IEEE 802.11ac-2013
Gen.[1] | Vi- sual |
IEEE standard |
Adopt. | Link rate (Mbit/s) |
RF (GHz) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wi-Fi | — | 802.11 | 1997 | 1–2 | 2.4 |
Wi-Fi 1 | — | 802.11b | 1999 | 1–11 | 2.4 |
Wi-Fi 2 | — | 802.11a | 1999 | 6–54 | 5 |
Wi-Fi 3 | — | 802.11g | 2003 | 2.4 | |
Wi-Fi 4 | ![]() |
802.11n | 2009 | 6.5–600 | 2.4, 5 |
Wi-Fi 5 | ![]() |
802.11ac | 2013 | 6.5–6933 | [a] | 5
Wi-Fi 6 | ![]() |
802.11ax | 2021 | 0.4–9608 | 2.4, 5 |
Wi-Fi 6E[b] | 6 | ||||
Wi-Fi 7 | ![]() |
802.11be | 2024[c] | 0.4–23,059 | 2.4, 5, 6 |
Wi-Fi 8[2][3] | — | 802.11bn | 100,000 | 2.4, 5, 6 |
IEEE 802.11ac-2013 or 802.11ac is a wireless networking standard in the IEEE 802.11 set of protocols (which is part of the Wi-Fi networking family), providing high-throughput wireless local area networks (WLANs) on the 5 GHz band.[d] The standard has been retroactively labelled as Wi-Fi 5 by Wi-Fi Alliance.[4][5]
The specification has multi-station throughput of at least 1.1 gigabit per second (1.1 Gbit/s) and single-link throughput of at least 500 megabits per second (0.5 Gbit/s).[6] This is accomplished by extending the air-interface concepts embraced by 802.11n: wider RF bandwidth (up to 160 MHz), more MIMO spatial streams (up to eight), downlink multi-user MIMO (up to four clients), and high-density modulation (up to 256-QAM).[7][8]
The Wi-Fi Alliance separated the introduction of 802.11ac wireless products into two phases ("waves"), named "Wave 1" and "Wave 2".[9][10] From mid-2013, the alliance started certifying Wave 1 802.11ac products shipped by manufacturers, based on the IEEE 802.11ac Draft 3.0 (the IEEE standard was not finalized until later that year).[11] Subsequently in 2016, Wi-Fi Alliance introduced the Wave 2 certification, which includes additional features like MU-MIMO (downlink only), 160 MHz channel width support, support for more 5 GHz channels, and four spatial streams (with four antennas; compared to three in Wave 1 and 802.11n, and eight in IEEE's 802.11ax specification).[12] It meant Wave 2 products would have higher bandwidth and capacity than Wave 1 products.[13]
New technologies
[edit]New technologies introduced with 802.11ac include the following:[8][14]
- Extended channel binding
- Optional 160 MHz and mandatory 80 MHz channel bandwidth for stations; cf. 40 MHz maximum in 802.11n.
- More MIMO spatial streams
- Support for up to eight spatial streams (vs. four in 802.11n)
- Downlink multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO, allows up to four simultaneous downlink MU-MIMO clients)
- Multiple STAs, each with one or more antennas, transmit or receive independent data streams simultaneously.
- Space-division multiple access (SDMA): streams not separated by frequency, but instead resolved spatially, analogous to 11n-style MIMO.
- Downlink MU-MIMO (one transmitting device, multiple receiving devices) included as an optional mode.
- Multiple STAs, each with one or more antennas, transmit or receive independent data streams simultaneously.
- Modulation
- 256-QAM, rate 3/4 and 5/6, added as optional modes (vs. 64-QAM, rate 5/6 maximum in 802.11n).
- Some vendors offer a non-standard 1024-QAM mode, providing 25% higher data rate compared to 256-QAM
- Other elements/features
- Beamforming with standardized sounding and feedback for compatibility between vendors (non-standard in 802.11n made it hard for beamforming to work effectively between different vendor products)
- MAC modifications (mostly to support above changes)
- Coexistence mechanisms for 20, 40, 80, and 160 MHz channels, 11ac and 11a/n devices
- Adds four new fields to the PPDU header identifying the frame as a very high throughput (VHT) frame as opposed to 802.11n's high throughput (HT) or earlier. The first three fields in the header are readable by legacy devices to allow coexistence
- DFS was mandated between channels 52 and 144 for 5 GHz to reduce interference with weather radar systems using the same frequency band.
