Astronics Introduces first Wi-Fi 6E enabled cabin wireless access point

Advanced technology provider Astronics has announced the introduction of CabinAXe, the industry’s first Wi-Fi 6E enabled Cabin Wireless Access Point (CWAP).

The company says CabinAXe introduces unparalleled Wi-Fi performance, marking the first time a CWAP will utilise the recently adopted Wi-Fi 6E standard. Astronics has shipped over 16,000 previous generation CWAPs, and CabinAXe continues the evolution of Astronics’ CWAP firsts by offering the industry’s first tri-radio CWAP integrating Wi-Fi 6E.

Wi-Fi 6E makes use of up to 1.2GHz of unlicensed spectrum in the 6GHz band and provides less congestion and larger channel widths for greater connectivity throughput.

The solution provides passenger experience improvements such as multi-gigabit Wi-Fi speeds, and dynamically steers traffic for improved user experience.

“CabinAXe is truly an innovative building block for the advanced Summit Line IFEC system,” said Mike Kuehn, President of Astronics Connectivity Systems and Certification. “Delivering blazing-fast Wi-Fi performance and increased throughput for added reliability, CabinAXe is a powerful demonstration of our commitment to passenger experience. Added sensing capabilities for IoT applications and integration with Summit Line components demonstrates our attention to existing IFEC systems with a strong look to the future in the cabin.”