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Figure6:LEDAppearanceintheAP3600iandtheAP3500
Fromasideview,theAP3600iisslightlythicker(2.11”)thantheAP3500(1.84”),asshowninFigure7.
The thicker size allows for additional radio support and printed circuit board area, as well as
feature
modules forfuture capabilities.While theAP 3600ihasa littlemore depth,it iscompletely backward
compatible with the mounting brackets for the existing Cisco Aironet 1040 Series Access Point (AP
1040),1140SeriesAccessPoint(AP1140),1260SeriesAccessPoint(AP1260),andtheAP3500.
Figure7:SideViewoftheAP 3600iandtheAP3500
The external antenna models (the AP 3600e and the AP 3500e) differ in appearance because the AP
3600ehasfewerantennaconnectorports,primarilyduetothedual‐bandantennasystem.
TheAP3600ehascombinedallthe
antennaports(dual‐band ) sothateachantennaportcantransmit
simultaneouslyoneachband;iftheantennaportswerenotcombined,thiswouldhaverequiredeight
antennas. TheAP 3600has fourtransceivers (transmitter/receiver)radio portsper bandfor atotal of
eighttransceivers,fourineachband.Thisadditional
radioperbandpermitsbeamformingto3SSclients
usingClientLink2.0toimprovetheoverallperformanceofall802.11nclientswithone,two,andthree
spatialstreams.