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How We Did It
The test scenarios applied for this report were as varied as their objectives. Details are included in the descriptions and
results for each test throughout this report.
results for each test throughout this report.
All the outdoor tests were conducted over the same outdoor test range. At that location the Access Points were mounted
and tested, one at a time, on the roof-top of a building. All APs and controllers were configured using similar
configurations (same channels, SSID, Cat-6A cable length) with the individual vendors' best practices applied. For 5GHz,
channel 149+ on 80MHz bandwidth, and for 2.4GHz, channel 1 on 20MHz bandwidth were set with the Tx power set to
max on both bands for all three vendors. Distances from the building were marked off in 100-foot gradations. In the first
test, of rate vs range, a mix of handheld client devices was tested for down-link throughput at 300, 600 and 1,000 feet. In
the second test, groups of Apple iPhone 6 smartphones were tested at 350 and 500 feet, and then their throughput
compared with all ten Apple iPhones downloading concurrently from both locations to assess overall consistency of the
network. A third test checked the throughput of two Cisco APs connected over 1,000 feet in a backhaul arrangement.
The last test was performed inside the building to compare how throughput scaled under heavy stress when the client
load on the AP grew from 10 to 100. All the latest controller codes available at the time of testing were deployed: Cisco
8.0 MR1, Aruba 6.4.2.2, and Ruckus 9.8.1.0
and tested, one at a time, on the roof-top of a building. All APs and controllers were configured using similar
configurations (same channels, SSID, Cat-6A cable length) with the individual vendors' best practices applied. For 5GHz,
channel 149+ on 80MHz bandwidth, and for 2.4GHz, channel 1 on 20MHz bandwidth were set with the Tx power set to
max on both bands for all three vendors. Distances from the building were marked off in 100-foot gradations. In the first
test, of rate vs range, a mix of handheld client devices was tested for down-link throughput at 300, 600 and 1,000 feet. In
the second test, groups of Apple iPhone 6 smartphones were tested at 350 and 500 feet, and then their throughput
compared with all ten Apple iPhones downloading concurrently from both locations to assess overall consistency of the
network. A third test checked the throughput of two Cisco APs connected over 1,000 feet in a backhaul arrangement.
The last test was performed inside the building to compare how throughput scaled under heavy stress when the client
load on the AP grew from 10 to 100. All the latest controller codes available at the time of testing were deployed: Cisco
8.0 MR1, Aruba 6.4.2.2, and Ruckus 9.8.1.0
Miercom recognizes IxChariot by Ixia (
) as a leading test tool for simulating real-world applications for
predicting device and system performance under practical load conditions. Consisting of the IxChariot Console,
Performance Endpoints and IxProfile, the IxChariot product family provides network performance assessment and device
testing by testing hundreds of protocols across several kinds of network endpoints. IxChariot is used to accurately access
the performance characteristics of any application running on wired and wireless networks. IxChariot v7.30 was used for
all the test cases.
Performance Endpoints and IxProfile, the IxChariot product family provides network performance assessment and device
testing by testing hundreds of protocols across several kinds of network endpoints. IxChariot is used to accurately access
the performance characteristics of any application running on wired and wireless networks. IxChariot v7.30 was used for
all the test cases.
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