How Does the 802.11ac Standard Differ from 802.11n in Terms of Wireless Capabilities?

Answer: In terms of wireless capabilities, the standards 802.11ac and 802.11n differs with their speed, throughput, bandwidth, frequency bands, spatial streams and many more. 802.11ac is efficient than 802.11n.

802.11ac Standard Vs 802.11n Standard in Wireless Capabilities

Characteristics

802.11ac Standard

802.11n Standard

Frequency Bands

802.11ac standard has frequency band of 5GHz.

802.11n standard has frequency band of 2.4GHz and 5GHz both.

Channel Bandwidth

Channel bandwidth = 160MHz.

Channel bandwidth = 40MHz.

Data Rate

Data rate = 1.3 Gbps.

Data rate = 450 Mbps.

Client Capacity

It supports higher number of clients.

It supports lesser number of clients.

Spatial Streams

It can handle more continuous stream of data hence, increasing speed.

It can handle less continuous data stream hence, decreasing the speed.

Antennas

It supports 8 400Mbps antennas.

It supports 4 100 Mbps antennas.


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