{"id":1037,"date":"2015-10-22T15:39:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T15:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2016-10-11T13:59:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T17:59:38","slug":"breaking-down-the-evolution-of-802-11-wireless-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/breaking-down-the-evolution-of-802-11-wireless-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Down the Evolution of 802.11 Wireless Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The latest official standard of wireless that is being more widely adapted is 802.11ac. Although it’s not everywhere yet, the IEEE recognize it as the official upgrade over 802.11n. But 802.11ac isn’t the only standard out there, in fact there are many 802.11 standards that offer different things are are constantly being developed. Here’s what you need to know about 802.11n, 802.11ac and some of the other more popular forms of 802.11 technology.<\/p>\n

First of all, the 802.11 is a set of standards used by IEEE. The most commonly deployed are 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n and 802.11ac. These standards can be found in homes and businesses today. Most businesses are using 802.11n and are looking to adopt 802.11ac as it is the fastest and latest available.<\/p>\n

802.11<\/a>a was the most popular standard in 1999 and was the first form of 802.11 technology. It was very fast by 1999 standards and was improved upon by 802.11b and 802.11g. These early standards are no longer viable in today’s wireless deployment because there is no point to installing them when 802.11n and 802.11ac are available.<\/p>\n

802.11n<\/a> has dominated wireless since it was introduced in 2009. It uses multiple antennas to significantly increase the net data rate from 54Mbit\/s to 600Mbit\/s. It is also the first standard to support multi-input multi-output<\/a> (MI-MO) in order to multiply the capacity of a radio link using multiple transmit and receive antennas. This technology has revolutionized the ways we have been able to use wireless internet.<\/p>\n

We’ve been decently happy with our 802.11n connections but as always, wireless speeds can always be improved. The ultimate goal with developing new wireless standards is to get wireless speeds and reliability up to and even past a standard wired connection.<\/p>\n

The next step in the 802.11 train is 802.11ac. Introduced in 2014, 802.11ac has taken over and greatly improved on all the things that made 802.11n great, and introducing elements that allow for more devices to be connected smoothly. 802.11ac operates with eight antennas which is double the amount from 802.11n. It also uses\u00a0downlink multi-user MIMO<\/a> (up to four clients), and high-density modulation (up to 256-QAM<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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