Cisco Systems 1600 Network Router User Manual


 
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Figure52:MCS:TwoSpatialStreamBondedChannelSupportsupto300Mbps
UnliketheAP3500,thenewerAP3600supports3SSwithtwiceasmanytransmitters(fourperband),
whichenablesfasterdataratesofupto450Mbps.Thereisanextraradioforredundancyandenhanced
performanceboth upstreamanddownstream. TheAP 3600can alsobeamform to3SSclients. TheAP
2600issimilar,buttheredundantradioisforupstream(asitisareceiveonly);theredundantradiois
unabletobeamformto3SSclientsbutcanbeamformattheothernon3SS
rates.
The dualband design of the AP 3600 offers a total of eight transceivers (transmitter/receivers) using
onlyfourantennas.(SeeFigure53.)Fourradiosareusedineachband,2.4GHzand5GHz.
Figure53:AP3600:FourTransmittersandFourReceiversperRadioBand