What benefits will 802.11n bring to healthcare WLAN deployments?

The QoS functions in 802.11n are substantially improved from those in the original 802.11e standard, and also take into account the needs of VoIP handsets. In addition there are a number of efficiency improvements in the the protocol that should allow more of the available PHY data rate to be utlilized than in the legacy 802.11a/g devices, which is a benefit for enterprises that require higher infrastructure capacity. Finally the transmit beamforming option permits lower interference levels (and improves rejection of existing interference), which will be a benefit to enterprises that have dense AP deployments and have to cope with adjacent WLANS belonging to other entities.