Features
[edit]Mandatory
[edit]- Borrowed from the 802.11a/802.11g specifications:
- 800 ns regular guard interval
- Binary convolutional coding (BCC)
- Single spatial stream
- Newly introduced by the 802.11ac specification:
- 80 MHz channel bandwidths
Optional
[edit]- Borrowed from the 802.11n specification:
- Two to four spatial streams
- Low-density parity-check code (LDPC)
- Space–time block coding (STBC)
- Transmit beamforming (TxBF)
- 400 ns short guard interval (SGI)
- Newly introduced by the 802.11ac specification:
- five to eight spatial streams
- 160 MHz channel bandwidths (contiguous 80+80)
- 80+80 MHz channel bonding (discontiguous 80+80)
- MCS 8/9 (256-QAM)
New scenarios and configurations
[edit]The single-link and multi-station enhancements supported by 802.11ac enable several new WLAN usage scenarios, such as simultaneous streaming of HD video to multiple clients throughout the home, rapid synchronization and backup of large data files, wireless display, large campus/auditorium deployments, and manufacturing floor automation.[15]
To fully utilize their WLAN capacities, 802.11ac access points and routers have sufficient throughput to require the inclusion of a USB 3.0 interface to provide various services such as video streaming, FTP servers, and personal cloud services.[16] With storage locally attached through USB 2.0, filling the bandwidth made available by 802.11ac was not easily accomplished.
Example configurations
[edit]All rates assume 256-QAM, rate 5/6:
Scenario | Typical client form factor |
PHY link rate | Aggregate capacity (speed) |
---|---|---|---|
One-antenna AP, one-antenna STA, 80 MHz | Handheld | 433 Mbit/s | 433 Mbit/s |
Two-antenna AP, two-antenna STA, 80 MHz | Tablet, laptop | 867 Mbit/s | 867 Mbit/s |
One-antenna AP, one-antenna STA, 160 MHz | Handheld | 867 Mbit/s | 867 Mbit/s |
Three-antenna AP, three-antenna STA, 80 MHz | Laptop, PC | 1.30 Gbit/s | 1.30 Gbit/s |
Two-antenna AP, two-antenna STA, 160 MHz | Tablet, laptop | 1.73 Gbit/s | 1.73 Gbit/s |
Four-antenna AP, four one-antenna STAs, 160 MHz (MU-MIMO) |
Handheld | 867 Mbit/s to each STA | 3.39 Gbit/s |
Eight-antenna AP, 160 MHz (MU-MIMO)
|
Digital TV, Set-top Box, Tablet, Laptop, PC, Handheld |
|
6.93 Gbit/s |
Eight-antenna AP, four 2-antenna STAs, 160 MHz (MU-MIMO) |
Digital TV, tablet, laptop, PC | 1.73 Gbit/s to each STA | 6.93 Gbit/s |
Wave 1 vs. Wave 2
[edit]Wave 2, referring to products introduced in 2016, offers a higher throughput than legacy Wave 1 products, those introduced starting in 2013. The maximum physical layer theoretical rate for Wave 1 is 1.3 Gbit/s, while Wave 2 can reach 2.34 Gbit/s. Wave 2 can therefore achieve 1 Gbit/s even if the real world throughput turns out to be only 50% of the theoretical rate. Wave 2 also supports a higher number of connected devices.[13]
Data rates and speed
[edit]MCS index[e] |
Spatial Streams |
Modulation type |
Coding rate |
Data rate (Mbit/s)[17] | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 MHz channels | 40 MHz channels | 80 MHz channels | 160 MHz channels | ||||||||
800 ns GI | 400 ns GI | 800 ns GI | 400 ns GI | 800 ns GI | 400 ns GI | 800 ns GI | 400 ns GI | ||||
