Why has 802.11 flourished while Bluetooth has essentially failed? Should we even care about Bluetooth? The crux of the problem is that 802.11 represents the Internet and Bluetooth represents the faux ...

Every Wi-Fi user appreciates a faster connection. The IEEE 802.11ax draft standard promises better range, throughput and resiliency.

When wireless networking based around the 802.11b standard first hit consumer markets in the late nineties, it looked pretty good on paper. Promising “11 Mbps” compared to original wired Ethernet’s 10 ...

It used to be the case that the ability to communicate wirelessly was a unique specialty among computing systems. These days it is rapidly becoming an expected feature, something that is assumed. An ...

In response to reader requests for a refresher in basic wireless LAN operations, I’ll finish up a discussion I began last time of 802.11 WLAN channel assignments and user access. Some of you have ...

In the IEEE standards camp, an 802.11e spec is being developed as an extension to the current 11M bit/sec 802.11b (2.4-GHz) wireless LAN standard to provide missing QoS and security provisions.

PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, and IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) today ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

In a mysterious outbreak of common sense, the Wi-Fi Alliance has dumped the traditional 802.11 naming scheme for Wi-Fi technologies and is pushing ahead with a naming scheme based on numbers. Under ...