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IEEE 802.11

IEEE 802.11 is part of the IEEE 802 set of local area network (LAN) technical standards, and specifies the set of medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) protocols for implementing wireless local area network (WLAN) computer communication. The standard and amendments provide the basis for wireless network products using the Wi-Fi brand and…

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Committee
IEEE 802.11 Working Group
Domain
Wireless local area networks
First published
18 November 1997 (1997-11-18)
Latest version
IEEE 802.11-2024 28 April 2025
Organization
IEEE
Series
IEEE 802

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Protocol

Common misunderstandings about achievable throughput

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Layer 2 – Datagrams

Standards and amendments

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Security

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IEEE 802.11

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Triples320
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IEEE 802.11

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related to Standards and amendments · 84
IEEE 802.11 → Amendments, Audio Video Transport Streams, Bridge, Bridged Networks, Changing MAC Addresses, China Millimeter Wave, December, Direct Link Setup, DLS, Enhanced, Enhanced Broadcast Service, Enhancements, ESS, European, Extended Service Set, Extensions, Extremely High Throughput, Fast BSS, Fast Initial Link Setup, February
related to Security · 30
IEEE 802.11 → Adam Stubblefield, Advanced Encryption Standard, AES, AES Pre-Shared Key, AT, Berkeley, California, EAP-TLS, Fluhrer, IEEE, In, June, Key Scheduling Algorithm, MAC, Mantin, Not, RADIUS, RC4, Shamir's, The
related to 802.11af · 23
IEEE 802.11 → Access, February, GDB, GHz, GPS, IEEE, Internet, It, Mbit/s, MHz, MIMO, MU, OFDM, STBC, Super Wi-Fi, The, TV, UHF, Up, VHF
related to 802.11ac · 17
IEEE 802.11 → Changes, December, Draft, From, GHz, IEEE, IEEE's, In, MHz, MU-MIMO, Multi-user MIMO, QAM, The, The Wi-Fi Alliance, Wave, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Alliance
related to 802.11ax · 16
IEEE 802.11 → February, For, GHz, High Efficiency, High Efficiency Wi-Fi, IEEE, It, OFDMA, PHY, The, The IEEE, This, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Alliance, WLAN, Yet
related to 802.11-1997 (802.11 legacy) · 11
IEEE 802.11 → GHz, IEEE, Industrial Scientific Medical, It, Legacy, Mbit/s, MHz ISM, Some, The, US, WLAN
related to 802.11ad · 11
IEEE 802.11 → December, Gbit/s, GHz, IEEE, Products, The, The WiGig, This, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Alliance, WiGig
related to Standard vs. amendment · 11
IEEE 802.11 → Amendments, As, Both, IEEE, IEEE Standards Association, In, New, TG, TGm, The, Updating
see also · 10
IEEE 802.11 → Bluetooth, Gi-Fi, IEEE, Ltd, Netgear Inc, TV White Space DatabaseUltra-widebandWhite, USB, Wi-Fi, Wi-FiReference Broadcast Infrastructure SynchronizationTU, WLAN AggregationOFDM
related to 802.11ah · 9
IEEE 802.11 → Bluetooth, Due, GHz, IEEE, The, WAN, Wi-Fi, WLAN, WLANs

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IEEE 802.11CommitteeIEEE 802.11 Working Group1.00infobox
IEEE 802.11DomainWireless local area networks1.00infobox
IEEE 802.11First published18 November 1997 (1997-11-18)1.00infobox
IEEE 802.11Latest versionIEEE 802.11-2024 28 April 20251.00infobox
IEEE 802.11OrganizationIEEE1.00infobox
IEEE 802.11SeriesIEEE 8021.00infobox
IEEE 802.11StatusActive1.00infobox
IEEE 802.11part ofthe IEEE 802 set of local area network0.85text
GPSinstance ofAccess points and stations determine their position using a satellite positioning system0.80text
and use the Internet to query a geolocation databaseinstance ofAccess points and stations determine their position using a satellite positioning system0.80text
brickinstance ofThe propagation path loss as well as the attenuation by materials0.80text
concrete is lower in the UHFinstance ofThe propagation path loss as well as the attenuation by materials0.80text

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