0 | 1 | BPSK | 1/2 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 13.5 | 15 | 29.3 | 32.5 | 58.5 | 65 |
1 | 1 | QPSK | 1/2 | 13 | 14.4 | 27 | 30 | 58.5 | 65 | 117 | 130 |
2 | 1 | QPSK | 3/4 | 19.5 | 21.7 | 40.5 | 45 | 87.8 | 97.5 | 175.5 | 195 |
3 | 1 | 16-QAM | 1/2 | 26 | 28.9 | 54 | 60 | 117 | 130 | 234 | 260 |
4 | 1 | 16-QAM | 3/4 | 39 | 43.3 | 81 | 90 | 175.5 | 195 | 351 | 390 |
5 | 1 | 64-QAM | 2/3 | 52 | 57.8 | 108 | 120 | 234 | 260 | 468 | 520 |
6 | 1 | 64-QAM | 3/4 | 58.5 | 65 | 121.5 | 135 | 263.3 | 292.5 | 526.5 | 585 |
7 | 1 | 64-QAM | 5/6 | 65 | 72.2 | 135 | 150 | 292.5 | 325 | 585 | 650 |
8 | 1 | 256-QAM | 3/4 | 78 | 86.7 | 162 | 180 | 351 | 390 | 702 | 780 |
9 | 1 | 256-QAM | 5/6 | — | — | 180 | 200 | 390 | 433.3 | 780 | 866.7 |
0 | 2 | BPSK | 1/2 | 13 | 14.4 | 27 | 30 | 58.5 | 65 | 117 | 130 |
1 | 2 | QPSK | 1/2 | 26 | 28.9 | 54 | 60 | 117 | 130 | 234 | 260 |
2 | 2 | QPSK | 3/4 | 39 | 43.3 | 81 | 90 | 175.5 | 195 | 351 | 390 |
3 | 2 | 16-QAM | 1/2 | 52 | 57.8 | 108 | 120 | 234 | 260 | 468 | 520 |
4 | 2 | 16-QAM | 3/4 | 78 | 86.7 | 162 | 180 | 351 | 390 | 702 | 780 |
5 | 2 | 64-QAM | 2/3 | 104 | 115.6 | 216 | 240 | 468 | 520 | 936 | 1040 |
6 | 2 | 64-QAM | 3/4 | 117 | 130.3 | 243 | 270 | 526.5 | 585 | 1053 | 1170 |
7 | 2 | 64-QAM | 5/6 | 130 | 144.4 | 270 | 300 | 585 | 650 | 1170 | 1300 |
8 | 2 | 256-QAM | 3/4 | 156 | 173.3 | 324 | 360 | 702 | 780 | 1404 | 1560 |
9 | 2 | 256-QAM | 5/6 | — | — | 360 | 400 | 780 | 866.7 | 1560 | 1733.3 |
0 | 3 | BPSK | 1/2 | 19.5 | 21.7 | 40.5 | 45 | 87.8 | 97.5 | 175.5 | 195 |
1 | 3 | QPSK | 1/2 | 39 | 43.3 | 81 | 90 | 175.5 | 195 | 351 | 390 |
2 | 3 | QPSK | 3/4 | 58.5 | 65 | 121.5 | 135 | 263.3 | 292.5 | 526.5 | 585 |
3 | 3 | 16-QAM | 1/2 | 78 | 86.7 | 162 | 180 | 351 | 390 | 702 | 780 |
4 | 3 | 16-QAM | 3/4 | 117 | 130 | 243 | 270 | 526.5 | 585 | 1053 | 1170 |
5 | 3 | 64-QAM | 2/3 | 156 | 173.3 | 324 | 360 | 702 | 780 | 1404 | 1560 |
6 | 3 | 64-QAM | 3/4 | 175.5 | 195 | 364.5 | 405 | — | — | 1579.5 | 1755 |
7 | 3 | 64-QAM | 5/6 | 195 | 216.7 | 405 | 450 | 877.5 | 975 | 1755 | 1950 |
8 | 3 | 256-QAM | 3/4 | 234 | 260 | 486 | 540 | 1053 | 1170 | 2106 | 2340 |
9 | 3 | 256-QAM | 5/6 | 260 | 288.9 | 540 | 600 | 1170 | 1300 | 2340 | 2600 |
0 | 4 | BPSK | 1/2 | 26 | 28.8 | 54 | 60 | 117.2 | 130 | 234 | 260 |
1 | 4 | QPSK | 1/2 | 52 | 57.6 | 108 | 120 | 234 | 260 | 468 | 520 |
2 | 4 | QPSK | 3/4 | 78 | 86.8 | 162 | 180 | 351.2 | 390 | 702 | 780 |
3 | 4 | 16-QAM | 1/2 | 104 | 115.6 | 216 | 240 | 468 | 520 | 936 | 1040 |
4 | 4 | 16-QAM | 3/4 | 156 | 173.2 | 324 | 360 | 702 | 780 | 1404 | 1560 |
5 | 4 | 64-QAM | 2/3 | 208 | 231.2 | 432 | 480 | 936 | 1040 | 1872 | 2080 |
6 | 4 | 64-QAM | 3/4 | 234 | 260 | 486 | 540 | 1053.2 | 1170 | 2106 | 2340 |
7 | 4 | 64-QAM | 5/6 | 260 | 288.8 | 540 | 600 | 1170 | 1300 | 2340 | 2600 |
8 | 4 | 256-QAM | 3/4 | 312 | 346.8 | 648 | 720 | 1404 | 1560 | 2808 | 3120 |
9 | 4 | 256-QAM | 5/6 | — | — | 720 | 800 | 1560 | 1733.3 | 3120 | 3466.7 |
Several companies are currently offering 802.11ac chipsets with higher modulation rates: MCS-10 and MCS-11 (1024-QAM), supported by Quantenna and Broadcom. Although technically not part of 802.11ac, these new MCS indices became official in the 802.11ax standard, ratified in 2021.
