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802. 11 Synthesis Essay

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IEEE802.11n made numerous changes to the 802.11 wireless standards that greatly increased the throughput as compared to earlier versions. 802.11n uses MIMO which is Multiple Input Multiple Output (also known as Multiple Antennas). MIMO makes use of multiple antennae to create multiple streams of communications between a transmitter and a receiver. The 802.11n amendment also introduced changes in the physical as well as MAC layers to make marked changes in the effectiveness of wireless networks. These changes included spatial-division multiplexing, space-time block coding, and transmitter beamforming. Spatial-division multiplexing. This is the ability for one transmitter to use multiple antennas to simultaneously send multiple …show more content…

So the transmitter can increase the output of the antennas in the direction of computers farther away or where there are more computers to allow for better coverage or throughput and decrease the output of the antennas in directions where there are obstacles. Other changes in 802.11n include: 1. 40 Mhz bandwidth (channel bonding) which can get data rates as high as 600Mpbs which is a ten-fold increase as compared with 802.11 a thru g. 2. Frame aggregation – transmits multiple MAC frames in a PHY packet. 3. Reverse-direction protocol – allows the ability to transfer control of an air channel between stations. This is especially good if the receiver is moving and the transmitters are trying to keep the best connection possible. 4. Support for Voice over WLAN and multimedia streaming. This is especially important as more telephone calls go VOIP and more video/audio content is available online. 5. The ability of access points to change between 20 MHz and 40 MHz. This is good as the receivers for that access point changes. The access point can speed up or slow down based on the receivers in its broadcast area. 6. Channel bonding – using two 20MHz channels. This turns the two 20 MHz band into a 40MHz band even though the transmitter is not transmitting at 40MHz. This is good to increase throughput for receivers that only communicate at the 20MHz

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