Industry groups backing competing wireless standards have admitted that they must start cooperating more for users' sake. The proliferation of competing wireless standards risks confusing technology ...

Wireless networking is part of the furniture these days, but the zoo of standards still baffles the non-specialist. This can in part be put down to the 802.11 wireless LAN working group, which has 250 ...

In the past year, 802.11b has gained considerable ground in its attempt to become the primary standard for wireless LANs. However, many industry decision-makers are looking toward a next-generation ...

Confused by the sea of numbers and acronyms that label Wi-Fi’s current and future standards? You’re not alone. Here’s a handy guide Most wireless standards come from the IEEE, whose 802.11 category ...

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) have officially approved the hardware specifications for the standalone 5G standards. The same group approved the non-standalone 5G standards in December ...

Why there’s a need for common standards for wireless communication in smart-home applications. The pros and cons of wireless network protocols, including Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Matter, Thread, and ...

New standard from Wireless Gigabit Alliance promises speeds up to 7 gigabits per second, ten times faster than Wireless N, but only works for short distances. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

Industry standards play a critical role in research and development, product development and marketing initiatives, which in turn help organizations meet their business objectives. Standards simplify ...

In the alphabet soup world that is wireless standards, there’s another one emerging you might be interested in: 802.11h. 802.11h defines the mechanisms 802.11a-based wireless systems should use to ...