160 MHz channels are unavailable in some countries due to regulatory issues that allocated some frequencies for other purposes.
Advertised speeds
[edit]802.11ac-class device wireless speeds are often advertised as AC followed by a number, that number being the highest link rates in Mbit/s of all the simultaneously-usable radios in the device added up. For example, an AC1900 access point might have 600 Mbit/s capability on its 2.4 GHz radio and 1300 Mbit/s capability on its 5 GHz radio. No single client device could connect and achieve 1900 Mbit/s of throughput, but separate devices each connecting to the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios could achieve combined throughput approaching 1900 Mbit/s. Different possible stream configurations can add up to the same AC number.
Type | 2.4 GHz band[d] Mbit/s |
2.4 GHz band config [all 40 MHz] |
5 GHz band Mbit/s |
5 GHz band config [all 80 MHz] |
---|---|---|---|---|
AC450[18] | - | - | 433 | 1 stream @ MCS 9 |
AC600 | 150 | 1 stream @ MCS 7 | 433 | 1 stream @ MCS 9 |
AC750 | 300 | 2 streams @ MCS 7 | 433 | 1 stream @ MCS 9 |
AC1000 | 300 | 2 streams @ MCS 7 | 650 | 2 streams @ MCS 7 |
AC1200 | 300 | 2 streams @ MCS 7 | 867 | 2 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC1300 | 400 | 2 streams @ 256-QAM | 867 | 2 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC1300[19] | - | - | 1,300 | 3 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC1350[20] | 450 | 3 streams @ MCS 7 | 867 | 2 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC1450 | 450 | 3 streams @ MCS 7 | 975 | 3 streams @ MCS 7 |
AC1600 | 300 | 2 streams @ MCS 7 | 1,300 | 3 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC1700 | 800 | 4 streams @ 256-QAM | 867 | 2 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC1750 | 450 | 3 streams @ MCS 7 | 1,300 | 3 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC1900 | 600[f] | 3 streams @ 256-QAM | 1,300 | 3 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC2100 | 800 | 4 streams @ 256-QAM | 1,300 | 3 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC2200 | 450 | 3 streams @ MCS 7 | 1,733 | 4 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC2300 | 600 | 4 streams @ MCS 7 | 1,625 | 3 streams @ 1024-QAM |
AC2400 | 600 | 4 streams @ MCS 7 | 1,733 | 4 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC2600 | 800[f] | 4 streams @ 256-QAM | 1,733 | 4 streams @ MCS 9 |
AC2900 | 750[g] | 3 streams @ 1024-QAM | 2,167 | 4 streams @ 1024-QAM |
AC3000 | 450 | 3 streams @ MCS 7 | 1,300 + 1,300 | 3 streams @ MCS 9 x 2 |
AC3150 | 1000[g] | 4 streams @ 1024-QAM | 2,167 | 4 streams @ 1024-QAM |
AC3200 | 600[f] | 3 streams @ 256-QAM | 1,300 + 1,300[h] | 3 streams @ MCS 9 x 2 |
AC5000 | 600 | 4 streams @ MCS 7 | 2,167 + 2,167 | 4 streams @ 1024-QAM x 2 |
AC5300[23] | 1000[g] | 4 streams @ 1024-QAM | 2,167 + 2,167 | 4 streams @ 1024-QAM x 2 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 802.11ac only specifies operation in the 5 GHz band. Operation in the 2.4 GHz band is specified by 802.11n.
