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"Twice the range".. Is that a doubling of the radius or a doubling of the diameter (edit: oops, I meant area) of a ~ circle surrounding the access point? Am I
by 0x0 11y ago
"Twice the range".. Is that a doubling of the radius or a doubling of the diameter (edit: oops, I meant area) of a ~ circle surrounding the access point?
Am I being spoiled thinking either of those options aren't super impressive for a whole new standard? Where's the 10x (order of magnitude) improvement? Will it take 3-5 further complete iterations of incompatible standards? :)
- JoshTriplett 11y ago> Is that a doubling of the radius or a doubling of the diameter Those are equivalent: d=2r, so 2d=2(2r) I very much doubt it means a doubling in the area or volume of the coverage region; seems far more likely that it means a doubling of distance. But while this might only give twice the range with clear line of sight, lower frequencies tend to permeate obstructions better.
- ycmbntrthrwaway 11y agoAs usual with Wi-Fi you won't get close to theoretical range and distance in practice. 802.11ah includes support for relay access points [1]. Most probably it is a requirement for "nearly doubled range". > Am I being spoiled thinking either of those options aren't super impressive for a whole new standard? Where's the 10x (order of magnitude) improvement? 802.11ah is not the "mainline" standard. 10x improvement is left for 802.11ax. 802.11ah is for IoT applications: low bandwidth, low power consumption, high distance. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ah#Relay_Access_Point_.28AP.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ah#Relay_Access_Poi...