Cisco Cisco Aironet 1850e Access Points Libro blanco
IEEE 802.11ac Wave 2 AP’s: Cisco, Aruba, Ruckus
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Copyright © Miercom 2015
5 February 2016
The best MU-MIMO-based performance was delivered by Cisco’s 1852i AP – achieving over 106
Mbps of aggregate downlink TCP throughput for 10 laptop clients. This dropped slightly with 20
clients to 98 Mbps, and then to 89 Mbps with 30 clients, as available bandwidth is shared among
many more clients.
Ruckus’ R710 AP delivered MU-MIMO throughputs of 72, 46 and 44 Mbps among the clusters of
10, 20 and 30 laptop clients, respectively. Aruba’s MU-MIMO throughput remained nearly the
same as its Single User-MIMO throughput, ranging from 33 to 37 Mbps, regardless of Single- or
Multi-User MIMO, and regardless of 10, 20 or 30 clients.
As shown in the previous testing, the Cisco 1852i showed the greatest increase in throughput as
clients stepped up from Single User to Multi-User MIMO. The Ruckus R710 was close behind.
Interestingly, all the APs showed a slight reduction in aggregate downlink throughput as the
number of MU-MIMO clients increased. The exception is Aruba, which showed the same –
although relatively low – aggregate downlink throughput in all test cases.
Mbps of aggregate downlink TCP throughput for 10 laptop clients. This dropped slightly with 20
clients to 98 Mbps, and then to 89 Mbps with 30 clients, as available bandwidth is shared among
many more clients.
Ruckus’ R710 AP delivered MU-MIMO throughputs of 72, 46 and 44 Mbps among the clusters of
10, 20 and 30 laptop clients, respectively. Aruba’s MU-MIMO throughput remained nearly the
same as its Single User-MIMO throughput, ranging from 33 to 37 Mbps, regardless of Single- or
Multi-User MIMO, and regardless of 10, 20 or 30 clients.
As shown in the previous testing, the Cisco 1852i showed the greatest increase in throughput as
clients stepped up from Single User to Multi-User MIMO. The Ruckus R710 was close behind.
Interestingly, all the APs showed a slight reduction in aggregate downlink throughput as the
number of MU-MIMO clients increased. The exception is Aruba, which showed the same –
although relatively low – aggregate downlink throughput in all test cases.