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Faster Wi-Fi Hits Hurdles / New Devices for Improved Technology

Monty Solomon (monty@roscom.com)
Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:35:31 -0400

Faster Wi-Fi Hits Hurdles
New Devices for Improved Technology Lack a Unifying Standard

By DON CLARK
June 13, 2006; Page B3

Today's wireless networks struggle with some jobs, such as sending
high-definition video signals from a personal computer to a television
set. Companies have been racing for years to fix the problem.

But they can't agree on whether the race is over.

Computer equipment makers this spring introduced devices incorporating
a faster version of Wi-Fi, the wireless technology commonplace in
laptop computers. But chips in those devices were based on
interpretations of an unfinished set of technology specifications.

Among the results: The new devices often can't communicate with one
another at their intended top speeds.

The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry organization that tries to ensure
products work together, is withholding its endorsement of any of the
new products until a formal standard is approved -- a milestone not
expected until next year.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115015087219878208-aCtY2iOpSdK4HfdrxqZuy5CN9v8_20070612.html

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