802.11 Committees and Subcommittees
Committee Purpose
IEEE 802.11a 54Mbps, 5GHz standard
IEEE 802.11b Enhancements to 802.11 to support 5.5Mbps and 11Mbps
IEEE 802.11c Bridge operation procedures; included in the IEEE 802.1D standard
IEEE 802.11d International roaming extensions
IEEE 802.11e Quality of service
802.11 Committees and Subcommittees
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Committee Purpose
IEEE 802.11F Inter-Access Point Protocol
IEEE 802.11g 54Mbps, 2.4GHz standard (backward compatible with 802.11b)
IEEE 802.11h Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) and Transmit Power Control (TPC)
at 5GHz
IEEE 802.11i Enhanced security
IEEE 802.11j Extensions for Japan and U.S. public safety
IEEE 802.11k Radio resource measurement enhancements
IEEE 802.11m Maintenance of the standard; odds and ends
IEEE 802.11n Higher throughput improvements using multiple input, multiple output
(MIMO) antennas
IEEE 802.11p Wireless Access for the Vehicular Environment (WAVE)
IEEE 802.11r Fast roaming
IEEE 802.11s Extended service set mesh networking
IEEE 802.11T Wireless Performance Prediction (WPP)
IEEE 802.11u Internetworking with non-802 networks (cellular, for example)
IEEE 802.11v Wireless network management
IEEE 802.11w Protected management frames
IEEE 802.11y 3650–3700 operation in the United States