Some recent IEEE standards for wireless data communications [Series editorial]

Wireless communication would not be possible without the radio spectrum as a transport medium. Like air, water or oil, this natural resource needs careful management, including frequency licensing, release and reallocation. The following articles provide a glance at the work many IEEE standards committees have undertaken to satisfy demands for reliable and high-throughput wireless data communication by taking advantage of recent regulatory changes, mostly in the unlicensed part of the spectrum.