Installation guide

Antenna options and radiation patterns•
Spatial streams, MCS rates, and what they mean•
ClientLink 2.0  what this means for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)•
Site Survey considerations•
This document is intended for trained and experienced technical personnel familiar with the existing Cisco
Wireless Networking Business Unit (WNBU) product line and features.
Prerequisites
Requirements
There are no specific requirements for this document.
Components Used
This document is not restricted to specific software and hardware versions.
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the
devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure
that you understand the potential impact of any command.
Conventions
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Choosing the Correct Access Point
Models
The Cisco 3600 Series Access Point (AP 3600) targets customers requiring support for mission−critical
applications. The AP 3600 embodies ClientLink 2.0, an innovative antenna technology comprised of four
transmit radios and four receive radios called 4x4 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) and three spatial
stream (3SS) beamforming, together referenced as 4x4:3. ClientLink 2.0 permits speeds up to 450 Mbps via
additional Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) data rates 16−23, while still maintaining IEEE 802.3af
(15.4 Watt) Power over Ethernet (PoE) compliance. More on spatial streams can be found in the 802.11n
Primer  Understanding Spatial Streams section of this document.
Figure 1  Access Point Portfolio Placement