Vendors debate 11n topics in Webcasts

Panel discussions tap hands-on Wi-Fi deployment advice Wireless Alert NetworkWorld.com | Wireless & Mobile Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Avaya A New SMB Market Phoenix is Rising History shows that small and medium-size businesses suffer less and recover faster from recessions than their enterprise counterparts. Technology vendors that tap the emerging techsavvy small-business market will come out of this recession faster than those that follow historical patterns of relying mainly on spotty spending by large enterprise customers. Spotlight Story Vendors debate 11n topics in Webcasts By Joanie Wexler Earlier this year, a colleague and I issued a Draft 2.0 802.11n Challenge to enterprise-class Wi-Fi system suppliers, asking them to publicly plead their case about their primary strengths as an 11n supplier. Six vendors accepted the challenge by submitting written documents and also by participating in audio panels on various educational 802.11n subtopics. Read full story Joanie Wexler is an independent networking technology writer/editor in Silicon Valley. Related News: Editor's note: We will be changing how we send out Network World newsletters over the next few weeks. To ensure future delivery of your newsletters, please add nww_newsletters@newsletters.networkworld.com to your e-mail address book or 66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. Vendors face off in 11n 'challenge' When the wireless LAN controller architecture came into its own about half a decade ago, an exhausting, cutthroat features war ensued. Ding! It's now officially Round 2, with the industry this time in fisticuffs over Draft 2.0 802.11n system architectures and features. Performance tiers and testing needed for 802.11n As noted last time, new types of potentially attractive, useful 802.11n products are set to emerge that the Wi-Fi Alliance is currently not equipped to test and certify. 802.11n complications are imminent As you likely know, the current fair-haired wireless LAN version, 802.11n, is multidimensional, making product comparisons challenging. Those comparisons are likely to soon get even thornier when 1x1, single-stream 802.11n products emerge for netbooks, smartphones and even laptops. At issue: the Wi-Fi Alliance currently lacks certification programs and categories to accommodate this new breed of 802.11n product. 802.11n gear 10 times faster than current Wi-Fi offerings Instead, Network World set up the largest public 802.11n test ever conducted. We invited all enterprise Wi-Fi vendors to supply not one but eight 802.11n access points, along with controllers if needed. 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