Überblick über alle IEEE Standards der 802.11 Task Group

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|              |  |                           Recommended Practice - Above the MAC Layer                              |
|              |  |                                  +-----------------------------+                                  |
|              |->|                                  |            802.11f          |                                  |
|              |  |                                  | Inter Access Point Protocol |                                  |
|              |  |                                  +-----------------------------+                                  |
|              |  +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|              |  +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|              |  |                      MAC Layer Enhancements - Applies to all 802.11 PHYs                          |
|    802.11    |  |  +-----------------------------+ +-----------------------------+ +-----------------------------+  |
|              |->|  |            802.11d          | |            802.11e          | |            802.11i          |  |
|(Wireless LAN |  |  |      Regulatory Domains     | |       QoS Enhancements      | |     Security Enhancements   |  |
|Medium Access |  |  +-----------------------------+ +-----------------------------+ +-----------------------------+  |
|Control (MAC) |  +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| and Physical |  +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Layer (PHY)  |  |                                            2,4 GHz PHYs                                           |
|specifications|  |                 +-----------------------------+  +-----------------------------+                  |
|1997, 1999)   |  |                 |            802.11b          |  |            802.11g          |                  |
|              |->|                 | Higher-Speed Physical Layer |->| Even Higher-Speed Physical  |                  |
|              |  |                 |          Extension          |  |       Layer Extension       |                  |
|              |  |                 +-----------------------------+  +-----------------------------+                  |
|              |  +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|              |  +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|              |  |                                             5 GHz PHYs                                            |
|              |  | +-----------------------------+  +-----------------------------+  +-----------------------------+ |
|              |  | |            802.11a          |  |            802.11h          |  |            802.11j          | |
|              |->| |  High-Speed Physical Layer  |->|  Spectrum Managed 802.11a   |->|      802.11a / HiperLAN     | |
|              |  | |     in the 5 GHz Band       |  |           DFS / TPC         |  |         Interworking        | |
|              |  | +-----------------------------+  +-----------------------------+  +-----------------------------+ |
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-- Stephan Pietzko - 23. Feb 2002 - wiki (at) s2p.de

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