Nokia Digital Automation Cloud Wi-Fi (DAC Wi-Fi) makes it easy to deploy Wi-Fi 6/6E to meet the connectivity demands of IT and non-business-critical operational technology (OT) applications at any industrial site.

Offered as a service, Nokia DAC Wi-Fi runs on the Nokia MX Industrial Edge (MXIE), the first OT-centric edge solution to enable on-premises Industry 4.0 digitalization applications, workloads and analytics.

Private wireless is here but Wi-Fi still has a key role to play

Industries are becoming increasingly reliant on wireless technologies to connect their assets. Private wireless is gaining traction for mission- and business-critical OT applications. It will eventually become the dominant connectivity choice, but Wi-Fi will remain part the enterprise network for years to come.

If you’re like most enterprises, you will upgrade your existing Wi-Fi networks to Wi-Fi 6/6E so you can support non-business-critical use cases and existing Wi-Fi devices using license-free spectrum.

By deploying Nokia DAC Wi-Fi, you can reap the combined benefits of the newest Wi-Fi generation and an on-premises edge cloud solution that accelerates OT digitalization. You can also make a seamless transition to private wireless as your needs evolve.

Use Wi-Fi to complement your private wireless network

If you have already deployed our industrial-grade private wireless solution, you can use Nokia DAC Wi-Fi as a complementary capacity layer at hotspot locations for non-business critical operations. The added Wi-Fi layer uses the connectivity-agnostic capabilities of MXIE to ensure that all data from your connected assets can be processed on your premises.

If you need higher performance and reliability for OT use cases, you can use the Nokia MX Boost solution to aggregate different radio technologies – such as private wireless and Wi-Fi - and get maximum performance benefits from all your radio layers.