{"id":1203,"date":"2009-09-11T21:45:31","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T01:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2021-04-01T19:33:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T23:33:50","slug":"802-11n-ratified-yawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/802-11n-ratified-yawn\/","title":{"rendered":"802.11n Ratified -Yawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"802.11n<\/a>Today (09-11-09) the IEEE Standards Board<\/a> has ratified the IEEE 802.11n\u2122-2009 amendment<\/strong>. This vote ends a seven year effort<\/strong> to, “enable rollout of significantly more scalable WLANs<\/a> that deliver 10-fold-greater data rates than previously defined while ensuring co-existence with legacy systems and security implementations<\/em>” according to the IEEE. The 560-page document<\/strong> describing 802.11n will be published in mid-October 2009. Bruce Kraemer, Chair of the IEEE Wireless LAN Working Group<\/a><\/strong> said in a press release,<\/p>\n

The performance improvements achieved via IEEE 802.11n stand to transform the WLAN user experience, and ratification of the amendment sets the stage for a new wave of application innovation and creation of new market opportunities.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"IEEE<\/a>Kelly Davis-Felner, marketing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance<\/a><\/strong> (WFA), told<\/strong> Network World<\/a><\/em> that “The core interoperability is totally preserved with the [existing] draft certification program.<\/em>” Ms. Davis-Felner says,\u00a0 \u201dExisting draft-11n products should work seamlessly with future products based on the final standard. No existing products will have to be retested in the updated certification program.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Today’s ratification marks the high-point for other 802.11 wireless products. This approval will green-light the development and deployment of 11n products in the enterprise. There is no longer a reason for firms deploying greenfield WLAN’s to roll put anything but\u00a0 802.11n. The WFA expects 11n shipments to rise to 45% of all 802.11 shipments in 2009. Reaching 60% in 2012 based on data from market researcher ABI Research<\/a>. But how long will 802.11n last?<\/p>\n

\"WiGig<\/a>NetworkWorld<\/em><\/a> is reporting that Microsoft<\/a> (MSFT<\/a>), Intel<\/a> (INTC<\/a>) and others have formed the Gigabit Wireless Alliance (WiGig<\/a>). WiGig is to create anew wireless specification with a data speed of up to 6Gbps. WiGig is also actively involved with the IEEE’s 802.11ad task group<\/a>. And if WiGig is to slow. James Buckwalter, a professor at the University of California San Diego<\/a> has developed s a silicon-based amplifier that transmits 10Gbps wireless in 100 GHz frequency bands according to NetworkWorld<\/em>.\u00a0Coverage could also be over a kilometer, which beats traditional WiFi<\/a>‘s 100 meters.<\/p>\n

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The formal ratification of the IEEE 802.11n standard is a good thing. However we have recommended that clients seriously consider this technology in greenfield installs with Wi-Fi approved 802.11n since the beginning of the year.<\/em><\/p>\n

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