Industrial Communication Guide

ETHERNET IN INDUSTRIAL USE

Ethernet Wireless Standards The IEEE Working Group 802 that is responsible for the Ethernet standard also approved the wireless LAN standard (IEEE 802.11) at almost the same time as the 100BASE-T standard (part of IEEE 802.3).

A number of new wireless LAN standards have since come into being as a result of technological advancements. The table shows a selec- tion of the most important standards.

Standard

Frequenzy channel

Channel Bundling

Maximal Range

Maximal Transmission Speed

802.11a 802.11g 802.11n

5 Ghz

1 channel (20 Mhz) 1 channel (20 Mhz) 2 channels (40 Mhz) 8 channels (160 Mhz) „108 channels“ (2160 Mhz)

120 m (outdoors) 140 m (outdoors) 250 m (outdoors)

54 Mbit/s 54 Mbit/s 600 Mbit/s

2.4 Ghz

2.4 Ghz/5 Ghz

802.11ac 802.11ad

5 Ghz

35 m (in a building) 3,3 m (in a building)

3,466 Mbit/s 6,757 Mbit/s

60 Ghz

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