- ^ Wi-Fi 6E is the industry name that identifies Wi-Fi devices that operate in 6 GHz. Wi-Fi 6E offers the features and capabilities of Wi-Fi 6 extended into the 6 GHz band.
- ^ The Wi-Fi Alliance began certifying Wi-Fi 7 devices in 2024, but as of January 2025[update] the IEEE standard 802.11be is yet to be ratified.
- ^ a b 802.11ac only specifies operation in the 5 GHz band. Operation in the 2.4 GHz band is specified by 802.11n.
- ^ MCS 9 is not applicable to all channel width/spatial stream combinations.
- ^ a b c With 802.11n, 600 Mbit/s in the 2.4 GHz band can be achieved by using four spatial streams at 150 Mbit/s each. As of December 2014[update], commercially available devices that achieve 600 Mbit/s in the 2.4 GHz band use 3 spatial streams at 200 Mbit/s each.[21][22] This requires the use of 256-QAM modulation, which is not compliant with 802.11n and can be considered a proprietary extension.[22]
- ^ a b c With proprietary extension to 802.11n, using 40MHz channel in 2.4GHz, 400ns guard interval, 1024-QAM, and 4 spatial streams.
- ^ As of December 2014[update], commercially available AC3200 devices use two separate radios with 1,300 Mbit/s each to achieve 2,600 Mbit/s total in the 5 GHz band.
Comparison
[edit]Frequency range, or type |
PHY | Protocol | Release date[24] |
Frequency | Bandwidth | Stream data rate[25] |
Max. MIMO streams |
Modulation | Approx. range | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indoor | Outdoor | |||||||||||
(GHz) | (MHz) | (Mbit/s) | ||||||||||
1–7 GHz | DSSS[26], |
802.11-1997 | June 1997 | 2.4 | 22 | 1, 2 | — | DSSS, |
20 m (66 ft) | 100 m (330 ft) | ||
HR/DSSS[26] | 802.11b | September 1999 | 2.4 | 22 | 1, 2, 5.5, 11 | — | CCK, DSSS | 35 m (115 ft) | 140 m (460 ft) | |||
OFDM | 802.11a | September 1999 | 5 | 5, 10, 20 | 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 (for 20 MHz bandwidth, divide by 2 and 4 for 10 and 5 MHz) |
— | OFDM | 35 m (115 ft) | 120 m (390 ft) | |||
802.11j | November 2004 | 4.9, 5.0 [B][27] |
? | ? | ||||||||
802.11y | November 2008 | 3.7[C] | ? | 5,000 m (16,000 ft)[C] | ||||||||
802.11p | July 2010 | 5.9 | 200 m | 1,000 m (3,300 ft)[28] | ||||||||
802.11bd | December 2022 | 5.9, 60 | 500 m | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) | ||||||||
ERP-OFDM[29] | 802.11g | June 2003 | 2.4 | 38 m (125 ft) | 140 m (460 ft) | |||||||
HT-OFDM[30] | 802.11n (Wi-Fi 4) |
October 2009 | 2.4, 5 | 20 | Up to 288.8[D] | 4 | MIMO-OFDM (64-QAM) |
70 m (230 ft) | 250 m (820 ft)[31] | |||
40 | Up to 600[D] | |||||||||||
VHT-OFDM[30] | 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) |
