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, ...

The wireless toolkit for electronics design engineers widened considerably with the emergence of the 802.11n draft standard. Thanks to its performance benefits, 802.11n will expand the range of ...

The next big new thing in Wi-Fi networks will boast groundbreaking technology, but it might not arrive for a couple years yet. Here’s the lowdown on 802.11ax, for now: Q: 802.11ax – what is it? Well, ...

The IEEE Standards Association has published revisions to the documentation defining wireless local area network (LAN) products. IEEE 802.11 standards already provide the basis for products using wifi ...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Standards Association has announced the publication of the fourth revision to the 15 year-old 802.11 Wireless LAN Standard, upon ...

There’s excitement building around 802.11ax, and for good reason. Newly designated as Wi-Fi 6 by the Wi-Fi Alliance, the next-generation 802.11 technology will deliver a better user experience, ...

The supremely geeky 802.11 brand almost certainly alienates regular punters so the decision has belated been made to change it. For some reason the only way we have had of differentiating generations ...

Indian River Silicon, LLC today announced the launch of the Company’s operation as a full-service, employee-owned fabless wireless integrated circuit design services company. Headquartered in ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

For the last decade or so, wireless networking has been entirely about short range, high speed communications. The type of networking needed by an Internet of things is fundamentally incompatible with ...