The Ministry of Communications finally allowed 802.11ac and 802.11ad

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    On May 25, the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation approved the rules for the use of radio access equipment for wireless data transmission in the frequency range from 30 MHz to 66 GHz. The rules will allow the use of communication equipment of modern standards IEEE 802.11ac and IEEE 802.11ad in the territory of the Russian Federation publicly and for commercial purposes.

    Mobile operators of the "Big Three" were ready to use such equipment at the beginning of the year. The ministry began work on the adoption of standards in February . The standards themselves appeared a long time ago - for example, the first draft version of IEEE 802.11acappeared in 2011. In 2013, when the standard was completed at 95%, some manufacturers (Quantenna, Broadcom, Buffalo, D-Link, Cisco) have already introduced chips that support the standard, and devices that support its draft version have been released.

    Finally, the 802.11ac standard was adopted in January 2014. Debuted on the 2013 Mac computers and Apple routers. The first mobile device to support this standard is the Motorola Moto X.

    The standard allows you to significantly expand network bandwidth, from 433 Mbit / s to 6.77 Gbit / s with 8x MU-MIMO antennas. This is the most significant innovation regarding IEEE 802.11n. In addition, it is expected to reduce energy consumption, which, in turn, will extend the battery life of mobile devices.

    The 802.11ad standard is a new standard for wireless communication at a frequency of 60 GHz, which will be used to connect devices that are in direct line of sight at relatively short distances of up to 10 m. The data transfer rate is up to 7 Gb / s. In the future, it is intended to replace the wired connections of computer devices - in particular, it will be possible to use it with printers, portable drives, monitors and other peripherals.

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