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2:00 AM - 08/17/2009 by William Van Winkle

There’s no point in kicking a dead horse. Across the first four locations, BeamFlex beats Cisco’s on-chip beamforming by anywhere from roughly 1.5x to 3x. Location 5 is the exception because the 1142 failed to connect.

It might also be helpful to view all five locations in line graph format. As you can see, the relative advantage enjoyed by the 7962 is greater at the closer distances.

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dingumf 08/17/2009 8:23 AM
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pirateboy 08/17/2009 9:24 AM
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chinesemafia69 08/17/2009 10:16 AM
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wow....this owns

bucifer 08/17/2009 10:42 AM
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Mr_Man 08/17/2009 2:44 PM
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Anonymous 08/17/2009 2:58 PM
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@Mr_Man: With a name like yours, I'd think that you'd sympathize with Chris a bit more :P Unless (Mr_Man == I likes men) :D

antiacid 08/17/2009 3:13 PM
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awesome article! Thanks for exposing us to this great technology :)

Pei-chen 08/17/2009 3:17 PM
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zak_mckraken 08/17/2009 4:23 PM
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There's one question that I think was not covered by the article. Can a beamformaing AP can sustain the above numbers on two different clients? Let's say we take the UDP test at 5 GHz. The result shows 7.3 Mb/s. If we had two clients at opposite sides of the AP doing the same test, would we have 7.3 Mb/s for each test or would the bandwidth be sliced in 2?

The numbers so far are astonishing, but are they realistic in a multi-client environnement? That's something I'd like to know!

Jerther 08/17/2009 4:28 PM
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There is so much invisible to understand in wireless technology!

ebattleon 08/17/2009 5:01 PM
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Anonymous 08/17/2009 5:04 PM
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I'm not an expert on beamforming, but I'm surprised that it is useful at these frequencies. After all, the wavelength at 2.4 GHz is ~12 cm (~5 inches). That means that the pockets of constructive interference (the beam) are very small. Moving the receiver a few inches should make a big difference.

Are you sure the differences you are seeing aren't simply due to higher power output? Couldn't the same improvements be obtained with a directional antenna like a Yagi?

Rancifer7 08/17/2009 6:00 PM
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So far quite an interesting technology. Its nice to know that at someone in the wireless world is striving to make something innovative!

When all the major players sell items that look almost the same, act similarly, and perform almost the same, there is something wrong with the industry.

chaohsiangchen 08/17/2009 6:13 PM
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Beam forming technology have been for a long time, but they are mostly used in military equipments. Phased Array radars, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar, Plane Array Antenna and antenna for data link. Most consumer products still use Yagi or disk antenna. Cost is a major issue in the application. Military don't care that much about the cost.

scotty123 08/17/2009 6:23 PM
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sounds nice - but i won't get excited until it's available at Best Buy!

One niggling concern, I felt reasonably safe with the unfocused cloud of RF surrounding me wherever I go, but I am not so sure about the tightly focused beam that the Ruckus provides. What happens to the poor joe who sits directly in the path of such a beam for 8 hours a day?

williamvw 08/17/2009 6:39 PM
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Mr_Man :
In defense of your wife, you didn't HAVE to use that particular channel to view all the "detail".


LOL! True enough. It honestly was a reference file I had on hand for such testing situations. Angelini obviously showed a bit more wisdom in his choice of in-house test content.

williamvw 08/17/2009 6:44 PM
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scotty123 :
sounds nice - but i won't get excited until it's available at Best Buy! One niggling concern, I felt reasonably safe with the unfocused cloud of RF surrounding me wherever I go, but I am not so sure about the tightly focused beam that the Ruckus provides. What happens to the poor joe who sits directly in the path of such a beam for 8 hours a day?


My absolutely unqualified opinion is "probably nothing." While the conditions are somewhat different, you might want to read a Tech Myths column segment I did over on Tom's Guide that touches on this issue. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/decibe [...] 38-10.html

williamvw 08/17/2009 7:17 PM
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zak_mckraken :
There's one question that I think was not covered by the article. Can a beamformaing AP can sustain the above numbers on two different clients? Let's say we take the UDP test at 5 GHz. The result shows 7.3 Mb/s. If we had two clients at opposite sides of the AP doing the same test, would we have 7.3 Mb/s for each test or would the bandwidth be sliced in 2?The numbers so far are astonishing, but are they realistic in a multi-client environnement? That's something I'd like to know!


Excellent question, and one I hope to dive into in a later article. For now, I can only give you the anecdote on my opening page, running the same HD stream to two clients. Ruckus states that BeamFlex can sustain a 50 Mbps minimum per access point. Do the math on your client streams accordingly, I suppose.

bounty 08/17/2009 7:24 PM
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williamvw :
LOL! True enough. It honestly was a reference file I had on hand for such testing situations. Angelini obviously showed a bit more wisdom in his choice of in-house test content.



Honestly honey, it's just a reference file, I swear it's not porn. I challenge you to find HD streaming content from the internet that highlights the subtle nuance of flesh tones.

williamvw 08/17/2009 7:28 PM
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bounty :
Honestly honey, it's just a reference file, I swear it's not porn. I challenge you to find HD streaming content from the internet that highlights the subtle nuance of flesh tones.


Hey, the VS catalog mails to her, not me. I was merely trying to be a good husband and participate in her interests. ;-) ANYWAY. Back to beamforming, shall we?


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