Cisco Aironet 1600 Deployment Manual page 41

Cisco aironet 1600/2600/3600 series access point

Hide thumbs Also See for Aironet 1600:

Table of Contents

Figure 51

AP 3500i/e — 2x3:2 System (Two Transmitters, Three Receivers, Supporting Two

Spatial Streams)

Spatial streams, the act of transmitting information out of more than one antenna port concurrently,

requires that the AP have at least two or more transmitters and support elements of 802.11n (for example,

support of multiple spatial streams).

With 802.11a/b/g, data rates were actual Mbps rates like 2, 11, and 54 Mbps and were done with one

transmitter. The AP 3500 has two transmitters per band, so it supports 802.11n data rates up to 300 Mbps

using two spatial streams.

With 802.11n, the different rates are called the Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) index value, and

the value defines how many streams are used. The AP 3500 supported up to 300 Mbps (MCS rate 15)

configured with a bonded channel and short guard interval (GI). (See

correspond to actual data rates.

2x3:2 means two transmitters, three receivers supporting two spatial streams

Note

Cisco Aironet 1600/2600/3600 Series Access Point Deployment Guide

802.11n, Spatial Streams, and Beamforming

Figure

52.) The MCS values

Table of Contents

Aironet 2600 Aironet 3600