Super-Fast Wi-Fi on the horizon.Just when you learned to understand the differences among 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g, here comes another flavor of Wi-Fi: 802.11n. Like 802.11a, 802.11n uses the 5GHz radio spectrum. It promises to increase WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network speed to 100Mbps. Can't wait to get your hands on it? Even though 802.11n isn't due to be ratified rat·i·fy tr.v. rat·i·fied, rat·i·fy·ing, rat·i·fies To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. See Synonyms at approve. by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. until 2005 or even 2006, there are rumors that Broadcom is working to release wireless chip sets to WLAN equipment manufacturers by the end of 2004 using the draft version of the 802.11n specification. Broadcom took the same approach with 802.11g. The IEEE criticized Broadcom, saying "It is improper to claim compliance with a standard or any amendment that has not yet been approved." The risk, of course, is that the chips might not comply with the final standard, requiring firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. upgrades, or even entirely new hardware. |
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