At the January IEEE 802.11 interim meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Jan. 12-15, Task Group “n” is expected to issue a call for proposals for the high-throughput amendment to the 802.11 standard ...

The antennas used by wireless devices have a major impact on WLAN coverage, security and performance. This becomes increasingly evident in new draft 802.11n access points (APs), which use multiple ...

Long a staple in enterprise WLANs (along with Cisco's AiroNet), the Orinoco brand of WLAN gear is getting a major refresh from Proxim, the vendor that acquired that brand from Agere last year. While ...

Publication of the 560-page 802.11n amendment, entitled "WLAN Enhancements for Higher Throughput", to the 802.11 base standard is set for mid-October. Of course, most of the big players in the router ...

The IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN working group is 20 years old. More interesting wireless standards are in the works. Can you believe it has been 20 years since the first 802.11 wireless standard? Time ...

Although the original intent of the IEEE 802.11 specification was to yield low cost products with a unified frequency plan, capable of being marketed on a worldwide basis, the popularity of Wi-Fi has ...

Wireless networks based on IEEE 802.11 have been widely adopted by home users and businesses. New applications such as video and multimedia streaming bring unique and challenging quality of service ...

802.11n promises faster speeds, closing the performance gap between wired and wireless networks. However, not too long ago, the question on everyone’s lips was: Do we wait for the standard to be ...

Receiver Sensitivity (IEEE): 802.11n: -73dBm @ HT20, -70dBm @ HT40, IEEE 802.11g: -76dBm @ 54Mbps, IEEE 802.11b: -92dBm @ 11Mbps N connector for direct mobile DVR transmission Optional USB 802.11 ...

Combined with NI’s RF vector signal transceiver (VST), the WLAN Measurement Suite supports draft 0.1 of the IEEE 802.11ax high-efficiency wireless standard. This early-access software suite introduced ...