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802.11n

• Download IEEE 802.11n-2009: http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.11n-2009.pdf

• 802.11n support in net80211: WiFi/80211n

  • 802.11n TX aggregation support: AdrianChadd/AtherosTxAgg

  • 802.11n device bring-up: WiFi/BringUp

• Gast, Matthew S.. (2012). 802.11n: A Survival Guide: Wi-Fi Above 100 Mbps. O'Reilly Media: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920021988.do

See also

• Major 802.11n update (report 04-06 2007): ftp://ftp.uwc.ac.za/FOSS/freebsdcvs/root/doc/www/data/news/status/report-2007-04-2007-06.html#Wireless-Networking

Features

The information below might not be accurate or valid.

• data rate is optionally increased by bonding two 20 MHz channels (40 MHz operation)

802.11ac

• Todo list for 802.11ac support in FreeBSD: WiFi/80211ac

• Gast, Matthew S.. (2012). 802.11ac: A Survival Guide: Wi-Fi at Gigabit and Beyond. O'Reilly Media: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920027768.do

  • Online version of the book: http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001739/index.html

• Download IEEE 802.11ac-2013: http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.11ac-2013.pdf

Important features of 802.11n and 802.11ac

The information below might not be accurate or valid.

• MIMO
• Spatial Streams
• Transmit Beamforming
• Frame aggregation:
  • Aggregated Mac Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU)
  • Aggregated Mac Service Data Unit (A-MSDU)

See also

• Information-packed articles about 802.11n and 802.11ac (esp. those under the Advanced Topics section): http://www.tamos.com/htmlhelp/commwifi/aboutcvwifi.htm

  • Monitoring 802.11n and 802.11ac Networks: http://www.tamos.com/htmlhelp/commwifi/monitoring_802_11n_networks.htm

  • Capturing A-MPDU and A-MSDU Packets: http://www.tamos.com/htmlhelp/commwifi/capturing_a-mpdu_and_a-msdu_pa.htm

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