Difference between 802.16 and 802.11

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802.16	802.11
It is designed for long distance/wide area.	It is designed for limited area.
This standard defines WiMAX.	802.11 standard defines WLAN or WiFi.
It operates on frequencies of 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz.	It operates on frequencies of 2.5 GHz, 3.5 GHz, 5.8GHz.
It provides a coverage range of 7 km to 50 km.	It provides a coverage range of 30 m to 100m.
It provides a data rate of 100 Mbps in a 20 MHz channel.	It provides a data rate of 54 Mbps in 20 MHz channel.
In 802.16 bandwidths varies as per user requirement from 1.5 to 28 MHz.	In 802.11 bandwidth variants are 20 MHz, 40MHz, 80MHz and 160 MHz.
For encryption purpose it uses Data Encryption Standard with Advanced Encryption Standard.	For encryption purpose it uses Rivest Cipher 4
Number of customers connected is more.	Number of customers connected is less.

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