My new report entitled “Demystifying Radio Management“ is now published. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on my drafts. Fortunately, Burton Group has decided to make this report available for free. Below is a summary and also a link to the free report. As always, comments are welcome.
Summary:Wireless local area network (WLAN) vendors have developed a variety of solutions to deal with the challenge of controlling WLAN radio signals. They include: WLAN architecture, beamforming, and air Time fairness (ATF). Single channel architecture (e.g., Meru Networks) has several important technical advantages over multiple channel architecture (e.g., Cisco Systems or Aruba Networks), but multiple channel architecture (MCA) is deployed in over 95% of the enterprise market. Transmit beamforming will become the most dominant form of beamforming because the IEEE 802.11 committee will standardize this approach. ATF will be widely deployed because it helps enterprises deliver predictable wireless performance.
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