User's Manual

65-VF320-P2
WLAN MiniPCI a/b/g/n Adapter
Product Specification and Modular Installation
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Typical Receiver Sensitivity
The following tables depict target Rx Sensitivity in dBm as defined in IEEE 802.11 specification(s).
NOTE: Tx Power and Rx Sensitivity alone are not sufficient to assess MIMO performance in a multipath
environment. The MIMO radio architecture and core DSP algorithms play a far greater role in determining
how well a MIMO radio performs -- a well architected MIMO radio with similar Rx sensitivity as a poorly
designed MIMO radio provides much better performance. Real world benchmark testing is required to
assess the performance of various MIMO radios.
802.11b Rx Sensitivity
2.4 GHz IEEE 11b (8% PER)
Data Rate Mbps RX Sensitivity dBm
1
-101.0
2
- 98.0
5.5
- 97.0
11
- 93.0
Table 3 802.11b Rx Sensitivity
NOTE: Reference P57, IEEE Std 802.11b-1999: FER shall be less than 8x10
-2
at a PSDU length
of 1024 octets.