Calling 802.11E

VoIP and multimedia applications could be in for a boost. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has just announced a new standard: 802.11e. This should give priority to video, audio and Voice-over-Wi-Fi networks.

Ben Guderian, director of marketing at SpectraLink, welcomes the new specification but believes that the Wi-Fi Alliance has take on 802.11e : “The Alliance has shown the way vendors and markets get together, how we want to really implement things - rather than the IEEE take.” he say. Much will depend on how the Wi-Fi Alliance implements the new specification.