Intel proposes nextgen WLAN standard

BANGALORE: The bigwigs of the electronics and semiconductor industries Intel, Nokia, Cisco and other members have jointly submitted a proposal for a next-generation wireless LAN standard to the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N (TGn). Said an online report.

The group, called the TGn Sync coalition are using two antennas to deliver data rates up to 243-Mbits per second but is claiming that the same can be scaled to over 600 Mbits per second. The TGn Sync proposal will be presented at the next IEEE 802.11 meeting from September 13-17 in Berlin. The first draft of the 802.11n specification is scheduled to be completed by mid-2005 with its final ratification expected in late 2006 to early 2007. Said the report.

To ensure that the wireless products using this standard would comply with the expansion of unlicensed and licensed spectrum in China, Japan, South Korea, North America, the European Union (EU), and other regions, the group has used adaptive radio techniques in their proposal.