IEEE "Task Group N" rejects first 802.11n draft proposal
By Evan Blass 
posted May 7th 2006 11:30AM
posted May 7th 2006 11:30AM
In a move that came as little surprise to those who know how these things work, but that will still probably hurt manufacturers who've been releasing MIMO-enabled networking peripherals for the last few months, the IEEE 802.11 working group tasked with creating a next-gen WiFi standard has recently rejected the first draft of the highly-anticipated 802.11n. Not only did the first 802.11n draft fail to capture the 75% supermajority needed for passage, it couldn't even muster a regular majority among "Task Group N," which is a troubling development for those consumers who have already gone out and purchased pre- or draft-N gear from Linksys, Netgear, and the like. As we've reported in the past, some manufacturers had warned -- and independent testing corroborated -- that draft-N gear could negatively effect current 802.11b/g products already on the market, by hogging the available 2.5GHz bandwidth and causing performance issues on existing WLANs. Still, taken in a historical perspective, rejection of the first draft of a proposed 802.11x specification is not uncommon, and actually seems to be the rule, rather than the exception, in the life-cycle of these multi-year, multi-party standards talks.
I dont understand why the IEEE's permission is required. Someone please enlighten me
So that everyone can built a products that is compatiable with other manufacturers. No one wants a product that isn't a standard.
IEEE's permission is required 'cause that's the way we roll, biyatch! big ups to the 802.11 crew!
#1 sounds like one of those "extremely wise" teenagers arguing about how they know they are not going to use the "stupid" subjects they have to take in school and etc...
4, if you can get that much from 13 words someone typed, then you must be pretty intelligent yourself...
"that draft-N gear could negatively ***effect*** current 802.11b/g products already on the market, "
Oh dear, even engadget can't spell. tut, tut, tut.
(affect! not effect!!!)
Dugg: http://digg.com/technology/Pre-N_Users_=_PWNT_as_IEEE_rejects_802.11n_proposal
I remember last year in europe they had a huge argument because one frequency was given to two different manufactuers. Car remotes and Walk Talkies. Resulting in the following:
If someone locking their doors via remote did not make sure the doors were locked although he pressed Lock - the signal could have been overriden by a walkie talkie nearby blocking the signal to go to the car receiver. Thus if someone hit lock and the walkie talkie was nearby - the doors did not lock and it was easy to steal the car. This worked with Porsche, Mercedes, Audi... no matter what make!
http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=515
802.11n, and linux source code. i can't wait till OpenWRT is ported to this....nnnggrrahhhhhh....wait while i get some tissues to clean that up
Oops, you mean 2.4 Bandwidth.