<s>
IEEE	B-General_Concept
802.11ay	I-General_Concept
,	O
Enhanced	O
Throughput	O
for	O
Operation	O
in	O
License-exempt	O
Bands	O
above	O
45	O
GHz	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
IEEE	B-General_Concept
802.11ad	I-General_Concept
WiGig	O
standard	O
which	O
quadruples	O
the	O
bandwidth	O
and	O
adds	O
MIMO	O
up	O
to	O
8	O
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
802.11ay	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
WLAN	B-Architecture
in	O
the	O
IEEE	O
802.11	O
family	O
of	O
Wi-Fi	O
WLANs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
an	O
improvement	O
on	O
IEEE	B-General_Concept
802.11ad	I-General_Concept
rather	O
than	O
a	O
new	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
mechanisms	O
for	O
channel	B-Architecture
bonding	I-Architecture
and	O
MU-MIMO	B-Architecture
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Where	O
802.11ad	B-General_Concept
uses	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
2.16GHz	O
bandwidth	O
,	O
802.11ay	B-General_Concept
bonds	O
four	O
of	O
those	O
channels	O
together	O
for	O
a	O
maximum	O
bandwidth	O
of	O
8.64GHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
802.11ay	B-General_Concept
should	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
the	O
similarly	O
named	O
802.11ax	O
that	O
was	O
officially	O
approved	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
802.11ay	B-General_Concept
standard	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
at	O
much	O
higher	O
frequencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lower	O
frequency	O
of	O
802.11ax	O
enables	O
it	O
to	O
penetrate	O
walls	O
,	O
something	O
that	O
the	O
11ay	B-General_Concept
standard	O
struggles	O
to	O
do	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Draft	O
version	O
0.1	O
of	O
802.11ay	B-General_Concept
was	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
draft	O
version	O
0.2	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
