Next-gen Wi-Fi Standard Still Undecided

The 802.11n specification is supposed to be the next generation WiFi standard, but a vote by the IEEE consortium shows that several groups still cannot agree on the new standard.

“In a meeting in Atlanta Thursday, 180 voters, or 56 percent, supported the Task Group N (TGnSync) proposal, compared to 44 percent for the WWiSE (World-Wide Spectrum Efficiency) proposal.

A meeting of the minds may not be that far off as there are many similarities in both proposals. Both the TGnSync and WWiSE proposals would bring wireless LANs up to and potentially beyond the 100 Mbps speeds of Ethernet LANs. Both also use Multiple Input/Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna technology, developed by Airgo, although they differ in their specific implementations.”

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