Theoretical Maximum Offered Load for 11a/b/g Version: 6.

7 9/28/2007

Input Parameters
Traffic Type Data1
PHY Bit Rate of Data Flow 54 12 Mb/s Encryption = None 1 QoS = No 1
802.11 MAC Frame (Data Traffic) 106 bytes (IP Packet = 70 bytes) (Ethernet MAC Frame = 88 bytes)
Basic
UsableRate
BasicSet
Rates ✘ 1 Mb/s 1
0
✘ 2 Mb/s1
2
0
✘ 5.5 Mb/s
1
5.5
0
✘ 11 Mb/s
1
11
0
✘ 6 Mb/s 1
6 9 Mb/s 0
6
✘ 12 Mb/s
1
12 18 Mb/s
0
12
✘ 24 Mb/s
1
24 36 Mb/s
0
24 48 Mb/s
0
24 54 Mb/s
0
24
Usable Mandatory Rates
Preamble (802.11b CCK only) Short 1
Slot Time (802.11g only) Short (9) 1 usec
CWmin (leave alone for default) 15 slots RTS/CTS Handshake No 1
Codec Type (Voice Traffic) G.711
1 CTS-to-self (protection) No 1
Auxiliary Data
Intermediate Values PHY Rates Preambles Slot Times
MAC MPDU Size 106 bytes 1 Short Short (9)
PHY Bit Rate of Control Frames 24 Mb/s 2 Long Long (20)
Ttxframe (ACK) 28.00 usec 5.5 N/A N/A
RTS/CTS Handshake Overhead 0.00 usec 11
CTS-to-self Handshake Overhead 0.00 usec 6 Encrypt QoS
SIFS 16.00 usec 9 None No
DIFS 34.00 usec 12 WEP Yes
MeanBackoff 67.50 usec 18 TKIP Codec
24 CCMP G.711
Ndbps, MAC data bits per symbol 216 bits/symbol 36 CCK/OFDM G.723
Nbits, bits in MAC frame 848 bits 48 100.67 G.729
Tmac, time for MAC frame 20.00 usec 54 28.00
Tplcp, time for MAC PLCP 20.00 usec
Ttxframe (DATA) 40.00 usec

Codec IP Packet Size 200 bytes

Codec Frame Rate 100 pps
Voice Call Range 54 calls

Theoretical Maximum Offered Load

1 Client 2 Clients 5 Clients 10 Clients 20 Clients 50 Clients 100 Clients
Packet Interval 185.50 151.75 131.5 124.75 121.375 119.35 119 usec
Max Frame Rate 5391 6590 7605 8016 8239 8379 8426 fps
Max. Offered Load (802.11) 4.571 5.588 6.449 6.798 6.987 7.105 7.146 Mb/s
Offered Load Per 802.11 Client 4.571 2.794 1.290 0.680 0.349 0.142 0.071 Mb/s
Offered Load (802.3 Side) 3.795 4.639 5.354 5.643 5.800 5.899 5.932 Mb/s
IP Throughput (802.11 -> 802.3) 3.019 3.690 4.259 4.489 4.614 4.692 4.719 Mb/s
NOTE: Figures for 2 or more clients assumes "ideal" clients with no media collisions
Theoretical Voice Call Capacity
Maximum Theoretical R-value N/A - N/A
Estimated MOS Score N/A -
Maximum Bidirectional Voice Calls N/A calls N/A
 Theoretical Maximum Offered Load for 11n Version: 6.8 10/12/2007
Input Parameters Based on: IEEE P802.11n_D3.0
Traffic Type Data 1
Data/Voice MCS Index 15 16 Encryption = None 1 IP Packets per A-MSDU 0 1 (set to zero for no A-MSDU)
Channel Bandwidth 40 2 MHz QoS = No 1 MAC Frames per A-MPDU 0 1 (set to zero for no A-MPDU)
Guard Interval 400 1 nsec
Highest Basic MCS Index 7 8
BSS Basic Rate Set (802.11a/g) ✘ 6 Mb/s 1 9 Mb/s 0 ✘ 12 Mb/s1 18 Mb/s0 ✘ 24 Mb/s1 36 Mb/s0 48 Mb/s0 54 Mb/s0
802.11 MAC MPDU Size (Data Traffic) 106 bytes (IP Packet = 70 bytes) (Ethernet MAC Frame = 88 bytes)
Codec Type (Voice Traffic) G.7111
PLCP Configuration Greenfield2 RTS/CTS Handshake No 1
CWmin (leave alone for default) 15 slots CTS-to-self (protection) No 1

