Wireless Networking Speeds of 540 Mbps w/ 802.11n

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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Muahahahaha

[donleyp]

Now, I will be able to hijack my neighbor's high speed connection ten times as fast!

Re:What happened to H I J K L & M?

[majest!k]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 :

IEEE 802.11 - The original 1 Mbit/s and 2 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz RF and IR standard
IEEE 802.11a - 54 Mbit/s, 5 GHz standard (1999, shipping products in 2001)
IEEE 802.11b - Enhancements to 802.11 to support 5.5 and 11 Mbit/s (1999)
IEEE 802.11d - International (country-to-country) roaming extensions
IEEE 802.11e - Enhancements: QoS, including packet bursting
IEEE 802.11F - Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)
IEEE 802.11g - 54 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz standard (backwards compatible with b) (2003)
IEEE 802.11h - 5 GHz spectrum, Dynamic Channel/Frequency Selection (DCS/DFS) and Transmit Power Control (TPC) for European compatibility
IEEE 802.11i (ratified 24 June 2004) - Enhanced security
IEEE 802.11j - Extensions for Japan
IEEE 802.11k - Radio resource measurement enhancements
IEEE 802.11n - Higher throughput improvements
IEEE 802.11p - WAVE - Wireless Access for the Vehicular Environment (such as ambulances and passenger cars)
IEEE 802.11r - Fast roaming
IEEE 802.11s - Wireless mesh networking
IEEE 802.11T - Wireless Performance Prediction (WPP) - test methods and metrics
IEEE 802.11u - Interworking with non-802 networks (e.g., cellular)
IEEE 802.11v - Wireless network management
IEEE 802.11w - Protected Management Frames

Note that 802.11x is not a standard or task group. Rather, it is a colloquial term used to denote any current or future 802.11 standard, in cases where further precision is not necessary.