802.

11ac: Gigabit Wi-Fi

Coming to a Device Near You!
802.11ac
Increased Speed More Capacity
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Private & Public Cloud

Cloud Storage Unied Communications Apple AirPrint/AirPlay Business Apps (BI, CRM, ERP) Video Distribution & Streaming

Increased Network Demand

Per Device

Virtual Desktop (VDI) Social Networking Web Conferencing

1.3 Gbps 5GHz WiFi

802.11ac
Factoids
First half of Up to

for

TM

Certication

Greater range with Transmit Beamforming

Data Rates for Mobile Devices

802.11n
Channel Width Device Type

Requires

for full functionality

802.11ac
20 MHz 40 MHz 80 MHz

20 MHz

40 MHz

Smartphone (one stream)

Mbps

75 150 225

150 300 450

87 173 289

200 400 600

433 867 1300

Tablet (two stream)

Mbps

Laptop (three stream)

Mbps

It is assumed that the mobile devices fairly close to the access point.

Over 2 billion 802.11ac devices by 2015

802.11ac Wi-Fi Chipset Forecast (in millions) 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
802.11n 2.4GHz 802.11n Dual Band 802.11n / 802.11ac 802.11ac (5GHz)

Source: ABI Research

Get Your Network Ready

Pursue a dense AP deployment strategy in 5GHz band Plan for GbE and PoE+ (802.3at) requirements on access layer switches Deploy with 40MHz channel width to minimize co-channel interference

ACTION

PLAN

Consider deploying for green-eld, rather than mixing with legacy APs

Prepare budgets 802.11ac will be at the higher end of current AP prices

For more on 802.11ac, go to:

www.802-11ac.net