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Frequency range, or type |
PHY | Protocol | Release date [1] |
Frequency | Bandwidth | Stream data rate [2] |
Allowable MIMO streams |
Modulation | Approximate range | |
Indoor | Outdoor | |||||||||
(GHz) | (MHz) | (Mbit/s) | ||||||||
1÷7 GHz | DSSS, |
802.11-1997 | June 1997 | 2.4 | 22 | 1, 2 | N/A | DSSS, |
20 m (66 ft) | 100 m (330 ft) |
HR/DSSS | 802.11b | September 1999 | 2.4 | 22 | 1, 2, 5.5, 11 | N/A | CCK, DSSS | 35 m (115 ft) | 140 m (460 ft) | |
OFDM | 802.11a | September 1999 | 5 | 5, 10, 20 | 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 (for 20 MHz bandwidth, divide by 2 and 4 for 10 and 5 MHz) |
N/A | OFDM | 35 m (115 ft) | 120 m (390 ft) | |
802.11h | November 2003 | 4.9, 5.0 | ? | ? | ||||||
802.11j | November 2004 | 4.9, 5.0 [3] |
? | ? | ||||||
802.11y | November 2008 | 3.7 | ? | 5,000 m (16,000 ft) | ||||||
802.11p | July 2010 | 5.9 | 200 m | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) [4] | ||||||
802.11bd | December 2022 | 5.9, 60 | 500 m | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) | ||||||
ERP-OFDM | 802.11g | June 2003 | 2.4 | 38 m (125 ft) | 140 m (460 ft) | |||||
HT-OFDM [5] | 802.11n (Wi-Fi 4) |
October 2009 | 2.4, 5 | 20 | Up to 288.8 | 4 | MIMO-OFDM (64-QAM) |
70 m (230 ft) | 250 m (820 ft) [6] | |
40 | Up to 600 | |||||||||
VHT-OFDM [5] | 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) |
December 2013 | 5 | 20 | Up to 693 | 8 | DL MU-MIMO OFDM (256-QAM) |
35 m (115 ft) [7] | ? | |
40 | Up to 1600 | |||||||||
80 | Up to 3467 | |||||||||
160 | Up to 6933 | |||||||||
HE-OFDMA | 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E) |
May 2021 | 2.4, 5, 6 | 20 | Up to 1147 | 8 | UL/DL MU-MIMO OFDMA (1024-QAM) |
30 m (98 ft) | 120 m (390 ft) | |
40 | Up to 2294 | |||||||||
80 | Up to 4804 | |||||||||
80+80 | Up to 9608 | |||||||||
EHT-OFDMA | 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) |
Dec 2024 (est.) |
2.4, 5, 6 | 80 | Up to 11.5 Gbit/s | 16 | UL/DL MU-MIMO OFDMA (4096-QAM) |
30 m (98 ft) | 120 m (390 ft) | |
160 (80+80) |
Up to 23 Gbit/s | |||||||||
240 (160+80) |
Up to 35 Gbit/s | |||||||||
320 (160+160) |
Up to 46.1 Gbit/s | |||||||||
WUR | 802.11ba | October 2021 | 2.4, 5 | 4, 20 | 0.0625, 0.25 (62.5 kbit/s, 250 kbit/s) |
N/A | OOK (multi-carrier OOK) | ? | ? | |
mmWave (WiGig) |
DMG [8] | 802.11ad | December 2012 | 60 | 2160 (2.16 GHz) |
Up to 8085 [9] (8 Gbit/s) |
N/A | low-power single carrier |
3.3 m (11 ft) [10] | ? |
802.11aj | April 2018 | 60 | 1080 [11] | Up to 3754 (3.75 Gbit/s) |
N/A | single carrier, low-power single carrier |
? | ? | ||
CMMG | 802.11aj | April 2018 | 45 | 540, 1080 |
Up to 15015 [12] (15 Gbit/s) |
4 [13] | OFDM, single carrier | ? | ? | |
EDMG [14] | 802.11ay | July 2021 | 60 | Up to 8640 | Up to 303336 [15] (303 Gbit/s) |
8 | OFDM, single carrier |
10 m (33 ft) | 100 m (328 ft) | |
Sub 1 GHz (IoT) |
TVHT [16] | 802.11af | February 2014 | 54– 790 MHz |
6, 7, 8 | Up to 568.9 [17] | 4 | MIMO-OFDM | ? | ? |
S1G [16] | 802.11ah | May 2017 | 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 |
1–16 | Up to 8.67 [18] (@2 MHz) |
4 | ? | ? | ||
Light (Li-Fi) |
LC (VLC/OWC) |
802.11bb | December 2023 (est.) |
800–1000 nm | 20 | Up to 9.6 Gbit/s | N/A | O-OFDM | ? | ? |
(IrDA) |
802.11-1997 | June 1997 | 850–900 nm | ? | 1, 2 | N/A | ? | ? | ||
802.11 Standard rollups | ||||||||||
802.11-2007 (802.11ma) |
March 2007 | 2.4, 5 | Up to 54 | DSSS, OFDM | ||||||
802.11-2012 (802.11mb) |
March 2012 | 2.4, 5 | Up to 150 | DSSS, OFDM | ||||||
802.11-2016 (802.11mc) |
December 2016 | 2.4, 5, 60 | Up to 866.7 or 6757 |
DSSS, OFDM | ||||||
802.11-2020 (802.11md) |
December 2020 | 2.4, 5, 60 | Up to 866.7 or 6757 |
DSSS, OFDM | ||||||
802.11me | September 2024 (est.) |
2.4, 5, 6, 60 | Up to 9608 or 303336 |
DSSS, OFDM |

References
- ↑ "Official IEEE 802.11 working group project timelines". January 26, 2017.
- ↑ "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n: Longer-Range, Faster-Throughput, Multimedia-Grade Wi-Fi Networks" (PDF). Wi-Fi Alliance. September 2009.
- ↑ "The complete family of wireless LAN standards: 802.11 a, b, g, j, n" (PDF).
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Wi-Fi Capacity Analysis for 802.11ac and 802.11n: Theory & Practice" (PDF).
- ↑ "802.11n Delivers Better Range". Wi-Fi Planet. 2007-05-31. Archived from the original on 2008-11-24.
- ↑ "IEEE 802.11ac: What Does it Mean for Test?" (PDF). LitePoint. October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-16.
- ↑ "IEEE Standard for Information Technology". April 2018.
- ↑ "802.11ad - WLAN at 60 GHz: A Technology Introduction" (PDF). Rohde & Schwarz GmbH. November 21, 2013. p. 14.
- ↑ "Connect802 - 802.11ac Discussion". www.connect802.com.
- ↑ "Understanding IEEE 802.11ad Physical Layer and Measurement Challenges" (PDF).
- ↑ "802.11aj Press Release".
- ↑ "An Overview of China Millimeter-Wave Multiple Gigabit Wireless Local Area Network System". IEICE Transactions on Communications. 2018. pp. 262–276.
- ↑ "IEEE 802.11ay: 1st real standard for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) via mmWave – Technology Blog". techblog.comsoc.org.
- ↑ "P802.11 Wireless LANs". IEEE. pp. 2, 3. Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved Dec 6, 2017.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "802.11 Alternate PHYs A whitepaper by Ayman Mukaddam" (PDF).
- ↑ "TGaf PHY proposal". IEEE P802.11. 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ↑ "IEEE 802.11ah: A Long Range 802.11 WLAN at Sub 1 GHz" (PDF). Journal of ICT Standardization. July 2013. pp. 83–108.
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