Well so much for getting 802.11n anytime soon. Looks like we are back to the drawing board for this Wi-Fi standard according to ZDNET.

The process to establish the next-generation Wi-Fi standard, which promises to quadruple transmission speeds, has stalled as members of the working group developing the standard failed to pass the main proposal onto the next stage.

The proposal, put forth by the vendor group called Task Group ‘n’ synchronisation, or TGn Sync, did not get the support of the required 75 percent of attendees at the IEEE 802.11n task group meeting in Cairns, Australia, this week. At the first confirmation vote a few months ago, the TGn Sync plan won backing from 57 percent of the attendees. This time it got only 49 percent of the vote.

But people involved in the process say this is business as usual in the IEEE standards process. [Read the rest]