Cisco Cisco Aironet 1850e Access Points Libro blanco
IEEE 802.11ac Wave 2 AP’s: Cisco, Aruba, Ruckus
11
DR151120D
Copyright © Miercom 2015
5 February 2016
5 – Client Density, Scaling from 10 to 100 Clients per AP
Test Objective
To measure how each AP performs as client load grows from 10 to 100 clients. Also noted was
the number of active (working) clients that failed to transmit any data during the test.
How We Did It
To measure how each AP performs as client load grows from 10 to 100 clients. Also noted was
the number of active (working) clients that failed to transmit any data during the test.
How We Did It
A real-world assortment
of 100 WiFi client devices were assembled, as detailed below:
Client device
Total
Number
WiFi support,
No. Spatial Streams
MIMO support
Initial 10-
station set-
up
No. added in
each 10-stn
increment
MacBook Pro
10
802.11n, 3SS, SU-MIMO
1
1
iPad Air
10
802.11n, 2SS, SU-MIMO
1
1
Dell E6430 w/
Broadcom 43460
10
802.11ac, 3SS, SU-MIMO
1
1
MacBook Pro
20
802.11ac, 3SS, SU-MIMO
2
2
MacBook Air
20
802.11ac, 2SS, SU-MIMO
2
2
Dell E6430 w/
Intel 7260
30
802.11ac, 2SS, SU-MIMO
3
3
Client devices were arranged on tables throughout the room, the different types
distributed evenly, as shown below.
distributed evenly, as shown below.
Evenly distributed. Clients were spread on tables around the AP from 10 ft. (3m) to 45 ft. (13.7m).