What is IEEE 802.11?
IEEE 802.11 is a part of the IEEE 802 set of local area network (LAN) protocols and specifies the set of media access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) protocols for implementing wireless local area network (WLAN) Wi-Fi computer communication in various frequencies, including but not limited to 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz. 6GHz, and 60 GHz frequency bands. The base version of the standard was released in 1997, and has had subsequent amendments. The standard and amendments provide the basis for wireless network products using the Wi-Fi brand.
IEEE 802 are the world’s most widely used wireless computer networking standards, used in most home and office networks to allow laptops, printers and smartphones to communicate to each other and access the Internet without connecting wires. They are created and maintained by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) LAN/MAN standards committee (IEEE 802).
The 802.11 family consists of a series of half-duplex over the air modulation techniques that use the same basic protocol. The 802.11 protocol family employs carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance whereby equipment listens to a channel for other users including non 802.11 users before transmitting each packet.
Standard and Amendments
The following IEEE standards association standard and amendments are such as
- 1997-IEEE 802.11
- 1999-IEEE 802.11a
- 1999-IEEE 802.11b
- 2001-IEEE 802.11c
- 2001-IEEE 802.11d
- 2005-IEEE 802.11e
- 2003-IEEE 802.11f
- 2003- IEEE 802.11g
- 2004-IEEE 802.11h
- 2004- IEEE 802.11i
- 2004- IEEE 802.11j
- 2007- IEEE 802.11
- 2008- IEEE 802.11k
- 2009- IEEE 802.11n
- 2010- IEEE 802.11p
- 2008- IEEE 802.11r
- 2011- IEEE 802.11s
- Cancelled- IEEE 802.11t
- 2011- IEEE 802.11u
- 2011- IEEE 802.11v
- 2009- IEEE 802.11w
- 2010- IEEE 802.11y
- 2012- IEEE 802.11-2012
- 2012- IEEE 802.11aa
- 2013- IEEE 802.11ac
- 2012- IEEE 802.11ad
- 2014- IEEE 802.11af
- 2016-IEEE 802.11-2016
- 2016- IEEE 802.11ah
- 2016- IEEE 802.11aj
- 2018-IEEE 802.11aj
- 2018-IEEE 802.11ak
- 2018- IEEE 802.11aq
In Process
2. 2020- IEEE 802.11ay
3. 2020- IEEE 802.11az
4. 2020- IEEE 802.11ba
5. 2020-IEEE 802.11bb
6. 2020-IEEE 802.11bc
7. 2020-IEEE 802.11bd
8. 2020-IEEE 802.11be
9. 2020-IEEE 802.11md
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