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802.11b-1999 - IEEE Standard for Information Technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems - Local and Metropolitan networks - Specific requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications: Higher Speed Physical Layer (PHY) Extension in the 2.4 GHz band
Description: Changes and additions to IEEE Std 802.11, 1999 Edition are provided to support the higher rate physical layer (PHY) for operation in the 2.4 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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