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WaveBlade WiFi 802.11n (WBW2000)
The Veriwave 802.11n WaveBlade (WBW2000) provides a state-of-the-art and an industry first test product to evaluate the functionality and performance of IEEE 802.11n based WLAN networking products. Designed for testing network infrastructure devices, including consumer Access Points and reference designs, enterprise/carrier-grade Access Points and controllers, and entire WLAN networks, the WaveBlade integrates both traffic generation/analysis and multi-path channel emulation capabilities on a single platform.
The WBW2000 generates traffic from hundreds of independent stateful clients and makes it easy to determine the effects of complex MIMO propagation on 802.11n Access Point and Controller performance by subjecting each individual client to any of the IEEE-defined channel emulation models.
The WaveBlade WiFi 802.11n is a line-card that fits into VeriWaves WT90 and WT20 chassis and interworks seamlessly with the WaveBlade WiFi 802.11 a/b/g and WaveBlade Ethernet line-cards. It provides the essential tools necessary to complete various types of testing ranging from functional testing at the AP level to scale testing a large 802.11n infrastructure network.
Benefits
- Up to 500 fully independent, stateful 802.11n Clients per port enable precise measurement of critical performance metrics at data rates reaching up to maximum theoretical limits
- Built-in Channel Models help determine real-world performance in six typical WLAN multi-path scenarios, per recommendations of IEEE 802.11n Task Group
- Channel Emulation support for up to 16 transmission channels to measure the performance of WLAN APs with up to 4 input/output antennas
- Highly scaled setup in a single test-bed to test real-world deployment levels of APs and clients
- Ease-of-use through simplified set-up including single-click selection of desired channel model to be used on clients in a wide-array of Veriwave Test Suites. The channel models are also customizable by the user
- Full support of legacy IEEE 802.11 a/b/g traffic generation and analysis
Specifications
| MIMO
Configuration |
Support for 2x2, 2x3, 3x3 and 4x4 with Spatial Multiplexing |
| PLCP Mode |
Legacy, Mixed-mode, Greenfield |
| Operating
Frequency |
2.4 GHz, 4.9GHz and 5 GHz |
| IEEE Channel Models |
- Model A typical home/small office
environment
- Model B typical medium office environment
- Model C typical large office environment
- Model D typical open space environment
- Model E typical large open space
environment
- Model F complex environment with many
scaterrers
- By-pass mode to not impose any channel
conditions |
| Guard Interval Selection (per client control) |
800/400 ns |
| Spatial Streams (Nss) |
1 to 4 |
| FEC Coding Rates |
1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6 |
| Channel
Bandwidth |
20 MHz, 40 MHz |
| HT PHY Rates |
6.5 Mbps to 600 Mbps (MCS Index 0 to 32) |
| Legacy PHY Rates |
1, 2, 3, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps |
| Aggregation Types |
A-MPDU, A-MSDU, Block-Ack |
| Transmit Power Control |
-50 dBm to 0 dBm |
| Transmit Power Accuracy |
+/- 1.0 dB (typical) |
| Transmit Power
Attenuation Range |
50dB, settable in 1 dB (nominal) steps |
| Optional in-path
Attenuation |
20dB |
| Receive sensitivity |
-82 dBm min for 8x10
-2 FER (1 Mbps CCK)
-82 dBm min for 10x10-2 PER (6 Mbps OFDM) |
| 2.4GHz Operating
Channels |
2.412GHz to 2.484GHz per 802.11 Clause(s) 15, 17, 18, n |
| 5GHz Operating
Channels |
4.942GHz to 5.900GHz per 802.11 Clause(s)
17/PA, 17/n and 17/p |
| RF Isolation |
Better than 80 dB |
| Antenna Interface
Connectors |
- Up to 4 x SMA female connector, standard
thread
- AC coupled, 50 Ohms |
| Traffic Timestamp
Accuracy |
50ns |
| Maximum
Number of
Stateful Clients |
500 |
| Maximum
Number of Traffic Flows Generated |
1,000 |
| Maximum
Number of Traffic Flows Analyzed |
131,000 |
| 802.11 MAC
Control (all
parameters) |
Independent per client |
| 802.1x
Authentication Support |
PEAP/MSCHAPv2, TLS, LEAP/EAP-FAST, TTLS |
| Encryption
Support
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WEP-40 and WEP-104, TKIP (WPA), AES-CCMP (WPA2) |
| OSI Layer 3 and Layer 4 (IP, UDP, TCP, etc.) control (all parameters) |
Independent per client |
| Port Counters |
Comprehensive set of layer 2, 3 and 4 frame types |
| Client Control |
Control Frames, Management Frames, Action Frames |
| Flow and Flow-group Counters |
Frames sent/received, bytes sent/received, out-of-order frames, payload integrity, latency histograms |
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Minimum requirements
| VeriWave test system | 1 x Veriwave WaveTest 90 or WaveTest 20 system
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| Host Computer | - x86 based PC with 1GHz processor and 256MB RAM
- Windows XP SP2, or Linux (2.6 or higher kernel level) with Web Browser installed to manage the WaveBlade
- Web Browser Installed |
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