Tim Higgins
The draft standard is now expected to successfully pass through the final steps required for a ratification as a final standard in September. This is four months earlier than the currently published January 2010 date.
The key issue holding up the standard has been the mechanisms to be used to prevent interference between 802.11n and Bluetooth devices.
D-Link has started shipments of its portable 802.11ac router.
Azimuth Systems today introduced its next-generation platform for MIMO and SISO 802.11 wireless product testing.
The ADEPT-n MIMO test platform is a single-box, point-to-multi-point tester that enables repeatable performance, interoperability and functional testing of 802.11a/b/g/n devices. Azimuth said the ADEPT-n will succeed its W-series 802.11 a/b/g performance test platform, as the wireless industry transitions to the 802.11n standard.
NETGEAR has released a new wireless range extender.
