Qualcomm says dual WiFi stations can reduce game latency on Windows 11 devices
Latency is one of the biggest problems in the modern gaming industry, and laptop gamers tend to use their WiFi connection to play multiplayer games. Qualcomm has partnered with Microsoft to provide it with a potential solution to this problem WiFi dual station module using Qualcomm 4-Stream Dual Band Simultaneous (DBS) Suitable for Windows 11 operating system.
High WiFi latency can significantly affect the response time of online games such as Counter-Strike and Dota, so gamers tend to use Ethernet connections instead of anything else.
Qualcomm has been cooperating with Microsoft to solve this specific problem, and has introduced dual-site WiFi in the Windows 11 operating system, and its modules use Qualcomm’s 4-Stream DBS design. The company says this can keep latency low and reduce jitter to a level similar to using an Ethernet connection.
Qualcomm said that the reduction in latency is due to the simultaneous use of multiple WiFi frequency bands and antennas. Qualcomm pointed out that “by using both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands (or 6 GHz, if available), the delay problem of one frequency band can be easily solved at the system level, which is fast and transparent to the end user.”
According to the company’s tests, some performance benchmarks indicate that the WiFi dual-band mode is very beneficial. Using off-the-shelf WiFi 6 access points, WiFi dual stations, and Qualcomm 4-Stream DBS, the result is similar to an Ethernet cable. Tests between single-site WiFi have shown that the delay of the dual-band system is four times lower than the more common single-site system, indicating a significant improvement.
It is worth noting that Valve has added initial support for WiFi Dual Station in the Steamworks Software Development Kit (SDK), allowing CS: GO and Dota 2 gamers to use the new technology on their Windows 11 PCs.
