Wi-Fi radio
Client mode
Features |
Sub features |
88W8987 |
IW416 |
IW611/IW612 |
RW610/RW612 |
AW611 |
88W8801 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
802.11n - High throughput |
2.4 GHz band operation supported channel bandwidth: 20 MHz |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
2.4 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 40 MHz |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11n - High throughput |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 20 MHz |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11n - High throughput |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 40 MHz |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11n - High throughput |
Short/long guard interval (400 ns/800 ns) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
Data rates up to 72 Mbit/s (MCS 0 to MCS 7) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
Data rates up to 150 Mbit/s (MCS 0 to MCS 7) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11n - High throughput |
1 spatial stream (1x1) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
HT protection mechanisms |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
Aggregated MAC protocol data unit (AMPDU) TX and RX support |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
Aggregated MAC service data unit (AMSDU) 4k TX and RX support |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
TX MCS rate adaptation (BGN) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
RX low density parity check (LDPC) 1x1 20 MHz and 40 MHz |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11n - High throughput |
HT Beamformee (explicit) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
2.4 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 20MHz |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 20 MHz |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 40 MHz |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 80 MHz |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
Data rates up to 86.7 Mbps (MCS0 to MCS 8) |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
Data rates up to 433.3 Mbps (MCS 0 to MCS 9) - 1x1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
MU-MIMO Beamformee (Explicit and Implicit) |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
RTS/CTS with BW signaling |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
Operation mode notification |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
Backward compatibility with non-VHT devices |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
TX VHT MCS rate adaptation |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac - Very high throughput |
Low density parity check (LDPC) |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
2.4 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 20MHz |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 20 MHz |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 40 MHz |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidths: 80 MHz |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
OFDMA (UL/DL, 106 RU) |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
OFDMA (UL/DL, 484 RU) |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
1024 QAM |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
Target wake time (TWT) |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
256 QAM modulation – MCS8 and MCS9 |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
1024 QAM modulation – MCS10 and MCS11, 2.4 GHz |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
1024 QAM modulation – MCS10 and MCS11, 5 GHz |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
DCM |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
DCM |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
ER (extended range) |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
SU Beamforming |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ax - High efficiency |
OMI (operating mode indication) |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11a/b/g features |
802.11b/g data rates up to 54 Mbit/s |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11a/b/g features |
802.11a data rates up to 54 Mbit/s |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11a/b/g features |
TX rate adaptation (BG) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11a/b/g features |
Fragmentation/defragmentation |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
802.11a/b/g features |
ERP protection, slot time, preamble |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11d |
802.11d - Regulatory domain/operating class/country info |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11e QoS |
EDCA [enhanced distributed channel access] / WMM (wireless multi-media) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
Opensource WPA Supplicant Support |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA2-PSK AES | WPA Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA3-SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals) | WPA Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA2+WPA3 PSK Mixed Mode (WPA3 Transition Mode) | WPA Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
Wi-Fi Enhanced Open - OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption) | WPA Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11i security |
802.1x EAP Authentication Methods | WPA Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA2-Enterprise Mixed Mode | WPA Supplicant |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
802.11i security |
WPA3-Enterprise (Suite-B) |National Security Algorithm (CSNA) | WPA Supplicant |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11i security |
802.11w - PMF (Protected Management Frames) | WPA Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
Embedded Supplicant Support |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA2-PSK AES | Embedded Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA+WPA2 PSK Mixed Mode | Embedded Supplicant |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
802.11i security |
WPA3-SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals) | Embedded Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
802.11w - PMF (Protected Management Frames) | Embedded Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
Wi-Fi Roaming |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11i security |
WPA3 Enterprise |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Power save mode |
Deep sleep |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Power save mode |
IEEE power save |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Power save mode |
Host sleep/WoWLAN (inband) |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
Power save mode |
Host sleep/WoWLAN (outband) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Power save mode |
U-APSD |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
802.11w - PMF (protected management frames) |
PMF require and capable |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11w - PMF (protected management frames) |
Unicast management frames - Encryption/decryption - using CCMP |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11w - PMF (protected management frames) |
Broadcast management frames - Encryption/decryption - using BIP |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11w - PMF (protected management frames) |
SA query request/response |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11w - PMF (protected management frames) |
PMF support using embedded supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
DPP functionality |
Wi-Fi easy connect[^3] |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
Embedded supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
Host sleep packet filtering |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
Host-based supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
Embedded MLME |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
EDMAC - EU adaptivity support (ETSI certification) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
External coexistence |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
General features |
IPv6 NS offload |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
FIPS |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
TKIP[^1] |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
General features |
RF test mode |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
802.11k |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
802.11v |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
DFS radar detection in peripheral mode (follow AP) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
Embedded roaming based on RSSI threshold beacon loss |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
ARP offload |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
Cloud keep alive |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
General features |
UNII-4 channel support |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
ClockSync using TSF |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
General features |
Auto reconnect |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
General features |
CSI (channel state information) |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
Independent reset (in-band)[^3] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
Independent reset (out-band)[^3] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
General features |
Wi-Fi agile multiband |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
Network co-processor (NCP) mode |
N |
N |
N |
Y[^4] |
N |
N |
General features |
802.11mc - WLS (Wi-Fi location service) |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
General features |
802.11az |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Parent topic:Wi-Fi radio
[^1] As per Wi-Fi specification, connecting in TKIP security in non 802.11n mode is allowed.
