More than 1 billion IEEE 802.11AC wireless communications devices will be put into use every year in 2015

Electronic enthusiasts: In a recent market survey, researchers expect more than 1 billion IEEE 802.11AC wireless communications devices to be put into use each year by 2015. This is a pretty alarming number. There is no doubt that the tide of the 5g-wifi era is coming, and with the rapid evolution of the next-generation WLAN technology standard 802.11AC/AD, 802.11AC's successor to 802.11n is an indisputable fact.

In order to give readers a basic understanding of 802.11AC, a simple review of history, 802.11AC projects in the first half of 2008 has begun, was called "Very High Throughput" (very good throughput), the goal is to achieve 1Gbps. By the second half of 2008, the project was divided into two parts: 802.11ac, working under 6GHz, for short-range wireless communication, will become the successor of 802.11N, the other is 802.11AD, working in 60GHz, market positioning and UWB similar, mainly for home entertainment equipment. Gigabit Wi-Fi dream is coming true, IEEE is in the process of developing the 802.11AC standard, The November 2011 IEEE has basically completed the development of 802.11AC and 802.11AD standards, by December 2012 has released a formal version, the final version or approved at the end of 2013.

So are the world's leading test and measurement firms ready? What are the coping options? Electronic enthusiast Network editor with you inventory.

1, Agilent

802.11AC signal generation and analysis solutions

With the rapid evolution of the next-generation WLAN technology standard 802.11AC/AD, Agilent also introduced signal Studio software for 802.11AC signal generation and single channel and multi-channel MIMO802.11AC signal analysis solutions. One-channel signal analysis includes the industry's first 160 MHz analysis bandwidth option for high-performance PXA signal analyzers, as well as modular vector Signal Analyzer m9392a for 2x2 and 4x4 MIMO 802.11ac.

160MHz High bandwidth signal analysis is a necessary condition for fully analyzing the bandwidth supported by 802.11AC. "Agilent Signal Studio for WLAN software supports 802.11AC waveform generation with BCC or LDPC channel encoding, all MCS coding, and Single-user or multiuser MIMO (up to 4x4)," said Liu, business development manager for the microwave and Communications Products division of Agilent Technology. Agilent ESG, MXG, or PSG vector signal generators and PXB baseband generation and channel emulators generate up to 80MHz of bandwidth, using Agilent's two vector signal generators to support 160 MHz bandwidth signal generation.

"Communication technology, especially wireless technology, has developed particularly fast in recent years. We use the mobile phone from 2G, 3G, to the current lte-advanced, wireless connection technology from the computer, mobile phone 802.11a/b/g/n, now speed can reach hundreds of trillion, to 802.11ac/ad development. To deal with these wireless communication technologies, it is very necessary to cooperate with the testing technology to ensure the smooth implementation of this technology. Faster data Services, is our entire wireless communications field to develop a source of power. "Liu pointed out specifically.

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