Comments on: Jonesing for Wi-Fi “n” http://gigaom.com/2007/01/19/wifi-n/ The Business of Technology Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Glenn Fleishman http://gigaom.com/2007/01/19/wifi-n/#comment-82497 Glenn Fleishman Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:31:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/19/wifi-n/#comment-82497 <p>I so don't want to be one of those people who nit picks, but I do want to point out there's one more hurdle. You wrote: "the latest draft of the 802.11n standard (draft 2.0) has been approved by IEEE working group in charge"</p> <p>The task group agreed that draft 1.10 was highly satisfactory to go off for a letter ballot, which a larger group of IEEE members votes on. The odds are VERY good that the letter ballot will succeed, and at the next major meeting (March), draft 1.10 will be adopted as 2.0 and move forward with very minor changes towards ratification in 2008.</p> I so don’t want to be one of those people who nit picks, but I do want to point out there’s one more hurdle. You wrote: “the latest draft of the 802.11n standard (draft 2.0) has been approved by IEEE working group in charge”

The task group agreed that draft 1.10 was highly satisfactory to go off for a letter ballot, which a larger group of IEEE members votes on. The odds are VERY good that the letter ballot will succeed, and at the next major meeting (March), draft 1.10 will be adopted as 2.0 and move forward with very minor changes towards ratification in 2008.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2007/01/19/wifi-n/#comment-82496 Jesse Kopelman Sat, 20 Jan 2007 01:09:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/19/wifi-n/#comment-82496 <p>Just remember that 802.11n is all about MIMO which in turn means that there is more to the equation than just chipset -- there are also those multiple antennae. Clearly it is harder to do an optimal multiple antenna physical design than a single antenna physical design. Even with the same firmware, don't expect older products to perform as well as newer products that will have the benefits of revision to physical design learned from real world experience.</p> Just remember that 802.11n is all about MIMO which in turn means that there is more to the equation than just chipset — there are also those multiple antennae. Clearly it is harder to do an optimal multiple antenna physical design than a single antenna physical design. Even with the same firmware, don’t expect older products to perform as well as newer products that will have the benefits of revision to physical design learned from real world experience.

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