As 802.11a products began shipping months ago, more and more companies have been taking advantage of 802.11a’s superior performance. 802.11a radios transmit at 5GHz and send data up to 54Mbps using ...

The 802.15 standards areessentially the IEEE's attempt to coordinate PAN networking with the standards it hascreated or is creating for LAN and WAN networking. 802.15.1 PAN Network Definition This ...

Broadcom Corporation, a provider of silicon solutions enabling broadband communications, announced it is shipping the industry's first standards-based technology that delivers significantly better ...

Researchers at Belgium's KU Leuven discovered a fundamental design flaw in the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard that gives attackers a way to trick victims into connecting with a less secure wireless ...

WLANs have become commonplace in corporate, home, and retail settings, but that doesn’t mean that the standards that govern them have settled down. 2003 has already seen the standardization of 802.11g ...

A long-awaited standard for wireless LANs that offers more carrying capacity than the current IEEE 802.11b specification while using the same frequencies won final approval Thursday morning. The new ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance, following successful interoperability testing, has put its stamp of approval on the first batch of products based on the new 802.11g wireless Internet standard. This is the fourth ...

Earlier today the IEEE finally approved the 802.11n standard. The Wi-Fi Alliance will update its Wi-Fi testing/certification program by September 30 to reflect a few optional additions made to the ...

Apparently, there are several ways users will be able to roam securely and seamlessly among access points in 802.11 wireless LANs. The 802.11i security standard, ratified in June, makes a couple of ...