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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:45:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | When IEEE releases draft of 802.11n wireless standard next March, industry watchdog group will begin certifying products; final standard not expected until 2008. |
| Keywords: | Wi-fi, 802.11, wireless products, final standard |
The Wi-Fi Alliance, a wireless communications watchdog group, took a bold step this week by announcing that it will begin certifying next-generation Wi-Fi products before a governing standard has been ratified. The alliance, which has certified products for all of the existing 802.11 Wi-Fi standards, is trying to thwart interoperability conflicts that could arise in products built for the as-yet-undefined high-speed frequency. Those products are expected to begin rolling out next March when a draft of the 802.11n standard is release -- a full year before it is expected to be fully standardized. The Wi-Fi 802.11n specification is a follow-on to earlier versions of the communication standards, including 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g, each of which covers a different transmission speed. For example, the 802.11g standard transmits at 54 Mbps. It was the successor to 802.11b, which transmitted at 11 Mbps. The proposed 802.11n standard is reported to potentially reach transmission speeds of 600 Mbps. According to market research firm In-Stat (Scottsdale, AZ), "802.11n will be to 802.11b what a Maserati is to a Pinto." [Click to continue] |
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