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Wow. I once wondered about building a wifi card with an SDR but quickly got discouraged when figuring out how much IEEE charges for the specifications.
by non-entity 6y ago
Wow. I once wondered about building a wifi card with an SDR but quickly got discouraged when figuring out how much IEEE charges for the specifications.
- pantalaimon 6y agoAll the specifications are on Sci-Hub.
- stagger87 6y agoDon't buy the spec unless you have a business reason to. 802.11 specs are available to most members of IEEE. Whether it be your personal membership or through your school, work, a friend. A membership is like 200 a year.
- monadic2 6y agoWhat is the point of the IEEE if the results are not public domain? Seems like burning cash to no common benefit.
- sohkamyung 6y agoMost of the IEEE 802 specs (including the base IEEE802.11 WiFi spec) are free [1]. But you do need to at least register to get access to them. >New IEEE 802® standards are included in the program after they have been published in PDF for six months. All standards available in the IEEE GET 802™ program will remain in the program until they are replaced by a superseding document or are withdrawn. Drafts are not part of the program. > >To download these standards, you must sign in with an IEEE Account. If you do not already have an IEEE Account [1] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/page/series?id=68 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/pag...
- non-entity 6y agoI read about this program on several sites including the Linux wireless project page and the osdev wiki and the links seemed broken everywhere. Not sure why I didn't find this before.
- sohkamyung 6y agoI believe the Get IEEE project has shifted its web location over the years, which probably explains those broken links. I did a search for "Get IEEE" which gave me the updated one.
- xxpor 6y agoAnd once you do get it downloaded, the latest 802.11 spec is over 3000 pages long :D