Understanding Channels And How They Relate To The Client - Cisco Aironet 1700 Deployment Manual

Figure 84 Proposed Channel Plan for US theater (Not Fully Committed as of this Writing)
Summary
802.11ac deployments and surveys are really not much different than 802.11n deployments.
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802.11ac supports faster 256 QAM modulation allowing 802.11ac clients the ability to use faster and a wider range of data
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rates permitting clients to maintain higher connectivity rates. The goal being to maintain higher connectivity rates.
So the real question is, do you want to deploy 80 MHz bonded channels?
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Do you have a spectrum available for 80 MHz? Does it make sense to use 80 MHz?
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You should understand that this can be a major change to your existing spectrum plan.
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Understanding Channels and How they Relate to the Client

So, let us take a look at how these channels look from a client's perspective.
Most clients (USB) that are emerging are 2 spatial stream and by using 80 MHz bonding, you can achieve up to 866 Mbps. The
following figure shows the Netgear A6200 client card.
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