Dell SonicPoint ACi Getting Started Guide
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Wireless overview
The Dell™ SonicPoint ACi is part of the next evolutionary generation in wireless access points after the Dell SonicWALL SonicPoint
N and NDR.
The SonicPoint ACi provides physical layer enhancements for higher throughput with a maximum data rate of 1.3 Gbps. To achieve
this, the SonicPoint ACi uses:
• Wider channels—80 MHz-wide channels for the 802.11ac radio module, while continuing to support 20/40 MHz channels.
This allows for dynamic per packet negotiation of channel widths so that when there is interference, the SonicPoint can
temporarily fall back to 40 or 20MHz channels.
• More spatial streams—3X3 multiple-input and multiple-output, (MIMO) for the 802.11ac radio module, where the capacity
of a radio link is multiplied using multipath propagation.
