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Wireless connection speed and thruput are quite different. The wireless may offer a connection speed of 54 Mbits/sec, but the actual thruput is considerably less, typically less than half. That's because of management packet overhead, [[wikipedia:IEEE 802.11|802.11b]] compatibility, inter-symbol gaps, and necessary timing delays. Also, note that wireless is [[wikipedia:Duplex (telecommunications)|half-duplex]], where only one radio in a given airspace can transmit at a time. | Wireless connection speed and thruput are quite different. The wireless may offer a connection speed of 54 Mbits/sec, but the actual thruput is considerably less, typically less than half. That's because of management packet overhead, [[wikipedia:IEEE 802.11|802.11b]] compatibility, inter-symbol gaps, and necessary timing delays. Also, note that wireless is [[wikipedia:Duplex (telecommunications)|half-duplex]], where only one radio in a given airspace can transmit at a time. | ||
| - | This is taken from an [http://www.atheros.com/pt/atheros_range_whitepaper.pdf Atheros paper] with some additions and corrections. | + | This is taken from an [http://www.atheros.com/pt/whitepapers/atheros_range_whitepaper.pdf Atheros paper] with some additions and corrections. |
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