“PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 24 September 2003 - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has begun to develop a standard that will raise the effective throughput of wireless local area networks (WLAN) to at least 100 Mbps (megabits per second), which is more than triple the current maximum IEEE 802(R) WLAN speed of 30 Mbps.

“The higher-speed standard, IEEE P802.11n(TM), ‘Wireles LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications: Enhancements for Higher Effective Throughput,’ will help WLANs meet the expanding bandwidth needs of enterprise and home networks, as well as those of WLAN hot spots.”