Posted 10/01/09 at 09:30:20 PM by Ryan Whitwam

After years of seeing draft-n wireless products, the IEEE finally ratified the standard this summer. Now the Wi-Fi Alliance has created a new certification program complete with new logos. "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n builds on the success of our draft-n certification program and marks a point of maturity in 802.11n technology," said Edgar Figueroa, Executive Director of The Wi-Fi Alliance.

The new Wi-Fi certification program includes all the requirements from the draft standard, with some additional optional features. The optional features include support for transmission of up to three spatial streams, STBC encoding to increase reliability, A-MPDU packet aggregation, and channel coexistence for the 40MHz operation in the 2.4GHz band.

The new, longer logo shows all the standards that a device supports. The new certification program also allows products to indicate if they support optional features. The new logos should even show up on devices that were previously draft-n, as many were certified for the full standard.

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Posted 07/28/09 at 11:08:45 PM by Pulkit Chandna

The WiMax Forum has decided to approach the certification process of 2.3GHz WiMax with much more urgency. Since the 2.3GHz band has been reserved for WiMax in most parts of Asia and Africa, the rapidity being promised will only help WiMax’s cause in these necks of the woods.

According to the WiMax Forum, the number of WiMax networks that have been deployed in this spectrum around the world stands at 29.  The first batch of 2.3GHz WiMax products is expected to be certified by the WiMax Forum in last quarter of 2009.  The consortium foresees these products on the market in early part of 2010.

“Certification profiles for 2.3GHz also pave the way for WiMax Forum certified tri-band devices in 2010 which will increase the opportunities for true global roaming across networks in the 2.3, 2.5 and 3.5GHz spectrum bands which make up a global WiMax footprint today,” said the consortium’s acting president Mohammad Shakouri.

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