802.11n finally due to be an official standard in September

Posted on 20 Aug 2009 at 11:20

The 802.11n wireless networking standard should finally be ratified this September, more than three years after the first 802.11n products were sold in 2006.

IEEE spokesperson Bob Heile announced recently that "it's probable the 802.11n standard will finally be approved in September at RevCom's [the IEEE review committee] quarterly meeting in New Jersey".

The ratification of the standard is unlikely to make a great deal of difference to most people. All of the latest routers are based on the Draft 2.0 802.11n standard and should be upgradeable to the final standard with a firmware update.

With the Wi-Fi alliance already certifying 802.11n products, the final standard won't make any difference for compatibility.

Still, it's good to finally get 802.11n out of the door. Now, we can wait another three years for the next standard to be hotly debated.

Author: David Ludlow

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