Your wireless network is about to get a lot faster. The engineers that develop wireless networking technology have approved a draft for the new wireless networking standard 802.11n, bringing it closer to completion and closer to store shelves.
The numbers 802.11 are synonymous with “wireless networking”. When stamped on wireless networking devices, 802.11 is followed by a letter such as a, b or g that identify the device’s capacity to transmit your data through the air. That “capacity”, in the basic sense, refers to the speed your data is able to be transmitted, and the range it is able to cover.
802.11g is currently the fastest 802.11 wireless networking standard available to consumers, but that will change with the upcoming release of 802.11n. The improvements that 802.11n is expected to bring to the wireless networking world are:
- Transmit data 10x faster than current “g” wireless networking devices.
- Offer a 66% larger area of coverage.
Source: “802.11n draft standard closer to approval” by CNET News.com
Source: “IEEE 802.11” at Wikipedia
