Cisco Systems 3600Series

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CiscoAironetAccessPointDeploymentGuide 
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Figure4:AP1600ModelsandEco‐Packs
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3600Series
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TheCisco3600SeriesAccessPoint(AP3600)targetscustomerswhorequiresupportformission‐critical
applications.TheAP3600embodiesClientLink2.0,aninnovativeantennatechnologycomprisingfour
transmitradiosandfourreceiveradioscalled4X4MultipleInputMultipleOutput(MIMO)andthree
spatialstream(3SS)beamforming,togetherreferencedas4x4:3.ClientLink2.0permitsspeedsupto450
MbpsviaadditionalModulationandCodingScheme(MCS)datarates16‐23,whilestillmaintainingIEEE
802.3af(15.4Watt)PoweroverEthernet(PoE)compliance.Seethesectionon"802.11n,Spatial
Streams,andBeamforming"formoreonspatialstreams.
FeatureModulesforthe3600Series
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TheWSSI(WirelessSecurityandSpreadSpectrumIntelligence)moduleaddsnewfunctionaltytotheAP
3600toprotectcustomerinvestment.Thisoptional,add‐onmoduleprovidesadedicatedmonitorradio
toscanthefullspectrum,notjustthechannelonwhichtheAPoperates.Itoffloadscomplete
monitoringandsecurityservicestothemonitormodule,includingCleanAir,WIDS/WIPS,Context‐Aware
Location,RogueDetection,andRadioResourceManagement(RRM).TheWSSImoduleallowsforfull
spectrumanalysisonallchannelsonboththe2.4and5GHzbands.Itavoidstheneedtodeploya
separate,dedicatedoverlaynetworkforfullspectrummonitoringandeliminatestheneedforanextra
cablepullandadditionalinfrastructurecosts.
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Thesecondavailablemoduleprovides802.11ac(wave‐1)functionalitytotheAP3600.Thisradio
moduleoperatesat5GHzandallowstheAP3600tofullysupport802.11a/nalongwith802.11acclients.
(Wave‐1)functionalitysupportsa1.3GbpsPHY/~1GbpsMAC(throughput)usingthreespatialstreams,
80MHz,256QAM.ItalsosupportsExplicitBeamformingperthe802.11acstandard.Useoftheradio