Does IEEE 802.11ac imply Wi-Fi Direct compatibility? Since IEEE 802.11ac is a new thing heavily marketed by Intel, I wonder if it supports Wi-Fi Direct? My question is about standards overlap: is Wi-Fi Direct a subset...--prophetes.ai

Does IEEE 802.11ac imply Wi-Fi Direct compatibility? Since IEEE 802.11ac is a new thing heavily marketed by Intel, I wonder if it supports Wi-Fi Direct? My question is about standards overlap: is Wi-Fi Direct a subset of IEEE 802.11ac?

The answer is no, the two are separate technologies. 802.11ac is the next generation of wifi, one step passed 802.11n. WiFi-Direct is just an on-demand autonegotiated ad-hoc wireless network. It could, in theory, be conducted over 802.11a, b, g, n, or ac.