[MLB-WIRELESS] The Age Technology article

[Drew]

It's not going to be much of a battle once .11g comes out...

http://80211b.weblogger.com/2002/11/14

"News.com notes futility of TI's 802.11b+ flavor:

This analysis connects the dots between the non-IEEE 22 Mbps flavor of 
2.4 GHz networking TI included in its ACX100 chipset and the coming rise 
of 802.11g. While TI has pledged support for this non-standard mode 
(which uses its PBCC modulation to reach 22 Mbps) in new chipsets, 
there's not much future for it as a separate technology. As I've noted 
on several occasions in this blog, I believe it was unclear to 
purchasers who new about 802.11g that the ACX100 chipset couldn't be 
firmware upgradable to support it. This lack of clarity has little to do 
with TI marketing or claims, but rather the long, long timetable to 
reach 802.11g ratification."

-Drew

Dave Keller wrote:

>Similar to the 56k modem standards, their was the same battle between two
>different methods to get the higher speed connections. While the IEEE were
>off having their little infighting trying to decide which standard to use..
>Texas Instruments had their standard, based on PBCC, which is sometimes
>called 802.11b+ which is sort of backward compatible with 802.11b. If they
>cant talk at "802.11b+" they just start talking 802.11b.
>



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