Gigabit Wireless Networking with IEEE 802.11ac: Technical Overview and Challenges

@article{Siddiqui2015GigabitWN,
  title={Gigabit Wireless Networking with IEEE 802.11ac: Technical Overview and Challenges},
  author={Farhan Siddiqui and Sherali Zeadally and Khaled Salah},
  journal={J. Networks},
  year={2015},
  volume={10},
  pages={164-171}
}
The ever-growing proliferation of wireless devices and concurrent deployments of bandwidth intensive applications has been having a significant impact on user experience in high-density wireless areas. IEEE 802.11ac is a recently ratified Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) standard that promises to improve wireless user experience by delivering gigabit speed to end-user applications. 802.11ac utilizes new technologies such as Channel Bonding, Beamforming, and Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple… 
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