Cisco Cisco Aironet 1850e Access Points White Paper
IEEE 802.11ac Wave 2 AP’s: Cisco, Aruba, Ruckus
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5 February 2016
7 – Link Aggregation (LAG) for 1+ Gbps Wireless AP Throughput
Test Objective
To verify that it is possible to exceed 1 Gbps of actual throughput with an 802.11ac Wave 2-
compliant Access Point under certain conditions.
How we did it
This test was run using just two clients:
To verify that it is possible to exceed 1 Gbps of actual throughput with an 802.11ac Wave 2-
compliant Access Point under certain conditions.
How we did it
This test was run using just two clients:
A three spatial stream (3SS) MacBook Pro, Single-User-MIMO laptop, connecting in the 2.4-
GHz band, and
GHz band, and
A Linksys EA8500 wireless router with a wired Dell E5540 laptop, acting as a four-spatial-
stream (4SS)-capable, Multi-User-MIMO client, connected via a 5-GHz channel.
stream (4SS)-capable, Multi-User-MIMO client, connected via a 5-GHz channel.
The AP channel width was set to 80 MHz to maximize throughput on the 5-GHz channel to the
Dell/Linksys client.
Clients in test to achieve greater-than-1 Gbps of wireless throughput
Dell/Linksys client.
Clients in test to achieve greater-than-1 Gbps of wireless throughput
Quantity Client type
Wi-Fi Type
MU/SU MIMO
1
Linksys EA8500 w/ wired Dell E5540 laptop
11ac, 4 SS
MU-MIMO
1
MacBook Pro
11ac, 3 SS
SU-MIMO
The IxChariot test system issued TCP traffic over two Gigabit Ethernet copper links to each AP,
and recorded the aggregate downlink throughput.
The below diagram shows the lab set-up for the link-aggregation test. Two Gigabit Ethernet links
are required in order to deliver more than 1 Gbps through the AP to clients, and the links in our
testing were set-up to deliver up to 2 Gbps of load-shared data.
and recorded the aggregate downlink throughput.
The below diagram shows the lab set-up for the link-aggregation test. Two Gigabit Ethernet links
are required in order to deliver more than 1 Gbps through the AP to clients, and the links in our
testing were set-up to deliver up to 2 Gbps of load-shared data.
Results
As the below graph shows, it is possible with Cisco’s 1852i Wave 2-based Access Point to achieve
and exceed 1 Gbps of real, downlink TCP throughput, to suitable clients using Link Aggregation
(that is, two load-sharing, copper Gigabit Ethernet links to the AP).
As the below graph shows, it is possible with Cisco’s 1852i Wave 2-based Access Point to achieve
and exceed 1 Gbps of real, downlink TCP throughput, to suitable clients using Link Aggregation
(that is, two load-sharing, copper Gigabit Ethernet links to the AP).
Cisco 1850 AP
Ruckus AP R710
Aruba AP-325
Ruckus AP R710
Aruba AP-325
Linksys + Dell
Ethernet Switch
1GE
1GE
MacBook Pro
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