802.11ac: A Survival Guide
Wi-Fi at Gigabit and Beyond
by Matthew Gast
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Author Matthew Gast - an industry expert who led the development of 802.11-2012 and security task groups at the Wi-Fi Alliance - explains how 802.11ac will not only increase the speed of your network, but its capacity as well. Whether you need to serve more clients with your current level of throughput, or serve your existing client load with higher throughput, 802.11ac is the solution. This book gets you started.
- Understand how the 802.11ac protocol works to improve the speed and capacity of a wireless LAN
- Explore how beamforming increases speed capacity by improving link margin, and lays the foundation for multi-user MIMO
- Learn how multi-user MIMO increases capacity by enabling an AP to send data to multiple clients simultaneously
- Plan when and how to upgrade your network to 802.11ac by evaluating client devices, applications, and network connections. 
Book Description
The next frontier for wireless LANs is 802.11ac, a standard that increases throughput beyond one gigabit per second. This concise guide provides in-depth information to help you plan for 802.11ac, with technical details on design, network operations, deployment, and monitoring.Author Matthew Gast - an industry expert who led the development of 802.11-2012 and security task groups at the Wi-Fi Alliance - explains how 802.11ac will not only increase the speed of your network, but its capacity as well. Whether you need to serve more clients with your current level of throughput, or serve your existing client load with higher throughput, 802.11ac is the solution. This book gets you started.
- Understand how the 802.11ac protocol works to improve the speed and capacity of a wireless LAN
- Explore how beamforming increases speed capacity by improving link margin, and lays the foundation for multi-user MIMO
- Learn how multi-user MIMO increases capacity by enabling an AP to send data to multiple clients simultaneously
- Plan when and how to upgrade your network to 802.11ac by evaluating client devices, applications, and network connections.
This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY). You can download 802.11ac: A Survival Guide ebook for free in PDF format (2.3 MB).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction to 802.11ac
Chapter 2
The PHY
Chapter 3
The MAC
Chapter 4
Beamforming in 802.11ac
Chapter 5
802.11ac Planning
Book Details
Title
802.11ac: A Survival Guide
Subject
Computer Science
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Published
2013
Pages
154
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13 Digital
9781449343149
ISBN10 Digital
1449343147
PDF Size
2.3 MB
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