Chapter 05. Wi-Fi Standards

IEEE 802.11 - The original WLAN standard (1997)
IEEE 802.11a - Enhancement to 802.11 with 54 Mbit/s at 5 GHz (1999)
IEEE 802.11b - Enhancements to 802.11 to support 5.5 and 11 Mbit/s (1999)
IEEE 802.11c - Bridge operation procedures; included in the IEEE 802.1D standard (2001)
IEEE 802.11d - International (country-to-country) roaming extensions (2001)
IEEE 802.11e - Enhancements: QOS, including packet bursting (2005)
IEEE 802.11f - Inter-Access Point Protocol (2003) Withdrawn February 2006
IEEE 802.11g - Enhancement to 802.11b and 802.11a (backwards compatible with b) (2003)
IEEE 802.11h - Spectrum Managed 802.11a (5 GHz) for European compatibility (2004)
IEEE 802.11i - Enhanced security (2004)
IEEE 802.11j - Extensions for Japan (2004)
IEEE 802.11-2007 - A release of the standard that includes 802.11 amendments a, b, d, e, g, h, i & j. (2007)
IEEE 802.11k - Radio resource measurement enhancements
IEEE 802.11m - Maintenance of the standard; odds and ends.
IEEE 802.11n - Enhancement to 802.11a,b,g with Higher throughput improvements using MIMO
IEEE 802.11p - WAVE - Wireless Access for the Vehicular Environment (such as ambulances and passenger cars)
IEEE 802.11r - Fast roaming
IEEE 802.11s - ESS Extended Service Set Mesh Networking
IEEE 802.11t - Wireless Performance Prediction (WPP) - test methods and metrics recommendation
IEEE 802.11u - Interworking with non-802 networks (for example, cellular)
IEEE 802.11v - Wireless network management
IEEE 802.11w - Protected Management Frames
IEEE 802.11y - 3650-3700 Operation in the U.S.
IEEE 802.11z - Extensions to Direct Link Setup (DLS)