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3. Functional Description
3.4.1. Wi-Fi Radio and Baseband
The ESP8266EX Wi-Fi Radio and Baseband support the following features:
802.11 b and 802.11 g
802.11 n MCS0-7 in 20 MHz bandwidth
802.11 n 0.4 μs guard-interval
up to 72.2 Mbps of data rate
Receiving STBC 2 x 1
Up to 20.5 dBm of transmitting power
Adjustable transmitting power
3.4.2. Wi-Fi MAC
The ESP8266EX Wi-Fi MAC applies low-level protocol functions automatically, as follows:
2 × virtual Wi-Fi interfaces
Infrastructure BSS Station mode/SoftAP mode/Promiscuous mode
Request To Send (RTS), Clear To Send (CTS) and Immediate Block ACK
Defragmentation
CCMP (CBC-MAC, counter mode), TKIP (MIC, RC4), WEP (RC4) and CRC
Automatic beacon monitoring (hardware TSF)
Dual and single antenna Bluetooth co-existence support with optional simultaneous
receive (Wi-Fi/Bluetooth) capability
3.5. Power Management
ESP8266EX is designed with advanced power management technologies and intended for
mobile devices, wearable electronics and the Internet of Things applications.
The low-power architecture operates in the following modes:
Active mode: The chip radio is powered on. The chip can receive, transmit, or listen.
Modem-sleep mode: The CPU is operational. The Wi-Fi and radio are disabled.
Light-sleep mode: The CPU and all peripherals are paused. Any wake-up events
(MAC, host, RTC timer, or external interrupts) will wake up the chip.
Deep-sleep mode: Only the RTC is operational and all other part of the chip are
powered off.!
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