Question

Which of the following specifies a set of media access control (MAC) and physical layer specifications for implementing WLANs?

(a) IEEE 802.16

(b) IEEE 802.3

(c) IEEE 802.11

(d) IEEE 802.15

The question was posed to me in a national level competition.

This question is from Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) topic in portion Modern Wireless Communication Systems of Wireless/Mobile

Answer 1

Correct option is (c) IEEE 802.11

The best I can explain: IEEE 802.11 is a set of media access control and physical layer specification for implementing WLAN computer communication. It was founded in 1987 to begin standardization of spread spectrum WLANs for use in the ISM bands.