Emerging Wlan Standards - HP Compaq NW8000 Accessory Manual

Emerging WLAN standards

Three significant WLAN standards emerging that may offer significant benefits to enterprise business in the
next 1 to 2 years are described in the following table.
Table 5: HP recommended WLAN solutions
Standard Description
802.11e
Quality of Service. Enhances the current 802.11
MAC to expand support for applications with
Quality of Service requirements, and in the
capabilities and efficiency of the protocol.
Examples of QoS applications include media
streaming and Voice over IP. 802.11e will define
managed classes of service for data, voice, and
video applications.
802.11i
Enhanced Security. 802.11i includes all the
security features of 802.1x and WPA plus AES.
802.11i is applicable to all the physical layer
standards (802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g); the
associated WiFi interoperability test is called
WPA2.
802.11n
High Throughput WLAN. 802.11n specifies a new
physical layer protocol for an 802.11 network with
throughput up to 100 Mbps and modes compatible
with 802.11g and 802.11a.
Ratification Benefit
Oct 04 Improved
performance for
delay -sensitive
applications like
VoIP and
streaming.
June 2004 very strong WLAN
security.
Note: Current HP
WLAN Solutions
will support
802.11i & WPA2
via a free software
upgrade in 2H04.
late 2005 or early Higher throughput
2006 and network
performance.
Modes that are
backward
compatible with
802.11g and
802.11a.
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