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What is IEEE 802.11a?

IEEE 802.11a is an extension of 802.11 using Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) in 5Ghz band. It supports multiple data rates up to 54Mbps.

The text of specification can be found here.

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last modified: 2004-05-10 20:00:56

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