802.11g: It's official, 54Mbps
80211-Planet | at | by Mike
The final specification for 802.11g should be a done deal by this time Thursday. This is on target with projections from earlier this year for a June approval.
802.11g is the high speed (54Mbps) wireless networking technology that is backward compatible with the slower 802.11b that is just about everywhere. Both run in the 2.5GHz radio frequency band. 802.11g extends the OSI Model Physical Layer (PHY) of 802.11b from 11Mbps using DSSS modulation to 54Mbps using OFDM modulation. Despite not being finalized until this week, 802.11g products have been shipping since late 2002.