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Qualcomm Dragonwing™
FiberPro A8 Elite
FPA8

Premium fiber gateway platform with Wi‑Fi 8 and integrated edge intelligence.

The Dragonwing FiberPro A8 Elite Platform is a premium fiber broadband gateway solution designed to deliver ultra-reliable Wi‑Fi 8 connectivity, high‑capacity fiber access, and advanced edge intelligence for next‑generation residential and enterprise deployments. It combines Wi‑Fi 8, Passive Optical Network (PON) support, and native edge AI to enable low‑latency, high‑throughput experiences across dense residential and business environments.

Built for Passive Optical Network fiber access, the Dragonwing FiberPro A8 Elite Platform enables operators and OEMs to deliver premium fiber broadband experiences powered by on‑device AI compute that supports service innovation, intelligent optimization, and advanced, value‑added capabilities at the network edge.

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Featured DocumentsQualcomm Dragonwing FiberPro A8 Elite Platform Product Brief

Target Applications
 

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Premium Carrier Fiber Broadband Gateways
Home Gateway Units (HGUs) icon
Home Gateway Units (HGUs)
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Multi-Gigabit Residential Fiber Deployments
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Small and Medium Business Fiber Access Gateways

Benefits

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Next-Level Wi-Fi 8 Performance
Designed to elevate core Wi-Fi 8 capabilities, the Dragonwing FiberPro A8 Elite Platform adds system-level enhancements beyond the standard feature set, including advanced 5x5 radio systems that strengthen mesh backhaul performance across the network and support sustained throughput for connected clients. Latency and responsiveness improve under load through advanced coordination features and an optimized processing pipeline, helping maintain consistent performance even during peak usage. Intelligent power optimization modes preserve full Wi‑Fi 8 speed, range, and reliability while reducing overall power draw.
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Purpose‑Built Fiber Broadband Architecture
Purpose‑built for fiber broadband gateways, the Dragonwing FiberPro A8 Elite Platform supports GPON, XG‑PON, and XGS‑PON for deployment across current and next‑generation fiber networks. Flexible WAN and LAN configurations support home gateway unit (HGU) designs with seamless performance from the optical interface through Wi‑Fi while reducing overall system complexity.
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Edge‑Native Network Intelligence
The platform integrates on‑device AI through NPU‑based compute and the Dragonwing Network AI Engine to deliver real‑time network intelligence at the gateway. Local execution enables traffic awareness, anomaly detection, and adaptive optimization without reliance on cloud processing, improving responsiveness, enhancing privacy, and giving operators greater control over broadband network behavior.
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Developer-Ready, Integrated Platform
A unified software and hardware architecture streamlines integration by combining networking, compute, edge AI, Wi-Fi 8 radios, and RF Front End with a silicon-to-cloud software stack. Consistent APIs, service frameworks, telemetry, and AI tools shorten development cycles and simplify feature delivery.

Features

Wi-Fi 8

  • 802.11bn* PHY/MAC feature set
  • Up to penta-band operation with support for antenna configurations with up to 20 antennas
  • Up to 33 Gbps** peak wireless capacity with support for up to 1,500 simultaneous clients
  • Flexible radio configuration with 5x5 or split into dual band simultaneous 2x2 + 3x3
  • Dedicated scan radio for automatic channel selection (ACS), radar (DFS), and proactive interference avoidance
  • Support for Wi-Fi locationing (802.11az/bk) and Wi-Fi sensing (802.11bf)
  • Dragonwing Automatic Frequency Coordination (AFC) Suite

Artificial Intelligence

  • Agentic AI Engine powered by Qualcomm® Hexagon™: Enables low‑latency, on‑device inference
  • Dragonwing Network AI Engine Gen 2: Integrated accelerator for Wi‑Fi and networking AI models that drive real-time QoE‑driven decisions at the edge
  • Dragonwing Network AI Suite: Dragonwing Traffic Sense, App Sense, Device Sense, and Anomaly Sense AI-driven applications for network optimization, device visibility, application classification, and AIOps

Platform

  • Penta‑core CPU (4x efficiency cores, 1x performance core)
  • Eco Adaptive Mode enables significant energy savings during low‑activity periods while maintaining responsiveness and returning to full performance seamlessly as traffic increases
  • OEM‑tunable power profiles
  • End-to-end QoE enablement with WAN-to-WLAN and WAN-to-LAN QoS management and Telemetry APIs
  • Software‑defined datapath with open‑source and middleware support (prplOS, OpenWRT, RDK, OpenSync)
  • Easy integration of IoT applications through platform extensions and coexistence interfaces
  • Security options include crypto engine (6.7 Gbps EIP197), post-quantum cryptography, TrustZone, DDR encryption
  • Carrier-grade Packet Processing Engine with advanced tunneling capacity
  • Supports XGS-PON, XG-PON, and GPON standards

* Planned compliance with IEEE 802.11bn based on draft specifications

Specifications
CPU
Number of Cores
5
Clock Speed
Up to 2.0 GHz
NPU
Name
Qualcomm® Hexagon™
Wi-Fi
Peak PHY Rate
Up to 33 Gbps1
Generation
Wi-Fi 8, Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 4
Standards
802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.11ax, 802.11be, 802.11bn, 802.11i, 802.11w, 802.11d, 802.11h, 802.11u, 802.11r, 802.11k, 802.11v, 802.11mc, 802.11az, 802.11bf
Spectral Bands
6 GHz, 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz, 4.9 GHz2
Maximum Band Configuration
Penta-band
Spatial Streams
Up to 320
Peak QAM
4K QAM
Encryption
AES-CCMP, AES-GCMP
Security
WPA3 Enhanced Open, WPS, WPA2, WEP, TKIP, PRNG, WAPI2, WAPI2, 802.11i security, WPA3 Personal, WPA3 Enterprise, WPA3 Easy Connect
Features
Up to 1500 users, Up to 16-user OFDMA (UL/DL)3, Up to 4-user MU-MIMO (UL/DL)3, Intermediate Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCS), Improved Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC), Distributed RU (DRU), Unequal Modulation (UEQM), Enhanced Long Range (ELR), Multi-Primary Operation (DSO/NPCA), Device Unavailability Operation (DUO), AP Periodic Unavailability Operation (PUO), Low Latency, Low Loss, Scalable Throughput (L4S), Coordinated Time Division Multiple Access (Co-TDMA), Coordinated Restricted Target Wake Time (Co-RTWT), Coordinated Spatial Reuse (Co-SR), Coordinated Beamforming (Co-BF), Single Mobility Domain (SMD) Roaming, Dynamic Bandwidth Expansion (DBE)
Passive Optical Network (PON)
Deployment types
ITU-T G.984.3 GPON, G.987.3 XG-PON, ITU-T G.9807.1 XGS-PON
Peak Downstream Rate
10 GB/s
Peak Upstream Rate
10 GB/s
Ethernet
Number of Ports
6
Ports
2x 25 GE, 4x 2.5 GE
  1. Performance claims refer to maximum physical layer (PHY) performance.
  2. Public safety
  3. per radio
  4. (10G)
  5. + (2x 25G)
  6. Zigbee/Thread
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