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IEEE 802.11

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

A family of specifications developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for wireless local area network (WLAN) technology. 802.11 specifies an over-the-air interface between a wireless client and a base station or between two wireless clients.

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

plural
IEEE 802.11s
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IEEE 802.11'S
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IEEE 802.11s'