IEEE 802.11

Working group 11 of IEEE 802 specializes in Wireless LAN standards.

See the WG's own website, http://www.ieee802.org/11/

The original IEEE 802.11 standard offered 2 Mbit/s and operated in the license-free ISM band at 2.45 GHz. The following standards and task groups exist with the WG:

• [IEEE 802.11a]? 54 Mbit/s, 5 GHz standard (forthcoming)
• [IEEE 802.11b]? 11 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz standard (1999)
• [IEEE 802.11d]? new countries
• [IEEE 802.11e]? enhancements: QoS, security
• [IEEE 802.11f]? Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP)
• [IEEE 802.11g]? 20 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz standard (forthcoming)
• [IEEE 802.11h]? 5 GHz power management