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I haven’t seen a table like this one before. It shows all the 802.11 working groups, their designated letter, and what they are workingon.

    <p><font size="2"><b>Table 1: Current 802.11 Working Groups at the IEEE</b></font>
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    <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1">

802.11 Specification letter suffix What it does e

<td valign="top" align="left"><font size="2">Adds quality of service features, multimedia support</font></td>

f Defining how access points interact

<td valign="top" align="left"><font size="2">g</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="left"><font size="2">Ups data transfer rates on 2.4GHz band to 54 Mbit/s</font></td>

h Adding dynamic frequency selection to 802.11a to comply with European regulations i Security upgrade j A version of 802.11a for Japan that will run on the authorized 4.9GHz-5GHz frequencies

k Defines radio and network information to allow the better management of wireless LANs, will also enable new applications like location-based services l

<td valign="top" align="left"><font size="2">Not being used, because it looks confusing</font></td>

m Maintenance, this working group will go back and correct any errors in previous ammendents to the specification

<td valign="top" align="left"><font size="2">n</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="left"><font size="2">Not official yet but likely to be the designation of a high-throughput variant of the standard.</font></td>

o Not being used, because it looks confusing

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