Just when consumers have learned to use--and pronounce--the wireless networks known as 802.11, along comes a few new versions that threaten to confuse the market. Millions of people and businesses ...

Wireless networking is part of the furniture these days, but the zoo of standards still baffles the non-specialist. This can in part be put down to the 802.11 wireless LAN working group, which has 250 ...

Industry standards play a critical role in research and development, product development and marketing initiatives, which in turn help organizations meet their business objectives. Standards simplify ...

Confused by the sea of numbers and acronyms that label Wi-Fi’s current and future standards? You’re not alone. Here’s a handy guide Most wireless standards come from the IEEE, whose 802.11 category ...

Wi-Fi QoS and next-generation, high-speed networking standards have been grabbing the spotlight lately. The long-coming Wi-Fi QoS standard was approved by the IEEE Task Group E late last month and has ...

In the past year, 802.11b has gained considerable ground in its attempt to become the primary standard for wireless LANs. However, many industry decision-makers are looking toward a next-generation ...

The standard offers theoretical speeds ranging from 6.5 Mbps to 866.7 Mbps. There is always another standard coming. This one focused on high throughput wireless networks. It is the IEEE standard ...

The proposed IEEE wireless LAN mesh specification is already getting some traction, though still over 18 months from final ratification, thanks to early experimentation by the One Laptop Per Child ...

First-generation proprietary technology for broadband fixed wireless networks had lackluster non-line-of-sight performance, and the equipment was relatively expensive. Both of these drawbacks delayed ...

American Industrial Systems, Inc. (AIS), introduces their new low-cost, Compact Series of open architecture, HMI panels now designed to meet the IEEE industrial wireless “Wi-Fi” standard for ...

The IEEE has finally approved the 802.11n high-throughput wireless LAN standard. There’s been no public announcement yet by IEEE. But Bruce Kraemer, the longtime chairman of the 802.11n Task Group ...

The IEEE 802.16 Ethernet standard for wireless metropolitan-area networks (MANs) is opening up a new area of communications, though no one knows what shape the market will eventually take. Even though ...