IEEE 802.11 Standards Family
Introduction
IEEE 802.11 is a family of specifications for wireless networking technology. 802.11 was accepted by IEEE in 1997.
- 802.11 was eventually extended into 802.11b.
- 802.11a supports up to 54Mbps at 5GHz.
- 802.11b allows for 11Mbps at 2.4GHz.
- 802.11g is up to 54Mbps at 2.4GHz.
- 802.11i