteen months, it will. >> The reality for them is the surface area is just now the world Todd Nightingale here breaking it down. WiFi six. Next generation Wireless Ethernet wireless connectivity. We all know WiFi wireless six going next generation secu bringing you all the coverage in tech here inside a studio. John Fergus. Thanks for watching.