802.11ae – the one that made management frames count
IEEE Std 802.11ae-2012, Amendment 1 to the 2012 revision, didn’t break any speed records or introduce radical features. but it did something way more subtle: it made sure that **critical control traffic didn’t get drowned out** in the sea of data. no named “Task Group ae” in the sources – just part of the quiet, continuous effort to make Wi-Fi more robust.
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802.11s – the one that made Wi-Fi meshable
IEEE Std 802.11s-2011, Amendment 18, was where Wi-Fi got social. built by **Task Group s**, it introduced **mesh networking** to the 802.11 world – turning individual stations into nodes in a flexible, self-organizing web of connectivity. dropped in 2011 and officially part of the standard since 802.11-2012, this was the start of **Mesh Basic Service Sets (MBSS)**.
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802.11u – the one that made hotspots less dumb
IEEE Std 802.11u-2011, Amendment 17, was a game-changer for **Wi-Fi roaming and interworking**. developed by **Task Group u** and released in 2011, it didn’t mess with PHY or speed – it tackled something more subtle but just as critical: **how your device chooses and talks to external networks** before even connecting.
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802.11v – the one that gave Wi-Fi a brain
IEEE Std 802.11v-2011, Amendment 16, was all about **wireless network management**. developed by **Task Group v** and finalized in 2011, it didn’t boost speed or range – it boosted **control**. 802.11v gave Wi-Fi networks the tools they needed to manage themselves (and their clients) a whole lot smarter.
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802.11z – the one that skipped the middleman
IEEE Std 802.11z-2010, aka Amendment 15, dropped with a pretty straightforward goal: let Wi-Fi devices talk to each other **directly**, without going through the access point. developed by **Task Group z**, this one expanded on the earlier Direct-Link Setup (DLS) idea – and gave us something more flexible: **Tunneled Direct-Link Setup**, or **TDLS**.
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