802.11n draft 1.0 fails acceptance vote

[Madwand1]

While some vendors would have us believe that the current draft 802.11n products are good to go and will be easily upgraded to the final standard, the committee rejected the current draft, and other vendors are sniping.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060504-6751.html

while these products are rolling out the doors of D-Link, Belkin, Linksys et al. (using chips designed by Atheros, Broadcom, and others), the specification itself has run into problems. This past week the draft 1.0 specification failed to pass a vote needed to move the specification into a more stable state. The 46 percent approval fell far short of the required 75 percent needed?a testimony to the fact that the current draft is far from finished

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3603421

Airgo Networks, which had strong success with products using the technology that 11n is based upon (MIMO), has repeatedly said there were problems with the draft. Their vindication with recent tests was only bolstered by the vote this week. The company released a statement: "The rejection of Draft 1.0 by the working group highlights the clear desire for significant changes... Draft 1.0 is clearly deficient in protecting the operation of installed networks."

OTOH, Broadcom points out that a 75% majority is needed for further changes as well as acceptance, and position major changes as very unlikely.

Broadcom's Director of Product Marketing, Bill Bunch, issued a similar statement saying the developments were expected and that his company "anticipates that major technical changes are highly unlikely at this point, with a 75 percent majority needed to accept any such revisions."

http://www.betanews.com/article/First_Draft_of_80211n_Spec_Rejected/1146682711

Issues of interoperability within 802.11n products, not to mention issues with interference with existing 802.11g products have been raised independently. Ironically, it may be just the test reports from the current draft-n products that have contributed to the draft?s initial failure.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=36&threadid=1849187&enterthread=y

 

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