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Wireless Networking Speeds of 540 Mbps w/ 802.11n

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-believe-it-when-the-bits-are-in-the-air dept.

GuitarNeophyte writes "The Register reports three of the major players in forming the 802.11n standard have agreed to join forces in order to bring the new protocol into reality. Speculation states that the speeds using the new standard could be in the 540Mbps area! "Rather than see the 802.11n standards-setting process become deadlocked, as has happened in other cases, most notably ultrawideband, TGn Sync and WWiSE have clearly realized it makes more sense to work together than against each other.""

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  1. I'll believe it when I see it. by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 1, Insightful


    This is excellent news for everyone, although there's a world of difference between pledging to work together and actually submitting a unified proposal to the IEEE.

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    1. Re:I'll believe it when I see it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      The only limitaion is receiver bandwidth.
        Consider that right now, 802.11, a, b g is more than 1 allocated channel wide , it's just a matter of RECEIVER bandwidth, but Ill bet the distance is inferior to a, b or g!
        Faster is just an increase in transmitter clock speed , reciving it is just an increase in the receivers required bandwidth and hence an increse in noise and a decrease in diatance

  2. In the past... by MaestroSartori · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...three apartments I've lived in, we've struggled to get over 20Mbps with 100Mbps-rated gear. Does this mean we'll actually get 100Mbps from this, or will they somehow be able to avoid whatever's causing current-gen wireless gear to degrade when going through anything thicker than a fibreboard partition? :(

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    1. Re:In the past... by DigiShaman · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Because you live in an appartment, it's very common to see quite a few wireless routers online around you. For example, I can detect at least eight. As such, you will have a very high SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio). The best thing you can do at this point is to set your router to a different channel.

      Channels go from 1 through 11. The only channels that do not overlap are 1, 6, and 11. Basically, pick any one of the channels farthest away possible near you for the best signal.

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  3. Re:what will the long term health risks be by Taevin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe I'm just not thinking enough about this, but why would faster speeds be any more dangerous than existing wireless technology?

  4. Better information: by dostick · · Score: 2, Insightful

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#802.11n

  5. Re:Why isn't there 540Mbs Ethernet ? by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 2, Insightful


    Actually, 10-gigabit ethernet has been ratified since 2002.

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  6. Re:Muahahahaha by hexalite · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I plan to ping flood my whole neighbourhood offline, those wireless B modems won't stand a chance!