Not too much "N"

I don't see much talk here about the "N" wireless that is supposed to be
coming out soon. Any thoughts on whether this is going to be the answer for
all of us with a lot of home interference and range problems? I'm asking in
regards to the *true* N and not the Pre-N which may or may not even be
compatible with N. It sounds good from what I could find on the net.
Anybody know anything about it?
TIA
dotcom

OK, I finally found a recent article on this and it looks like the *BIG
PLAYERS* are fighting again on yet another STANDARD envy debate. (sigh)
http://www.telecomweb.com/news/1116875270.htm

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I don't see much talk here about the "N" wireless that is supposed to be
coming out soon. Any thoughts on whether this is going to be the answer for
all of us with a lot of home interference and range problems? I'm asking in
regards to the *true* N and not the Pre-N which may or may not even be
compatible with N. It sounds good from what I could find on the net.
Anybody know anything about it?
TIA
dotcom

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:16:35 -0800, "DotCom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I don't see much talk here about the "N" wireless that is supposed to be
>coming out soon. Any thoughts on whether this is going to be the answer for
>all of us with a lot of home interference and range problems? I'm asking in
>regards to the *true* N and not the Pre-N which may or may not even be
>compatible with N. It sounds good from what I could find on the net.
>Anybody know anything about it?

If you're asking about info on unananouced products, the answer is "I
know nothing". If you're asking if TGn Sync, WWiSE (World-Wide
Spectrum Efficiency), or MITMOT will be approved by the IEEE, your
guess is as good as mine. If you're asking how 802.11n will
intergrate with the rest of the 802.11 alphabet soup into sellable
products, I don't even want to think of the potential horrors. As for
upgraded products to true 802.11n, you have only too look at the
promised and history of WPA compatibility for WEP encryption to judge
the functionality and time frame of such an adventure.

As for whether genuine 802.11n will solve your "home interference and
range problems", I don't have a clue without knowning what your
interference and range problems involve. In general, the pre-802.11n
products are both faster and more interference resistant than previous
incantations largely because they can utilize reflections instead of
just tolerate them. This is not exactly true of the beam steering
MIMO access points. This manifests itself as an improvement in
reliable indoor coverage area. However, I can see no improvement in
outdoor (non-reflective) range. It is also currently impossible to
attach an external antenna to any of the pre-802.11n access points or
clients, making substantial point to point range improvements
impossible.

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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:16:35 -0800, DotCom wrote:

> I don't see much talk here about the "N" wireless that is supposed to be
> coming out soon. Any thoughts on whether this is going to be the answer for
> all of us with a lot of home interference and range problems? I'm asking in
> regards to the *true* N and not the Pre-N which may or may not even be
> compatible with N. It sounds good from what I could find on the net.
> Anybody know anything about it?
> TIA
> dotcom

The thing that I'm looking forward to with 11n is the increased bandwidth
that would allow for higher quality video to be transmitted to multimedia
devices. Of course, the MPAA wouldn't want you transmitting DVD movies to
your TV unencrypted. :-O

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 02:51:25 GMT, johnny <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>The thing that I'm looking forward to with 11n is the increased bandwidth
>that would allow for higher quality video to be transmitted to multimedia
>devices. Of course, the MPAA wouldn't want you transmitting DVD movies to
>your TV unencrypted. :-O

You might be better off waiting for UWB (Ultra Wide Band) to be pryed
out of the hands of the IEEE 802.15.3a committee, which is currently
deadlocked on standards selection for a bit less than a year. There
is also some comedy involved:
| http://www.commsdesign.com/showArtic...leID=160403461
I suspect UWB will be standardized immediately after the giant coffee
machine ownership is settled. Sigh.

My guess of the week is about 400Mbits/sec at a range of 10 meters
maximum.
| http://www.intel.com/technology/comms/uwb/
| http://wimedia.org/en/index.asp
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