Intermediate Values 20MHz Ndbp 40MHz Ndbp Bandwidth

MAC MPDU Size 106 bytes 26 54 20
SIFS 16.00 usec Slot Time 9.00 usec 52 108 40
DIFS 34.00 usec MeanBackoff 67.50 usec 78 162
Tppdu_fixed (HT Data Frames) 28.00 usec Use BlockAck False 104 216
Tppdu_fixed (HT Control Frames) 36.00 usec A-MSDU Pad 0 bytes 156 324 Encrypt
Non-HT Reference Rate 54 Mb/s A-MPDU Pad 0 bytes 208 432 None
PHY Bit Rate of Control Frames 24 Mb/s Encrypt Hdr 0 bytes 234 486 WEP
Ndbps, data bits per symbol (Data) 1080 bits/symbol QoS Hdr 0 bytes 260 540 TKIP
Ndbps, data bits per symbol (Control) 216 bits/symbol MSDU Size 78 bytes HT-LTFs PHY Rates CCMP
Nbits, Bits per MAC PPDU 848 bits 0 6 HT PLCP
Tsymbol(Data), Data Symbol Period 3.60 usec 1 9 Mixed
Tsymbol(Control), Control Symbol Period 4.00 usec 3 12 Greenfield
Ttxframe (DATA) 31.60 usec 3 18
Ttxframe (Ack) 28.00 usec 24
Ttxframe (Compressed BlockAck) 32.00 usec 36
RTS/CTS Handshake Overhead 0.00 usec 48
CTS-to-self Handshake Overhead 0.00 usec 54
Ack Response Overhead 44.00 usec
BlockAck Response Overhead 0.00 usec
Codec IP Packet Size 200 bytes
Codec Frame Rate 100 pps
Voice Call Range 56 calls

Theoretical Maximum Offered Load

1 Client 2 Clients 5 Clients 10 Clients 20 Clients 50 Clients 100 Clients
MAC PPDU Interval 177.10 143.35 123.10 116.35 112.98 110.95 110.28 usec
Max PPDU Rate 5646.53 6975.93 8123.48 8594.76 8851.52 9013.07 9068.24 fps
Max MAC MPDU Rate 5647 6976 8123 8595 8852 9013 9068
Max MAC MSDU Rate 5647 6976 8123 8595 8852 9013 9068
Max. 802.11 MAC Frame Data Rate 4.788 5.916 6.889 7.288 7.506 7.643 7.690 Mb/s
Max. 802.11 MAC Payload Goodput 3.523 4.353 5.069 5.363 5.523 5.624 5.659 Mb/s
MAC Goodput Per 802.11 Client 3.523 2.176 1.014 0.536 0.276 0.112 0.057 Mb/s
Offered Load (802.3 Side) 3.975 4.911 5.719 6.051 6.231 6.345 6.384 Mb/s
IP Goodput (802.11 -> 802.3) 3.162 3.907 4.549 4.813 4.957 5.047 5.078 Mb/s
NOTE: Figures for 2 or more clients assumes "ideal" clients with no media collisions
Theoretical Voice Call Capacity
Maximum Theoretical R-value N/A -
Estimated MOS Score N/A -
Maximum Bidirectional Voice Calls N/A calls