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A comment on FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicensed / Wi-Fi usage [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by sneak on Thursday April 02, 2020 @09:30AM (#22758713)
Then why is GP referring to 6E? Sounds like more alphabet soup, to me.
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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by freehunter on Thursday April 02, 2020 @11:27AM (#22760052)
That’s actually fairly standard naming in networking, like cat5 cables, cat5e is cat5 but after fixing a few bugs in the standard. Cat6 came out later and supersedes cat5 and cat5e.

Think of it like 6.1 instead of 6E. Minor revision to the existing standard.

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Re:FCC planning to open up 1200 MHz of spectrum for unlicens... by tradertef on Thursday April 02, 2020 @12:14PM (#22760581)
Partially true. 6E is specific to 6GHz and not a revision of Wi-Fi 6.
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