It's not a new idea. The posted article is just about Voyager apparently observing the phenomena more closely. Voyager 1 had already reached the termination shock of the heliosphere in 2004 and Voyager 2 in 2007. The heliosphere containing a heliosheath, past the boundary of the termination shock, composed of compressed superhot solar winds had been hypothesized, due to the compression of the solar winds that begins at the termination shock.

Reading the article, the wall is referring to the heliopause, which is the boundary past the heliosheath. Also, it looks like both voyagers traveled past this over a decade ago.