High-Density and De-Densified Smart Campus Communications. Daniel Minoli
a complex conjugate of x1, respectively. Thus, as shown in Figure 2.10, the symbols x1 and x2 are transmitted using first and second transmitter outputs y1 and y2 at first and second times, respectively, as may be expressed by Eq. 2.1:
wherein for each transmitter output at each time, a top element is a symbol transmitted using a first antenna, and a bottom element is a symbol transmitted using a second antenna. Notably, the first symbol x1 is transmitted at a different time than the complex conjugate of the first symbol
First and second received symbols r1 and r2 at a receiver having two antennas may be expressed by Eq. 2.2:
where hab is a path gain for a path including an ath transmitting antenna and a bth receiving antenna, and n1 and n2 represent first and second additive white noise, respectively. The receiver can recover the transmitted symbols x1 and x2 using linear processing [2].
TABLE 2.6 802.11 Cheat Sheet
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Observation | Band, Channel, and Stream have their special definitions. |
| Band | There are two general public shared bands 2.4 and 5 GHz for Wi‐Fi operation. |
| Channel | Channel is the divided small portions of frequency within each band. For example, there are 11 channels in 2.4 GHz as originally used in 802.11b which utilize 20 MHz per channel, with 15 MHz overlapping to cross over 100 MHz. |
| Stream | Stream is used since 802.11n (the first implementation of MIMO and known as Wi‐Fi 4). One stream in a single 2.4 GHz band and 40 MHz channel (with 400 ns GI) can deliver a maximum of 150 Mbps. A four‐stream Wi‐Fi 802.11n AP can deliver up to 4 × 150 Mbps = 600 Mbps (one needs to equip with 4 × 4 antenna in such AP). |
| Practical/commercial example | 802.11 ac (known as Wi‐Fi 5) still maintains the same 802.11n maximum of 4 streams per band. It operates in 5 GHz band; thus, the throughput increases to 433 Gbps per stream (often called “450” – it is almost 3 times data rate than 802.11n). Most commercial 802.11ac AP in the market are dual‐band. They only implement three streams in 5 GHz band (even though in the specification, it can support 4 streams), complemented by four streams in the 2.4 GHz band. Thus, such a Wi‐Fi AP could support 1900 Mbps of system throughput capacity with the following configuration: 3 × 433 (= 1300 Gbps) + 4 x 150 (= 600 Mbps). |
2.5.5 Product Waves
The Wi‐Fi Alliance separated the introduction of 802.11ac wireless products into two phases (“wave”), named “Wave 1” and “Wave 2”. Initially, (2013) products were based on the IEEE 802.11ac Draft 3.0; it supported three spatial streams (with three antennas). Wave 2 certification became available in 2016; Wave 2 products achieve higher bandwidth and system capacity than Wave 1 products. Wave 2 included newer features such as MU‐MIMO, wider 160 MHz channel width support, additional 5 GHz channels, and four spatial streams (with four antennas; compared to three in Wave 1 and 802.11n) (IEEE's 802.11ax supports eight.) See Table 2.6 for a “Cheat Sheet” on 802.11ac concepts and system throughput.
2.6 BRIEF PREVIEW OF IEEE 802.11AX
As a quick initial comparison, note that an amendment to the IEEE Std 802.11 (the IEEE 802.11ax amendment) was being developed at press time by the IEEE 802.11ax Task Group. The amendment defines a high‐efficiency WLAN for enhancing the system throughput in high‐density scenarios. Unlike previous amendments that focused on improving aggregate throughput, the IEEE 802.11ax amendment is focused on improving metrics that reflect the user experience, such as average per station throughput, the fifth percentile of per station throughput of a group of stations, and area throughput. Improvements aimed at targeting environments such as wireless corporate offices, outdoor hotspots, dense residential apartments, and stadiums. The principal focus of the IEEE 802.11ax amendment is on indoor and outdoor operation of the WLAN. The target for increases in average throughput per station is in the range of 5–10 times, depending on a given technology and scenario of the WLAN. Outdoor operation is limited to stationary and pedestrian speeds [2]. This HEW system marketed as Wi‐Fi 6 by Wi‐Fi Alliance saw initial deployment in late 2019.
As is the case in other 802.11 standards, 802.11ax is designed to operate in the Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) bands located between 1 and 6 GHz, including the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands traditionally utilized; additional bands between 1 and 6 GHz may be added as they become available. An aggregate theoretical data rate exceeding 10 Gbps is achievable. For dense deployments, throughput speeds can be four times higher than the throughput speed achieved with IEEE 802.11ac systems (the nominal data rate, however, is only around 37% faster under optimal circumstances). Another key goal of 802.11ax is to improve spectrum efficient utilization. To achieve this goal, better power‐control methods are utilized to minimize or avoid interference with neighboring networks. Also, OFDMA, higher order modulation at 1024‐QAM (see Table 2.7), and UL of MIMO and MU‐MIMO combined with DL of MIMO and MU‐MIMO are all utilized to further increase throughput. Additionally, dependability improvements of power consumption and enhanced security protocols, specifically, WPA3 were added.
TABLE 2.7 Modulation and Coding Schemes for Single Spatial Stream
| Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) | ModulationScheme | Coding Rate | 20 MHz Channels 1600 ns GI Data Rate (Mbps) | 40 MHz Channels 1600 ns GI Data Rate (Mbps) | 80 MHz Channels 1600 ns GI Data Rate (Mbps) | 160 MHz Channels 1600 ns GI Data Rate (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | BPSK | 1/2 | 8 |
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