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Dan

10:45 AM on 23 July, 2009

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Gordon - I completely agree with you.

At best their slowness showed them to be bumbling and out of touch with what the industry needs from them; at worst it risked destabilising a standard that we all rely on by leaving manufactures to make their own interpretations. Neither is good for the consumer or the industry.

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scotw

11:52 AM on 23 July, 2009

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Have they given any indication of the reason for such tardiness ? They need to make sure it does not happen again. We need organisations that can keep up with the pace of change, if we wanted years of delay, we'd let governments do it.

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Beaky69

1:24 PM on 23 July, 2009

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Just out of curiosity, does the letter 'n' actually refer to anything in particular? I mean I know it's part of the 802.11x IEEE nomenclature, but the choice of 'a', 'b', 'g' and now 'n' seems a bit arbitrary...

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Gordon394

3:36 AM on 26 July, 2009

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@Dan - thanks. And to anyone confused about why I feel 802.11n is already too slow please bear in mind the lack of bandwidth is NOT about a broadband connection even though 12m UK homes can now receive 50Mbit Virgin cable broadband which, with anything other than optimum signal, surpasses the real world speeds of 802.11n.

No, it is about home network streaming. A 1080p HD video has great trouble streaming on anything other than a strong 802.11n signal. This means we need a faster standard so computers, TVs, etc can be positioned more freely without fear of signal worries and still maintain very fast data rates.

@scotw - an inability to agree of micro details within the standard. Discrepancies which - as Draft N proves - have virtually no bearing on real world usage.

@Beaky69 - I have to admit I don't know (and I've done some brief research!). n was long touted as a major jump over g which may have something to do with it but if any readers have a far more likely explanation please feel free to enlighten me.

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Andrew

1:43 PM on 29 July, 2009

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802.11h > k were ammendments to the original 802.11x standards -

IEEE 802.11h - Spectrum Managed 802.11a (5 GHz) for European compatibility (2004)

IEEE 802.11i - Enhanced security (2004)

IEEE 802.11j - Extensions for Japan (2004)

IEEE 802.11-2007 - A new release of the standard that includes amendments a, b, d, e, g, h, i & j. (July 2007)

IEEE 802.11k - Radio resource measurement enhancements (2008)

Wikipedia :)

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Gordon394

2:07 AM on 22 August, 2009

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@Andrew - but it didn't tell you IEEE 802.11 l and m? ;)

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