Scope

Goal is to bringup Wi-Fi 7 on Banana Pi R4

Prerequisites

• BSP migration - Mediatek Beta release with 6.1 kernel
• Hostap2.11 migration - in sync with comcast revision

Features

• 320Mhz (6Ghz only) / EHD rates for (2.4Ghz/5Ghz)
• SLO
• MLO
• 4KQAM - Depends on Vendor (Additional MCS rates)

Vendor checklist

• MLO configuration - is that through uci or netlink api's (NL80211_VENDOR_*)

Modes

• 2.4Ghz/5Ghz (Transition)
• 6Ghz - WPA3 personal

Testing

• iPhone 16
• Pixel 8
• S24
• Intel BE clients - Available in CIEC chennai
• Candella Wi-Fi 7

Comcast kernel version

• 5.15

Wi-Fi Card

• BE14 card

Blocks

• EasyMesh R6 migration