[^2] Support available in host-base supplicant.
[^3] Feature not enabled by default in the SDK. Refer to Feature enable and memory impact for the macro to enable the feature and the impact on the memory when enabling the feature.
[^4] Read more about NCP feature in References.
AP mode
Features |
Sub features |
88W8987 |
IW416 |
IW611/IW612 |
RW610/RW612 |
AW611 |
88W8801 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
802.11n - High throughput |
2.4 GHz band operation supported channel bandwidth: 20 MHz |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
2.4 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 40 MHz |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11n - High throughput |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 20 MHz |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11n - High throughput |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 40 MHz |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11n - High throughput |
Short/long guard interval (400 ns/800 ns) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
Data rates up to 72 Mbit/s (MCS 0 to MCS 7) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
Data rates up to 150 Mbit/s (MCS 0 to MCS 7) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11n - High throughput |
1 spatial stream (1x1) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
HT protection mechanisms |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
Aggregated MAC protocol data unit (AMPDU) Rx support |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
Aggregated MAC service data unit (AMSDU) -4k RX support |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
Max client support (up to 8 devices) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
TX MCS rate adaptation (BGN) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11n - High throughput |
RX low density parity check (LDPC) |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 20 MHz |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 40 MHz |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
5 GHz band supported channel bandwidth: 80MHz |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
Short/long guard interval (400ns/800ns) |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
Data rates up to 86.7 Mbps (MCS0 to MCS 8) |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
Data rates up to 433.3 Mbps (MCS 0 to MCS 9) |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
Single user- Aggregated MAC protocol data unit (SU-AMPDU) aggregation |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
RTS/CTS with BW signaling |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
Backward compatibility with non-VHT devices |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
TX VHT MCS rate adaptation |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
MU-MIMO Beamformee (explicit and implicit) |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ac – Very high throughput |
Operation mode notification |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ax – High efficiency |
2.4 GHz band operation (20 MHz channel bandwidth) |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ax – High efficiency |
2.4 GHz band operation (40 MHz channel bandwidth) |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ax – High efficiency |
5 GHz band operation (20MHz channel bandwidth) |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11ax – High efficiency |
5 GHz band operation (40MHz channel bandwidth) |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11ax – High efficiency |
5 GHz band operation (80 MHz channel bandwidth) |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11d |
802.11d - Regulatory domain/operating class/country info |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11e -QoS |
EDCA [enhanced distributed channel access] / WMM (wireless multi-media) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
Hostapd Support |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA2-PSK AES | hostapd |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA3-SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals) | Hostapd |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA2+WPA3 PSK Mixed Mode (WPA3 Transition Mode) | Hostapd |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
Wi-Fi Enhanced Open - OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption) | Hostapd |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
802.11i security |
802.1x EAP Authentication Methods | Hostapd |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA2-Enterprise Mixed Mode | Hostapd |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
802.11i security |
WPA3-Enterprise (Suite-B) |National Security Algorithm (CSNA) | Hostapd |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
802.11i security |
802.11w - PMF (Protected Management Frames) | Hostapd |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
Embedded Authenticator |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA2-PSK AES | Embedded Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
WPA+WPA2 PSK Mixed Mode | Embedded Supplicant |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
802.11i security |
WPA3-SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals) | Embedded Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11i security |
802.11w - PMF (Protected Management Frames) | Embedded Supplicant |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11y |
Extended channel switch announcement (ECSA) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11w - protected management frames (PMF) |
PMF require and capable |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11w - protected management frames (PMF) |
Unicast management frames -Encryption/decryption - using CCMP |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11w - protected management frames (PMF) |
Broadcast management frames -encryption/decryption - using BIP |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
802.11w - protected management frames (PMF) |
SA query request/response |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
Embedded authenticator |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
Embedded MLME |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
EU adaptivity support |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
Automatic channel selection (ACS) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
External coexistence (software interface) |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
General features |
Independent reset (in-band)[^1] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
General features |
Network co-processor (NCP) mode |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
General features |
Vendor specific IE (custom IE) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
Hidden SSID (broadcast SSID disabled) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
General features |
MAC address filter |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
General features |
Multiple external STA support |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Parent topic:Wi-Fi radio
[^1] Feature not enabled by default in the SDK. Refer to Feature enable and memory impact for the macro to enable the feature and the impact on the memory.
AP-STA mode
Features |
Sub features |
88W8987 |
IW416 |
IW611/IW612 |
RW610/RW612 |
AW611 |
88W8801 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Simultaneous AP-STA operation (same channel) |
AP-STA functionality |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
SAD |
Software antenna diversity |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Generic |
Firmware download (parallel)[^1] |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Generic |
Secure boot |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Generic |
Slim feature |
N |
Y |
N |
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Parent topic:Wi-Fi radio
[^1] Feature not enabled by default in the SDK. Refer to Feature enable and memory impact for the macro to enable the feature and the impact on the memory when enabling the feature.
Parent topic:Features