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      802.11

      A standard maintained by IEEE for implementing and communicating with WLANs

      A standard maintained by the IEEE for implementing and communicating with wireless local area networks (WLANs). Regularly amended, the standard continues to evolve to meet new demands. Several Physical Layer (PHY) methods are specified and the Medium Access Control (MAC) sublayer is also specified.