- Cisco Network Router User's Manual

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CiscoAironetAccessPointDeploymentGuide 

CiscoSystems

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Figure4:AP1600ModelsandEco‐Packs

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3600Series

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TheCisco3600SeriesAccessPoint(AP3600)targetscustomerswhorequiresupportformission‐critical

applications.TheAP3600embodiesClientLink2.0,aninnovativeantennatechnologycomprising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ra tes16‐23,whilestill maintainingIEEE

802.3af(15.4Watt)PoweroverEthernet(PoE)compliance.Seethesectionon"802.11n,Spatial

Streams,andBeamforming"formoreonspatialstreams.

FeatureModulesforthe3600Series

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TheWSSI(WirelessSecurityandSpreadSpectrumIntelligence)moduleaddsnewfunctionaltytotheAP

3600toprotectcustomerinvestment.Thisoptional,add‐onmoduleprovidesadedicatedmonitorradio

to scan the full spectrum, not just the channel on which the AP operates. It offloads complete

monitoringandsecurity

servicestothemonitormodule,includingCleanAir,WIDS/WIPS,Context‐Aware

Location, Rogue Detection, and Radio Resource Management (RRM). The WSSI module allows  for full

spectrum analysis on all chann els on both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. It avoids the need to deploy a

separate,dedicatedoverlaynetworkforfullspectrum

monitoringandeliminatesthe needfor anextra

cablepullandadditionalinfrastructurecosts.

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The second available module provides 802.11ac (wave‐1) functionality to the AP 3600. This radio

moduleoperatesat5GHzandallowstheAP3600tofullysupport802.11a/nalongwith802.11acclients.

(Wave‐1)functionalitysupports

a1.3GbpsPHY/~1GbpsMAC(throughput)usingthreespatialstreams,

80 MHz, 256 QAM. It also supports Explicit Beamforming per the 802.11ac standard. Use of the radio