Top 6 Biggest Wireless Technology Trends for 2023

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 trulywireless 0 Comments tech, trends, wireless technology

Wireless technology trends have grown leaps and bounds over the years. Several underlying opportunities and challenges fuel tech trends for wireless communications. These include spectrum longevity of wireless protocols, congestion, wireless security, and system architectures such as edge power consumption, computing, and cost.

Here is the list of the top 6 major wireless technology trends you need to know for 2023

This article will look at some Wireless technology trends that made their place in the top 6 and will change the way people and organizations communicate in the future.

These trends may arise from organizations needing to be more agile to market and customer demands, the Internet of things, data security concerns, etc.

Backscatter Networking

Backscatter-networking technology sends data with low power consumption, targeting small networked devices.

In addition, Backscatter network technology operates by demodulating ambient wireless signals.

Thus, it is poised to be used in applications in which an area is saturated with wireless signals, and there is a need for relatively simple IoT devices, such as sensors in smart homes and offices.

Millimetre-Wave Wireless

Millimeter-wave technology operates between 30 to 300 GHz frequencies, with wavelengths in the range of 1 to 10 mm.

The technology is perfect for wireless systems such as Wi-Fi and 5G for short-range, high-bandwidth communications. Key growth drivers include the need for more spectrum and higher bandwidth.

Software-Defined Radio (SDR)

SDR shifts a considerable part of the signal processing in a radio system away from chips and into the software so that the radio can support more frequencies and protocols.

Although the technology itself isn’t something new, it has never taken off because it’s more expensive than dedicated chips.

However, industry experts expect SDR to grow in popularity as new protocols emerge. It will allow a device to support legacy protocols and add new protocols with a software upgrade.

Enhanced Wireless Location Tracking

A significant trend is for wireless communication systems to sense the devices’ locations. High-precision tracking up to 1-m accuracy will be enabled by the upcoming IEEE 802.11az standard and is expected to be a standard feature of future 5G standards. Location sensing coupled with the core wireless network could provide several benefits such as lower hardware power consumption and cost and improved performance and precision compared to other systems such as fingerprinting and inertial navigation.

Low-Power Wide-Area (LPWA) Networks

LPWA networks provide much-needed power efficiency and low-bandwidth connectivity for IoT applications for extended battery life. Current LPWA technologies include Long Term Evolution for Machines (LTE-M), Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), Sigfox and LoRa, and usually support vast areas such as cities or countries.

In addition, the cost-effective modules are used by IoT manufacturers to enable low-cost, small, battery-powered devices such as trackers and sensors.

Long-Range Wireless Power

The last generation wireless power systems have not delivered the expected user experience. The need to place devices on a specific charger point is only slightly more convenient than charging via cable.

However, some emerging technologies can charge devices at ranges of up to 3 feet or over a desk or table surface. The expectation with long-range wireless power could eliminate power cables from the desktop.

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Final Words;

Whatever the fate of these technologies. Whether we see these technologies come to fruition or disappear into oblivion, the future of wireless technology seems bright and exciting.