Airfide Unveils Wi-Fi HaLow Occupancy Sensor at COMNEXT Japan

Airfide Networks. has announced the general availability of its next-generation of Micro-mobility occupancy sensor AFN6843, now enhanced with Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity. The announcement, made at COMNEXT Japan, follows three months of successful field testing and marks a pivotal step forward in scalable, privacy-first smart building technology.

Built on Airfide’s proven mmWave and Edge AI sensing architecture, the new sensor integrates Morse Micro’s MM6108 Wi-Fi HaLow SoC. This enables 10x better coverage distance than Wi-Fi 4/5/6/7 while maintaining ultra-low power and high reliability for commercial and industrial IoT deployments.

“The Wi-Fi HaLow-enabled version of our sensor unlocks the potential of truly wireless, long-range, privacy-compliant occupancy detection,” said Venkat Kalkunte, CEO at Airfide. “From elderly care and smart offices to public transport hubs and warehouses, this device transforms how spaces are monitored – no cameras, no wearables, just insights.”

Key features:

  • Long-range wireless with sub-GHz Wi-Fi HaLow, enabling whole-building coverage
  • Edge AI detection of occupancy, presence, motion, fall events, and more
  • Non-intrusive sensing using mmWave radar sensor for people counting and angle information
  • Cloud platform for live monitoring and actionable insights
  • Android and Apple iOS application for real-time monitoring and deployment

Use cases:

  • Smart buildings and offices: Automate HVAC and lighting, optimize desk usage, monitor occupancy density
  • Healthcare and aged care: Fall detection, inactivity alerts, presence monitoring without compromising privacy
  • Retail and public spaces: People counting, dwell time analytics, queue monitoring and heatmaps
  • Industrial and logistics: Worker tracking in hazardous zones, object detection, zone safety compliance alerts

“This collaboration is helping us bring to life scalable, secure, and standards-based wireless sensing for the next wave of IoT – what we call IoT 2.0,” said Michael De Nil, co-founder and CEO at Morse Micro. “Airfide’s use of the MM6108 in a real-world application is another great example of Wi-Fi HaLow’s potential.”

Airfide Networks’ Wi-Fi HaLow Occupancy Sensor will be on display at COMNEXT Japan. For demos or media inquiries, please visit Booth C12-6(Private 5G).