802.11n

Motorola Solutions recasts its enterprise WLAN products, aiming to make 802.11n affordable for large-scale, distributed networks.

Ruckus Wireless has launched new Wi-Fi products that let wireless network operators create an affordable, end-to-end, 802.11n network. The goal is to offload data traffic from cellular networks, and create a viable last-mile wireless service option.

Quantenna Communications, a maker of an advanced 802.11n Wi-Fi chipset, has reaped $21 million from its fifth round of venture funding. The money will be used to speed up deployment of its 4x4 MIMO silicon through carriers and retail channels

A year after the IEEE 802.11n standard was ratified, the high-octane Wi-Fi is reshaping the wireless experience for users, and for enterprise IT.

Using 'double-wide' channels is great ... when it works.

Aruba Networks will offer radio spectrum analysis built-into its line of 802.11n Wi-Fi access points for the enterprise market.

A new version of Enterasys' Wi-Fi software simplifies network management and operations, and improves client performance in 802.11n enterprise wireless LANs.

A big focus for WiFi makers these days is on building equipment that supports high-speed outdoor network applications. For example, there are enterprises that want to extend their wireless LANs outdoors. There are municipalities with wireless public safety and city service applications. And there are service providers wanting to build hot spots that offload data traffic from 3G networks that are quickly growing saturated.

Aruba's new 802.11n WiFi access point slashes prices for high performance wireless networks to the level of what some vendors are charging for 802.11abg equipment.

The IEEE this month finally ratified the 802.11n wireless standard, long after Brandeis University and the University of California, San Diego started installing equipment based on draft versions of the specification.

If IT managers at two U.S. universities are any measure, 802.11n WiFi networking has a bright future on college campuses.

Sometime on Friday, at the sprawling Hyatt Regency hotel in New Brunswick, N.J., an IEEE group called the Standards Board is expected to approve the 802.11n wireless LAN standard.