List of Wi-Fi Protocols

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For more information about standard-compliant (IEEE 802.11) Wi-Fi protocols, see IEEE 802.11 on Wikipedia.

Standard and non-standard (proprietary) Wi-Fi protocols and extensions:

NCR / AT&T / Lucent proprietary, 900MHz / 2.4GHz ISM
2.4GHz 1, 2Mbps only, DSSS / FHSS, aka IEEE 802.11-1997 or IEEE 802.11-1999
  • Whitecap - Cirrus Logic / ShareWave proprietary extension to 802.11, QOS oriented
  • 802.11a (1999) - 5GHz, 54Mbps, OFDM
  • 802.11b (1999) - 2.4GHz, 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps, DSSS, CCK
  • 802.11b+ - Texas Instruments proprietary extension to 802.11b. 22Mbps.
Also known as Packet Binary Convolutional Code (PBCC) technology, PBCC-22, b+ [1]
different MAC (dynamic TDMA similar to modern LTE standard)
Also marketed as: 108G Technology, 108Mbps 802.11g, and Xtreme G, Turbo G. A similar concept became part of 802.11n (HT 40MHz).
Also known as: 125HSM, Afterburner, 125Mbps 802.11g, SpeedBooster, Turbo G, G Plus, MAXg.
A similar concept became part of 802.11n (WME).
  • G++ Technology - Texas Instruments proprietary 802.11g extension, 125MBps, packet bursting etc.
Also marketed as: g+ SuperSpeed [3]
Frame bursting, etc. 140Mbps, also marketed as: DirectLink
  • True MIMO - Airgo Networks proprietary MIMO extension to 802.11g. A similar concept became part of 802.11n.
Also marketed as: SRX (Speed and Range eXpansion). Not compatible with pre-n / draft-n / final 802.11n standard.
  • WAPI - (2003-2011) Chinese Wi-Fi standard; officially, the implementation was mandatory for Wi-Fi products in China;
rarely used in practice; withdrawn in 2011 WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure on Wikipedia
  • WirelessHD aka UltraGig - (2008) Proprietary 60GHz standard by SiBeam (became Silicon Image, later Lattice)
  • pre-n - (2005-6) an even earlier version of draft-n...
  • draft-n - (2007) Compatible with the final IEEE 802.11n standard up to MIMO 2x2
  • 802.11n (Wi-Fi 4) - (2009) 72Mbps (20MHz), 150Mbps (HT 40MHz), 300Mbps (HT 40MHz MIMO), 450Mbps (MIMO 3x3)
  • 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) - (2013) 450/600Mbps (2.4GHz) & 1300/1750Mbps (5GHz), MIMO up to 4x4, 80MHz channel
  • 802.11ac Wave 2 - (2014) MU-MIMO, MIMO up to 8x8, 160MHz channel
  • 802.11ad aka WiGig - (2012) 6.75Gbps (60GHz) Wireless Gigabit Alliance on Wikipedia
  • 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) - (2019) MU-MIMO, 2.4/5 GHz, MIMO up to 8x8, 160MHz channel
  • 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6E) - (2020) MU-MIMO, 2.4/5/6 GHz, MIMO up to 8x8, 160MHz channel

Unless noted, proprietary protocols are not compatible with each other (for example TI G++ 125Mbps is not compatible with Broadcom 125Mbps HSM).

802.11 network standards

802.11 network standards
Frequency
range,
or type
PHY Protocol Release
date [4]
Frequency Bandwidth Stream
data rate [5]
Allowable
MIMO streams
Modulation Approximate
range
Indoor Outdoor
(GHz) (MHz) (Mbit/s)
1÷7 GHz DSSS, FHSS 802.11-1997 June 1997 2.4 22 1, 2 N/A DSSS, FHSS 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
[6]
? ?
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) [7]
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 [8] 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) [9]
40 Up to 600
VHT-OFDM [8] 802.11ac
(Wi-Fi 5)
December 2013 5 20 Up to 693 8 DL
MU-MIMO OFDM
(256-QAM)
35 m (115 ft) [10] ?
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 [11] 802.11ad December 2012 60 2160
(2.16 GHz)
Up to 8085 [12]
(8 Gbit/s)
N/A OFDM, single carrier,
low-power single carrier
3.3 m (11 ft) [13] ?
802.11aj April 2018 60 1080 [14] 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 [15]
(15 Gbit/s)
4 [16] OFDM, single carrier ? ?
EDMG [17] 802.11ay July 2021 60 Up to 8640 Up to 303336 [18]
(303 Gbit/s)
8 OFDM,
single carrier
10 m (33 ft) 100 m (328 ft)
Sub 1 GHz
(IoT)
TVHT [19] 802.11af February 2014 54–
790 MHz
6, 7, 8 Up to 568.9 [20] 4 MIMO-OFDM ? ?
S1G [19] 802.11ah May 2017 0.7, 0.8,
0.9
1–16 Up to 8.67 [21]
(@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 ? ?
IR
(IrDA)
802.11-1997 June 1997 850–900 nm ? 1, 2 N/A PPM ? ?
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

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