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Cisco Aironet Series 1700/2700/3700 Access Point Deployment Guide
Cisco Aironet Series 3700 Access Point
Figure 56
AP 3600: 4 Transmitters and 4 Receivers per Radio Band
The AP 2600, while similar to the AP 3600, is slightly different because it is a 3x4:3, meaning the AP 2600 also has 4 antennas
to help on the receive (upstream signal) but it only uses three transmitters on the downstream side.
The yellow sections of the MCS chart in
Figure 57
depict the faster data rates supported by the AP 3600. The AP 3600 supports
802.11a/b/g rates as well as 802.11n rates of MCS values 0-23.
Figure 57
AP 2600/3600 Supports up to 450 Mbps (MCS rates 0-23) AP 1600 (MCS rates 0-15)
These additional MCS rates permit more choices for the client supporting 3SS when making rate-shifting decisions because
the rate-shifting algorithm maintains the best overall throughput connection.