Wireless/5G

Explained: Multi-User MIMO for 802.11ac Wi-Fi

Jan. 7, 2014

Video from WLAN specialist Aerohive explains.

In the following video, Aerohive's Matthew Gast discusses Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) technology, widely expected to be seen in the second wave of 802.11ac access points. As Gast explains, MU-MIMO depends critically on 802.11ac's beamforming technology; the video goes on to discusse how MU-MIMO technology works and what users can expect from it.

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