A study group was formed last week to look at the possibility of creating a standard for wireless mesh networking: Intel and Cisco were some of the first proponents of a mesh standard. FireTide, BelAir, Tropos, Strix, and MeshNetworking are a few companies already delivering mesh products.
The formation of a study group is just the first step in determining whether a standard is even necessary, so the formation of an actual task group that hammers out a standard is still in the distance.