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Rolling up developments in Wi-Fi

Even though users typically only notice the major changes designed to improve the performance of Wi-Fi, the 802.11 specifications are constantly under development. For every "public" change there are five background changes, some of which are significant.

By Jay Botelho, director of product marketing, WildPackets | 04 December, 2012 14:56

Tags: beamforming, 802.11u, 802.11 Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, mesh networking, 802.11y, 802.11k, direct link setup, Wi-Fi Alliance, 802.11r, Passpoint, 802.11s, WLANs / Wi-Fi, 802.11z, Hotspot 2.0, VoFi, Wi-Fi, 802.11p, 802.11w, voice over Wi-Fi, Networking, wireless, 802.11n, 802.11v, 802.11
Wi-Fi shipments to pass 770 million units in 2010

Global shipments of Wi-Fi ICs have experienced an extraordinary growth in recent years, due to the increasing demands for wireless-enabled devices and enterprise level applications.

By Lexton Snol | 29 May, 2010 02:13

Tags: Wi-Fi, 802.11n
Speedier phones still can't keep up with networks

Next-generation smartphones will be able to access the Internet at higher speeds, but costs and technical limitations will prevent them from getting the most out of the networks they are connected to.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 04 May, 2010 04:42

Tags: Wi-Fi, mobile services, smartphones, 802.11n
Belkin adds apps to Wi-Fi router line-up

When is a wireless router not just a wireless router? Belkin's answer: When it's a total pain. That's why it introduced four new 802.11n Wi-Fi routers, ranging from $50 to $130, that come with a set of applications designed to help you use your wireless network for backing up, playing music and movies, setting up file transfers, and speeding up important Internet traffic without having to muck around in arcane menus

By Patrick Miller | 26 March, 2010 07:02

Tags: Wi-Fi, belkin, 802.11n
802.11n in 87% of Wi-Fi smartphones by 2014

Although 802.11n Wi-Fi technology was found in less than 1 percent of Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones last year, in 2014 at least 87 percent of Wi-Fi-capable smartphones, such as Apple's iPhone, will feature this latest of the 802.11 protocols.

By Lexton Snol | 13 January, 2010 02:52

Tags: Wi-Fi, smartphones, 802.11n

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Features about 802.11n

What's next for Wi-Fi?

The recent formal approval of the IEEE 802.11n wireless standard marks not the end but the start of a wave of Wi-Fi innovation. In the next three to five years, the Wi-Fi experience will be very different from today.

By John Cox | 13 November, 2009 08:40

Tags: Wi-Fi, Networking, 802.11n
802.11n set for final approval

Sometime on Friday, at the sprawling Hyatt Regency hotel in New Brunswick, N.J., an IEEE group called the Standards Board is expected to approve the 802.11n wireless LAN standard.

By John Cox | 11 September, 2009 06:07

Tags: Wi-Fi, 802.11n
The Wacky World of WiFi

In honor of the 802.11n WiFi standard getting close to arriving after wandering through the desert for 40 years, let's look at wireless. Our focus today is on helping you WiFi better, even if it means doing less WiFi.

By James E. Gaskin | 03 September, 2009 02:58

Tags: Wi-Fi, Networking, 802.11n
Game-changing IT technologies -- and how they affect the everyday worker

As IT evolves to support everything from virtualized desktops to mobile and social networking, new advances promise to change the way the business side of the house gets the job done. Here's a look at some of IT departments' game-changing technologies and how they affect the everyday worker.

By Joanne Cummings | 21 October, 2008 10:13

Tags: storage virtualisation, social networking, 802.11n, cloud computing, virtual desktops
Wireless LANs face huge scaling challenges

Philippe Hanset is wondering about the intersection of the Slingbox and the campuswide wireless LAN at University of Tennessee, where he's senior networking engineer.

By John Cox | 29 August, 2008 12:13

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