Data Communications Instructions

802.11 network standards

802.11

Release

Freq.

Bandwidth

Data rate per stream

Allowable

Modulation

Approximate indoor range

Approximate outdoor range

protocol

(GHz)

(MHz)

(Mbit/s)

MIMOstreams

(m)

(ft)

(m)

(ft)

—

Jun-97

2.4

20

1, 2

1

DSSS,FHSS

20

66

100

330

a

Sep-99

5

20

6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54

1

OFDM

35

115

120

390

3.7

—

—

5,000

16,000

b

Sep-99

2.4

20

5.5, 11

1

DSSS

38

125

140

460

g

Jun-03

2.4

20

6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54

1

OFDM,DSSS

38

125

140

460

n

Oct-09

2.4/5

20

7.2, 14.4, 21.7, 28.9, 43.3, 57.8, 65, 72.2[B]

4

OFDM

70

230

250

820

40

15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 135, 150[B]

70

230

250

820

IEEE 802 is a committee of the IEEE that describes a family of standards for local area networks (LANs) and metropolitan (MAN) based on transmission of data digital by through wired connections or wireless. More specifically, the standards IEEE eight hundred and two are limited to networks using packets of varying sizes as opposed to those where the data are transmitted ...