Cisco Systems 802.11n,SpatialStreams,andBeamforming

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Figure50:HighGainAntenna(AIR‐ANT2480V‐N)withCoverRemoved
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802.11n,SpatialStreams,andBeamforming
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Foravideoonthefundamentalsofspatialstreams,seethefollowingURL:
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns767/index.html
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MIMO,whichreferstoaradiosystemthathasmultipleseparatereceiveandtransmitpaths,isatthe
heartof802.11n.MIMOsystemsaredescribedbythenumberoftransmittersandreceiversinthe
system.Forexample,"twobyone"or2x1referstoasystemwithtwotransmittersandonereceiver.
(SeeFigure51.)
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