Wireless innovation or intimidation?

摘要

The ingenuity of wireless LAN vendors has paid off. Once relegated to niche industrial applications, WLANs have gained a foothold in corporate offices and taken the consumer market by storm. With huge markets for Wi-Fi in voice and home entertainment applications looming, the biggest growth still could lie ahead. Apparently, that makes some vendors nervous. In a recent press release, the Wi-Fi Alliance issued a warning: Products that jump the gun on the future IEEE 802.11n standard will not be Wi-Fi-certified. Furthermore, any product incorporating so-called "pre-n" enhancements could be decertified "if that product is proven to adversely impact the interoperability of other Wi-Fi-certified products."