During the Internet bubble, John Doerr of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers frequently declared that the Internet was in fact “underhyped.” He argued that despite the wild speculation and runaway ...

The IEEE 802.11 specification (ISO/IEC 8802-11) is an international standard describing the characteristics of a wireless local area network (WLAN). The name Wi-Fi (which stands for Wireless Fidelity, ...

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 ...

It used to be the case that the ability to communicate wirelessly was a unique specialty among computing systems. These days it is rapidly becoming an expected feature, something that is assumed. An ...

Wi-Fi is everywhere and we can’t really do without it. But the current-gen Wi-Fi standard is limited to data transfer between devices, and with every new iteration, we just see better speeds and ...

In response to reader requests for a refresher in basic wireless LAN operations, I’ll finish up a discussion I began last time of 802.11 WLAN channel assignments and user access. Some of you have ...

How Does Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Work? A networked desktop computer is connected to a larger network (a LAN, wide area network [WAN], or the Internet) via a network cable to a hub, router, or switch ...

A lot of air time (pun intended) has been provided for the PHYsical layer amendments to the 802.11 standard. These would include 802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.11ad, and others. These amendments tend to get a ...

802.11n is expected to be ratified later this year and to provide speeds of up to 600 Mbps, which is over ten times faster than the existing standards. 802.11n also has other benefits such as ...

As a proposed wireless standard for high-throughput enhancements, 802.11n has been viewed primarily as a consumer technology. However, 802.11n has key applications applicable to the enterprise and is ...

802.11b: Known as Wi-Fi, 802.11b is currently the leading market standard for wireless local-area networking. This version transfers data at 11 Mbits/s at distances of up to 300 ft. It operates at 2.4 ...