Popular wireless Local Area Networks gain large boost in speed; New IEEE 802.11g (TM) amendment extends data rate of IEEE 802.11b (TM) WLANs to 54 Mbps from 11 Mbps.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 June 2003-IEEE: Popular wireless Local Area Networks gain large boost in speed; New IEEE 802.11g (TM) amendment extends data rate of IEEE 802.11b (TM) WLANs to 54 Mbps from 11 Mbps(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12062003 PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 12 June 2003. IEEE 802.11b (TM), the most widely used wireless local area network (WLAN) technology, has gotten a long-awaited increase in speed through a new amendment to the IEEE 802.11 (TM) standard ratified by the Standards Board of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

The amendment, IEEE 802.11g (TM), raises the data rate of IEEE 802.11b networks to 54 Mbps (megabits per second) from 11 Mbps. The added transmission speed gives wireless networks based on IEEE 802.11b...