Wi-Fi from 802.11 to Wi-Fi 8, and the Architecture of a Wireless Network

Deep End Era. Engineering with Sankalp · Oct 29, 2026 · 1h 7m

Eleven weeks before a cup final, wireless lead Fatima Zahra Benali is lying under a stadium seat, explaining to Arjun why a hundred and forty access points on the roof failed and a thousand under the seats will work. Along the way: why six network names can consume a whole channel in beacons, why the client and not the network decides when to roam, and why Wi-Fi 8 is chasing reliability instead of speed.

Chapters

00:00:00 Opening: Match Day, Eleven Weeks Away

00:03:18 From the Junk Band to a Standard: Vic Hayes and 802.11

00:08:38 CSMA/CA: The Politest Protocol, and the Airtime Arithmetic…