Original: Vic Hayes , who held the chair of IEEE 802.11 for 10 years and has been called the '' father of Wi-Fi '' was involved in designing the initial 802.11 b and 802.11 a standards within the IEEE .
Simplified: As of 2007 , the standards most widely used are IEEE 802.11 g , and IEEE 802.11 b/O. They are compatible with each other .