Which of the following standards is used in wireless local area networks (WLANs)?

The correct answer is C. IEEE 802.11b. IEEE 802.11b is a WLAN (Wi-Fi) standard operating in the 2.4 GHz band with a maximum data rate of 11 Mbps - it is part of the 802.11 family that defines all Wi-Fi specifications. The other standards cover different LAN technologies: IEEE 802.3 defines wired Ethernet, IEEE 802.4…

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AIEEE 802.4
BIEEE 802.3
CIEEE 802.11b
DIEEE 802.5

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IEEE 802.11b is a WLAN (Wi-Fi) standard operating in the 2.4 GHz band with a maximum data rate of 11 Mbps - it is part of the 802.11 family that defines all Wi-Fi specifications. The other standards cover different LAN technologies: IEEE 802.3 defines wired Ethernet, IEEE 802.4 defines Token Bus networks, and IEEE 802.5 defines Token Ring networks. None of these three use wireless transmission; only the 802.11 family applies to WLANs.

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