Wi-Fi can reach gigabit speeds in just 3 years

Although the final specification for the 802.11n standard has not yet been published, the IEEE electrical engineering organization has considered two new technologies that can help wireless connectivity reach gigabit thresholds.

The VHT team of the IEEE said that Gigabit Wi-Fi is entirely feasible by all Wi-Fi providers (except Nortel) that have introduced an unofficial 802.11n product with a given transfer rate. is up to 300 Mb / s and can be expanded to 600 Mb / s. However, IEEE has just decided to delay the completion of standard N until November 2009.

The first option proposed by VHT is to build a wireless standard that uses frequencies below 60 GHz like the existing Wi-Fi networks and the other plan is to operate at frequencies above 60 GHz. If successful, one of these standards will be available in products in 2011 or 2012.

The narrow-range wireless technology reaches the most recently mentioned gigabit threshold as UWB (ultrawideband). But this low-power connection standard is causing users to "lose interest" because UWB integrated products, which have been promised a few years ago, are not yet available (although USB ports using UWB already exist some laptops).