Product Info
Wi-Fi Direct*
Encryption and
Authentication
WPA2, AES-CCMP
Product Safety UL, C-UL, CB (IEC/EN 60950-1)
Intel® Tri-Band Wireless-AC 18260 (18260NGW)
Form Factors M.2 Type 2230
Electrical interfaces M.2 Key 1-DP: 2xPCIe, USB, DP. Interface to Intel® Wireless Gigabit-Antenna M10041
or M10042 Module using X-FL (single coax cable to carry power, IF and control)
Dimensions 22 mm x 30 mm x S3 [1.5mm Max (Top Side)/ 0.1mm max (bottom side)]
Antenna Interface
Connector
X.FL; Hirose U.FL-R-SMT mates with cable connector U.FL-LP-066
Antenna Diversity On-board diversity
IEEE 802.11
Networking
Standards
IEEE 802.11abgn, 802.11ac, 802.11ad, 802.11d, 802.11e, 802.11i, 802.11h, 802.11w
Operating
Temperature
0 to +80 degrees Celsius
Humidity 50% to 90% RH non-condensing (at temperatures of 25 ºC to 35 ºC)
Frequency
Modulation
60GHz
(802.11ad)
5GHz (802.11ac/n) 2.4GHz (802.11b/g/n)
Frequency band 57GHz - 64GHz
(dependent on
country)
5.15GHz - 5.85GHz
(dependent on country)
2.400 - 2.4835GHz (dependent
on country)
Modulation DPSK, BPSK,
QPSK, 16 QAM,
BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, 64
QAM, 256 QAM
CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK
Wireless Medium DMG control PHY,
DMG SC PHY
5GHz UNII: Orthogonal
Frequency Division
Multiplexing (OFDM)
2.4GHz ISM: Orthogonal
Frequency Division Multiplexing
(OFDM)
Channels 1, 2 and 3,
subject to country
rules
All channels as defined by the relevant specification and country
rules.
Spatial streams N/A Intel® Tri-Band Wireless-AC 18260
Data Rates All data rates are theoretical maximums.
IEEE 802.11ac Data
Rates
Intel® Tri-Band Wireless-AC 18260: Up to 867 Mbps
IEEE 802.11ad Data
Rates
4620, 3850, 3080, 2503, 2310, 1925, 1540, 1251, 1155, 963, 770, 385 Mbps
IEEE 802.11n Data
Rates
Tx/Rx (Mbps): 300, 270, 243, 240, 216.7, 195, 180, 173.3, 150, 144, 135, 130, 120,
117, 115.5, 90, 86.667, 72.2, 65, 60, 57.8, 45, 43.3, 30, 28.9, 21.7, 15, 14.4, 7.2
IEEE 802.11a Data
Rates
54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6 Mbps
IEEE 802.11g Data
Rates
54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6 Mbps
IEEE 802.11b Data
Rates
11, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps
Bluetooth Dual Mode Bluetooth* 2.1, 2.1+EDR, 3.0, 3.0+HS, 4.0 (BLE), 4.1
General
Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 7*, Microsoft Windows 8.1* with connected standby