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'''Xpress technology''' is [[Broadcom]]'s standards-based [[frame-bursting]] approach to improve [[IEEE 802.11|802.11]] [[wireless LAN]] performance.  It is a [[software]]-based implementation of the frame-bursting originally in the [[IEEE 802.11e]] draft specification, and is found in the [[Wireless Multimedia Extensions]] (WME) specification. It is not only designed to improve network efficiency but also boost throughput speeds of 802.11g and is particularly successful in mixed environments with 802.11a/b/g networks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.speedguide.net/faq/what-is-xpress-technology-159|title=What is Xpress Technology ?|website=SpeedGuide|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref> It is one of the early enhancement technologies designed for 802.11 but it was preceded by [[Intersil]]'s Prism Nitro and [[Qualcomm Atheros|Atheros]]' Super G.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=heoDAAAAMBAJ&dq=xpress+technology+broadcom&pg=PT51|title=HWM|last=Magazines|first=S. P. H.|date=2004|publisher=SPH Magazines|language=en}}</ref> Nitro was able to improve speed 3 times while Xpress posted 6 times improvement in mixed mode condition.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Elison|first=Craig|date=2003|title=Unwire your Office|journal=PC Magazine|volume=22|pages=84}}</ref>

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224129/http://www.54g.org/pdf/WP2-Xpress-030617.pdf Archive: Xpress technology white paper]
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