IEEE 802.11ad is the wireless standard marketed as WiGig and designed primarily for operation around 60 GHz.
The standard was developed for very high-throughput, short-range wireless links. The 60 GHz band can provide wide channels and high data rates, making it suitable for uses such as wireless docking, uncompressed video connections, and rapid data transfers over short distances.
Its high frequency also creates practical limits. Signals are more easily blocked by walls and objects and generally do not travel as far as typical 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz Wi-Fi signals. This makes 802.11ad better suited to room-scale or line-of-sight connections than whole-home coverage.
WiGig is sometimes confused with Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 7. Those generations focus mainly on improving mainstream WLAN performance in familiar bands, while 802.11ad is notable for its 60 GHz short-range design.