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802.11n (Wireless-N)

802.11n, also referred to as Wireless-N or draft-N, is the newest and theoretically fastest standard for wireless local area network connections between computers and other consumer electronics devices. Although Wireless N is still a draft standard and has not been finalized by the IEEE standards committee that arbitrates the 802.11 wireless standard, devices implementing the draft standard of 802.11n are already on the market. Wireless N is billed as the solution to handling the increasing demands within the home or local network for bandwidth-hungry applications such as high definition video streaming.

Because the standard isn't completely finalized, the final throughput speeds for Wireless N aren't truly yet known. Various claims have been made suggesting the theoretical throughput of Wireless N may be up to 5 times faster as well as up to twice the range of 802.11g or Wireless-G. The Wireless N standard makes use of a technology called MIMO, or multiple-input and multiple-output, that uses multiple antennae at both the sending and receiving ends to theoretically improve communication speed and performance.

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