Ifyou’vebeensearchingforawaytogetuptospeedonIEEE802.11nand802.11acWLANstandardswithouthavingtowadethroughtheentire802.11specification,thenlooknofurther.Thiscomprehensiveoverviewdescribestheunderlyingprinciples,implementationdetails,andkeyenhancingfeaturesof802.11nand802.11ac.Formanyofthesefeatures,theauthorsoutlinethemotivationandhistorybehindtheiradoptionintothestandard.Adetaileddiscussionofthekeythroughput,robustness,andreliabilityenhancingfeatures(suchasMIMO,multi-userMIMO,40\80\160MHzchannels,transmitbeamforming,andpacketaggregation)isgiven,inadditiontoclearsu妹妹ariesoftheissuessurroundinglegacyinteroperabilityandcoexistence.Nowupdatedandsignificantlyrevised,this2ndeditioncontainsnewmaterialon802.11acthroughout,includingrevisedchaptersonMACandinteroperability,aswellasnewchapterson802.11acPHY,andmulti-userMIMO,makingitanidealreferencefordesignersofWLANequipment,networkmanagers,andresearchersinthefieldofwirelessco妹妹unication.
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