Abstract

The advent of high-availability wireless as has led to an increase in personal devices such as smartphones, tablets and of course, the portable computer, which all allow users to connect from anywhere within the office. All these different ways to connect ultimately means that there are many devices - usually several per person - competing for the same wireless bandwidth.

802.11ac “Wave 2” is an addendum to the original standard that uses multiuser, multiple-input/multiple output (MU-MIMO) technology to increase wireless LAN throughput.

Ruijie Networks Co., Ltd. commissioned Tolly to evaluate their AP740-I 802.11ac Wave 2 access point’s performance and features. The AP740-I provides three radios and delivered 1.329Gbps throughput. The MU-MIMO feature provided a 165% performance gain over Wave 1. Ruijie’s X-Sense 4 smart antenna technology showed better coverage than the competitors, and supported up to 117 clients streaming one HD video with acceptable experience at the same time.