A long-awaited standard for wireless LANs that offers more carrying capacity than the current IEEE 802.11b specification while using the same frequencies won final approval Thursday morning.
The new standard, 802.11g, lays out the ground rules for wireless LAN gear that is capable of at least 24Mbps and up to 54Mbps, while remaining backward compatible with existing 802.11b gear that runs at a maximum 11Mbps. Both use radio spectrum in the range of 2.4GHz. Another standard, 802.11a, defines 54Mbps gear in the 5GHz range.
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