December 2013 | 5 | 20 | Up to 693[D] | 8 | DL MU-MIMO OFDM (256-QAM) |
35 m (115 ft)[32] | ? | |||
40 | Up to 1600[D] | |||||||||||
80 | Up to 3467[D] | |||||||||||
160 | Up to 6933[D] | |||||||||||
HE-OFDMA | 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E) |
May 2021 | 2.4, 5, 6 | 20 | Up to 1147[E] | 8 | UL/DL MU-MIMO OFDMA (1024-QAM) |
30 m (98 ft) | 120 m (390 ft)[F] | |||
40 | Up to 2294[E] | |||||||||||
80 | Up to 5500[E] | |||||||||||
80+80 | Up to 11 000[E] | |||||||||||
EHT-OFDMA | 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) |
Sep 2024 | 2.4, 5, 6 | 80 | Up to 5764[E] | 8 | UL/DL MU-MIMO OFDMA (4096-QAM) |
30 m (98 ft) | 120 m (390 ft)[F] | |||
160 (80+80) |
Up to 11 500[E] | |||||||||||
240 (160+80) |
Up to 14 282[E] | |||||||||||
320 (160+160) |
Up to 23 059[E] | |||||||||||
UHR | 802.11bn (Wi-Fi 8) |
May 2028 (est.) |
2.4, 5, 6, 42, 60, 71 |
320 | Up to 100000 (100 Gbit/s) |
16 | Multi-link MU-MIMO OFDM (8192-QAM) |
? | ? | |||
WUR[G] | 802.11ba | October 2021 | 2.4, 5 | 4, 20 | 0.0625, 0.25 (62.5 kbit/s, 250 kbit/s) |
— | OOK (multi-carrier OOK) | ? | ? | |||
mmWave (WiGig) |
DMG[33] | 802.11ad | December 2012 | 60 | 2160 (2.16 GHz) |
Up to 8085[34] (8 Gbit/s) |
— | 3.3 m (11 ft)[35] | ? | |||
802.11aj | April 2018 | 60[H] | 1080[36] | Up to 3754 (3.75 Gbit/s) |
— | single carrier, low-power single carrier[A] | ? | ? | ||||
CMMG | 802.11aj | April 2018 | 45[H] | 540, 1080 |
Up to 15015[37] (15 Gbit/s) |
4[38] | OFDM, single carrier | ? | ? | |||
EDMG[39] | 802.11ay | July 2021 | 60 | Up to 8640 (8.64 GHz) |
Up to 303336[40] (303 Gbit/s) |
8 | OFDM, single carrier | 10 m (33 ft) | 100 m (328 ft) | |||
Sub 1 GHz (IoT) | TVHT[41] | 802.11af | February 2014 | 0.054– 0.79 |
6, 7, 8 | Up to 568.9[42] | 4 | MIMO-OFDM | ? | ? | ||
S1G[41] | 802.11ah | May 2017 | 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 |
1–16 | Up to 8.67[43] (@2 MHz) |
4 | ? | ? | ||||
Light (Li-Fi) |
LC (VLC/OWC) |
802.11bb | December 2023 (est.) |
800–1000 nm | 20 | Up to 9.6 Gbit/s | — | O-OFDM | ? | ? | ||
(IrDA) |
802.11-1997 | June 1997 | 850–900 nm | ? | 1, 2 | — | ? | ? | ||||
802.11 Standard rollups | ||||||||||||
802.11-2007 (802.11ma) | March 2007 | 2.4, 5 | Up to 54 | DSSS, OFDM | ||||||||
802.11-2012 (802.11mb) | March 2012 | 2.4, 5 | Up to 150[D] | DSSS, OFDM | ||||||||
802.11-2016 (802.11mc) | December 2016 | 2.4, 5, 60 | Up to 866.7 or 6757[D] | DSSS, OFDM | ||||||||
802.11-2020 (802.11md) | December 2020 | 2.4, 5, 60 | Up to 866.7 or 6757[D] | DSSS, OFDM | ||||||||
802.11-2024 (802.11me) | September 2024 | 2.4, 5, 6, 60 | Up to 9608 or 303336 | DSSS, OFDM | ||||||||
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