IEEE Reveals 802.11-2012 Wireless Revision At CTIA Wireless 20122012-05-08 08:06 by DanielaTags: Wireless, 802.11, CTIA
IEEE, the world's largest professional association advancing technology for humanity, yesterday announced the publication of IEEE 802.11™-2012, which defines the technology for the world's premier wireless local area network (LAN) products. IEEE 802.11 defines one MAC and several PHY specifications for wireless connectivity for fixed, portable and mobile stations. IEEE 802.11-2012 is the fourth revision of the standard to be released since its initial publication in 1997. In addition to incorporating various technical updates and enhancements, IEEE 802.11-2012 consolidates 10 amendments to the base standard that were approved since IEEE 802.11’s last full revision, in 2007. IEEE 802.11n™, for example, defined MAC and PHY modifications to enable much higher throughputs, with a maximum of 600Mb/s; other amendments that have been incorporated into IEEE 802.11-2012 addressed direct-link setup, "fast roam," radio resource measurement, operation in the 3650-3700MHz band, vehicular environments, mesh networking, security, broadcast/multicast and unicast data delivery, interworking with external networks and network management.
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