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802.11a-1999 - IEEE Standard for Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems - LAN/MAN Specific Requirements - Part 11: Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications: High Speed Physical Layer in the 5 GHz band
Description: Changes and additions to IEEE Std. 802.11-1999 are provided to support the new high-rate physical layer (PHY) for operation in the 5 GHz band.
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Working Group: WG802.11 - Wireless LAN Working Group
Oversight Committee: C/LM - LAN/MAN Standards Committee 
Sponsor: IEEE Computer Society
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