08-14
2024
In today's digital age, Wi-Fi has become an indispensable part of our lives, but the evolution of this wireless communication technology has been a fascinating and rich journey. From its humble beginnings with the first steps taken, to the high-speed data transmission of Wi-Fi 7 today, each birth of a Wi-Fi standard has been accompanied by numerous innovations and technological breakthroughs. 802.11: The earliest Wi-Fi standard, released in 1997, supporting a maximum transmission rate of 2Mbps. This standard operated in the 2.4 GHz frequency band and employed Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) and Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation techniques. 802.11a: Released in 1999, it introduced the 5 GHz frequency band for the first time, offering higher transmission rates of up to 54 Mbps. Using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) tech...