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The wait for the first 802.11n draft 2.0 products is over. D-Link announced Friday that it was the first company to have its products certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance, which controls standards for wireless networking.
The D-Link Extreme N Router and Xtreme N Notebook Adapter were the first products to get the stamp of approval from the Alliance, although many other competing products are in the chute to follow. Both products are based on Atheros’ XSPAN WLAN technology.
If you use Wi-Fi wireless networking, you’ve probably seen the terms 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g: they represent different wireless networking standards, with 802.11g being the technology most widely deployed in wireless gear today, and offering more bandwidth than previous iterations.
The next big standard—and next big bump in wireless bandwidth—should come in the form of 802.11n, but the industry has been unable to reach a consensus on how aspects of 802.11n technology should work. As a result, the industry has been stuck on 802.11g for a few years, although some vendors are jumping the gun and offering high-speed equipment based on what they hope will become the final 802.11n standard, and hoping that they’ll be able to update the equipment via firmware once a standard is adopted.
The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry association of more than 250 companies focused on wireless networking, today announced that, going forward, all
“Wi-Fi (certification mark) — used to certify the interoperability of wireless computer networking devices.”
Such is the definition of Wi-Fi, according to the newest edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. It was announced today by the Wi-Fi Alliance trade organization that Wi-Fi was one of nearly 100 new words added to the venerable dictionary.
“You know you’ve truly made it when you’re in Webster’s dictionary,” said Frank Hanzlik, Managing Director of the Wi-Fi Alliance. “Wi-Fi is not only a way of life for thousands and thousands but also is now a bona fide part of the English language.”
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc. is entering the final stage of the specification development process for HomePlug AV, a technology poised to change the way that HDTV, Digital Audio, andInternet access are distributed around a home. The alliance has reached a significant milestone by completing the advanced preliminary specification for HomePlug AV, and is now inviting companies inthe home networking, consumer electronics, computing, and communications industries to join the alliance and contribute to the final version of the specification.
The group, to be called the Digital Living Network Alliance, aims to develop the fledgling market for electronic devices that can easily send and share music, movies, television programs across the home.
The alliance will publish guidelines for building compliant consumer electronics, and will establish a seal of approval for products that meet those guidelines. A logo for certified products will be available early next year.
Read more at Yahoo News.
The groups are the “HomePlug Powerline Alliance,” whose technology is based on the power lines, and the “Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA),” which uses coaxial cables such as antenna cables.
Both groups position their networks that are under development as mainstream products that can firmly transmit HDTV video multi-stream at home. The groups, therefore, will enhance the quality of service (QoS) guaranteed for individual technologies, as well as data rates.
Read more at NEAsia.com
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