802.11n could have been ratified ~2 years earlier, but was blocked by Texas Instruments with their ridiculous spread-spectrum but-not-really standard. It's a go

802.11n could have been ratified ~2 years earlier, but was blocked by Texas Instruments with their ridiculous spread-spectrum but-not-really standard. It's a good thing they lost, pity it took 2 years. OFDM won, as demonstrated by the following standards n,ac,ax (and 4G/5G cellular standards).