802.11n Standard Makes Progress in London Meeting

The long-anticipated 1.10 version of the IEEE 802.11n draft standard was approved unanimously in an IEEE task group meeting held in London in mid-January.

According to Atheros CTO Bill McFarland, who attended the meeting, all of the 3,000-plus technical comments to the 11n draft 1.0 were resolved, and that in turn resulted in the successful agreement to draft 1.10.

According to McFarland's written statement, provided to eWEEK, this is a significant step forward in achieving the next stage of the approval process to an accepted 802.11n draft standard.

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