DocumentCode
1495664
Title
Breaking the Gigabit-per-second barrier with 802.11AC
Author
van Nee, Richard
Volume
18
Issue
2
fYear
2011
fDate
4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
4
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Summary form only given. The 802.11ac standard will push wireless LAN throughputs over the gigabit-per-second barrier in the coming years. Rather than only improving single link throughput by using more bandwidth and 256 QAM, 802.11ac also improves network throughput by adding MU MIMO capability. MU-MIMO makes it possible to achieve large throughputs cost effectively by having relatively simple client devices with just one or two antennas that can be simultaneously transmitted to by an access point that may have up to eight antennas.
Keywords
IEEE standards; MIMO communication; antennas; open systems; quadrature amplitude modulation; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11ac standard; MU MIMO capability; QAM; access point; antenna; gigabit-per-second barrier; network throughput; simple client device; single link throughput; wireless LAN; Bandwidth; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Throughput; Wireless LAN;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Wireless Communications, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1284
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MWC.2011.5751287
Filename
5751287
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