802.11n officially ratified

The IEEE 802 standards organization has officially ratified 802.11n. The high speed 802.11n Wi-Fi standard has been in draft status for nearly two years as engineers worked out their differences. As an official standard, 802.11n certified devices should work together, even from different vendors. Officials plan to publish the final standard in mid-October.IEEE standardization will ensure interoperability and high speed. It will theoretically connect at 300Mbps, about six times the theoretical 54 Mbps peak speed of the previous 208.11g/a standards. Typical thoughput of “N” is expected to be around 144 Mbit/s.