| IEEE 802.11 | THE WLAN STANDARD was original 1 Mbit/s and 2 Mbit/s、 2.4 GHz RF and IR standard (1997)、 all the others listed below are Amendments to this standard、 except for Recommended Practices 802.11F and 802.11T. |
| IEEE 802.11a | 54 Mbit/s、 5 GHz standard (1999、 shipping products in 2001) |
| IEEE 802.11b | Enhancements to 802.11 to support 5.5 and 11 Mbit/s (1999) |
| IEEE 802.11c | Bridge operation procedures; included in the IEEE 802.1D standard (2001) |
| IEEE 802.11d | International (country-to-country) roaming extensions (2001) |
| IEEE 802.11e | Enhancements: QoS、 including packet bursting (2005) |
| IEEE 802.11F | Inter-Access Point Protocol (2003) Withdrawn February 2006 |
| IEEE 802.11g | 54 Mbit/s、 2.4 GHz standard (backwards compatible with b) (2003) |
| IEEE 802.11h | Spectrum Managed 802.11a (5 GHz) for European compatibility (2004) |
| IEEE 802.11i | Enhanced security (2004) |
| IEEE 802.11j | Extensions for Japan (2004) |
| IEEE 802.11k | Radio resource measurement enhancements (proposed - 2007?) |
| IEEE 802.11l | (reserved and will not be used) |
| IEEE 802.11m | Maintenance of the standard; odds and ends. (ongoing) |
| IEEE 802.11n | Higher throughput improvements using MIMO? (multiple input、 multiple output antennas) (September 2008) |
| IEEE 802.11o | (reserved and will not be used) |
| IEEE 802.11p | WAVE - Wireless Access for the Vehicular Environment (such as ambulances and passenger cars) (working - 2009?) |
| IEEE 802.11q | (reserved and will not be used、 can be confused with 802.1Q VLAN trunking) |
| IEEE 802.11r | Fast roaming Working "Task Group r" - 2007? |
| IEEE 802.11s | ESS Extended Service Set Mesh Networking (working - 2008?) |
| IEEE 802.11T | Wireless Performance Prediction (WPP) - test methods and metrics Recommendation (working - 2008?) |
| IEEE 802.11u | Interworking with non-802 networks (for example、cellular) (proposal evaluation - ?) |
| IEEE 802.11v | Wireless network management (early proposal stages - ?) |
| IEEE 802.11w | Protected Management Frames (early proposal stages - 2008?) |
| IEEE 802.11x | (reserved and will not be used、 can be confused with 802.1x Network Access Control) |
| IEEE 802.11y | 3650-3700 Operation in the U.S. (early proposal stages - ?) |
