diff --git a/src/wave/helper/wifi-80211p-helper.cc b/src/wave/helper/wifi-80211p-helper.cc
index 5026aab9e..2fd561b76 100644
--- a/src/wave/helper/wifi-80211p-helper.cc
+++ b/src/wave/helper/wifi-80211p-helper.cc
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ Wifi80211pHelper::SetStandard (enum WifiStandard standard)
     }
 }
 
+// NS_DEPRECATED_3_32
+void
+Wifi80211pHelper::SetStandard (enum WifiPhyStandard standard)
+{
+  if ((standard == WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211a) || (standard == WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211_10MHZ))
+    {
+      WifiHelper::SetStandard (WIFI_STANDARD_80211p);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      NS_FATAL_ERROR ("802.11p only use 802.11 standard with 10MHz or 20MHz");
+    }
+}
 
 void
 Wifi80211pHelper::EnableLogComponents (void)
diff --git a/src/wave/helper/wifi-80211p-helper.h b/src/wave/helper/wifi-80211p-helper.h
index 6c1ec7df0..728b097e7 100644
--- a/src/wave/helper/wifi-80211p-helper.h
+++ b/src/wave/helper/wifi-80211p-helper.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #ifndef WIFI_802_11P_HELPER_H
 #define WIFI_802_11P_HELPER_H
 #include "ns3/wifi-helper.h"
+#include "ns3/deprecated.h"
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
@@ -59,6 +60,16 @@ public:
    */
   virtual void SetStandard (enum WifiStandard standard);
 
+  /**
+   * \param standard the phy standard to configure during installation
+   *
+   * Users can only configure 802.11p with 10MHz or 5 MHz channel bandwidth.
+   * The default 802.11p standard uses 10MHz.
+   * \deprecated This method will go away in a future release of ns-3.
+   */
+  NS_DEPRECATED_3_32
+  virtual void SetStandard (WifiPhyStandard standard);
+
   /**
    * \param phy the PHY helper to create PHY objects
    * \param macHelper the MAC helper to create MAC objects
diff --git a/src/wifi/helper/wifi-helper.cc b/src/wifi/helper/wifi-helper.cc
index 1c9de54bc..028c74d1d 100644
--- a/src/wifi/helper/wifi-helper.cc
+++ b/src/wifi/helper/wifi-helper.cc
@@ -749,6 +749,40 @@ WifiHelper::SetStandard (WifiStandard standard)
   m_standard = standard;
 }
 
+// NS_DEPRECATED_3_32
+void
+WifiHelper::SetStandard (WifiPhyStandard standard)
+{
+  switch (standard)
+    {
+    case WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211a:
+      m_standard = WIFI_STANDARD_80211a;
+      return;
+    case WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211b:
+      m_standard = WIFI_STANDARD_80211b;
+      return;
+    case WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211g:
+      m_standard = WIFI_STANDARD_80211g;
+      return;
+    case WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_holland:
+      m_standard = WIFI_STANDARD_holland;
+      return;
+    // remove the next value from WifiPhyStandard when deprecation ends
+    case WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211n_2_4GHZ:
+      m_standard = WIFI_STANDARD_80211n_2_4GHZ;
+      return;
+    // remove the next value from WifiPhyStandard when deprecation ends
+    case WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211n_5GHZ:
+      m_standard = WIFI_STANDARD_80211n_5GHZ;
+      return;
+    case WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211ac:
+      m_standard = WIFI_STANDARD_80211ac;
+      return;
+    default:
+      NS_FATAL_ERROR ("Unsupported value of WifiPhyStandard");
+    }
+}
+
 void
 WifiHelper::SetSelectQueueCallback (SelectQueueCallback f)
 {
diff --git a/src/wifi/helper/wifi-helper.h b/src/wifi/helper/wifi-helper.h
index 5f6624719..a5d6568bc 100644
--- a/src/wifi/helper/wifi-helper.h
+++ b/src/wifi/helper/wifi-helper.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "ns3/trace-helper.h"
 #include "ns3/wifi-phy.h"
 #include "ns3/qos-utils.h"
+#include "ns3/deprecated.h"
 #include "wifi-mac-helper.h"
 #include <functional>
 
@@ -498,6 +499,33 @@ public:
    */
   virtual void SetStandard (WifiStandard standard);
 
+  /**
+   * \param standard the PHY standard to configure during installation
+   *
+   * This method sets standards-compliant defaults for WifiMac
+   * parameters such as SIFS time, slot time, timeout values, etc.,
+   * based on the standard selected.  It results in
+   * WifiMac::ConfigureStandard(standard) being called on each
+   * installed MAC object.
+   *
+   * The default standard of 802.11a will be applied if SetStandard()
+   * is not called.
+   *
+   * Note that WifiMac::ConfigureStandard () will overwrite certain
+   * defaults in the attribute system, so if a user wants to manipulate
+   * any default values affected by ConfigureStandard() while using this
+   * helper, the user should use a post-install configuration such as
+   * Config::Set() on any objects that this helper creates, such as:
+   * \code
+   * Config::Set ("/NodeList/0/DeviceList/0/$ns3::WifiNetDevice/Mac/Slot", TimeValue (MicroSeconds (slot)));
+   * \endcode
+   * \deprecated This method will go away in future release of ns-3.
+   *
+   * \sa Config::Set
+   */
+  NS_DEPRECATED_3_32
+  virtual void SetStandard (WifiPhyStandard standard);
+
   /**
    * Helper to enable all WifiNetDevice log components with one statement
    */
diff --git a/src/wifi/model/wifi-standards.h b/src/wifi/model/wifi-standards.h
index ab9d8eeb4..d82b8396b 100644
--- a/src/wifi/model/wifi-standards.h
+++ b/src/wifi/model/wifi-standards.h
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ enum WifiPhyStandard
   WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211b,
   /** ERP-OFDM PHY (Clause 19, Section 19.5) */
   WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211g,
+  /** OFDM PHY for the 5 GHz band (Clause 17 with 10 MHz channel bandwidth) */
+  /** this value is NS_DEPRECATED_3_32 */
+  WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211_10MHZ,
+  /** OFDM PHY for the 5 GHz band (Clause 17 with 5 MHz channel bandwidth) */
+  /** this value is NS_DEPRECATED_3_32 */
+  WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211_5MHZ,
   /** OFDM PHY (Clause 17 - amendment for 10 MHz and 5 MHz channels) */
   WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211p,
   /** This is intended to be the configuration used in this paper:
@@ -46,6 +52,12 @@ enum WifiPhyStandard
    *  ACM MOBICOM, 2001.
    */
   WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_holland,
+  /** HT PHY for the 2.4 GHz band (clause 20) */
+  /** this value is NS_DEPRECATED_3_32 */
+  WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211n_2_4GHZ,
+  /** HT PHY for the 5 GHz band (clause 20) */
+  /** this value is NS_DEPRECATED_3_32 */
+  WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211n_5GHZ,
   /** HT PHY  (clause 20) */
   WIFI_PHY_STANDARD_80211n,
   /** VHT PHY (clause 22) */