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Sorting Out BSS Color, Spatial Reuse, and Dual NAV

This post first appeared on 7signal.com. We usually only hear about BSS Coloring in the marketing of Wi-Fi 6, but Spatial Reuse and Dual NAV are related important features of 802.11ax. Let’s sort them out, but first some background. All 802.11 stations (AP’s and clients) must make sure that the channel they are operating onContinue reading “Sorting Out BSS Color, Spatial Reuse, and Dual NAV”

Clear To Send Podcast Episode 62: K12 Wi-Fi Deployments

I recently had the pleasure of joining Rowell Dionicio on the Clear to Send Podcast to talk about Wi-Fi in K12 schools. Clear To Send is a great podcast about enterprise wireless networking and a great way to stay current with the Wi-Fi community. We talked about K12 requirements, challenges, funding, my design process, security, andContinue reading “Clear To Send Podcast Episode 62: K12 Wi-Fi Deployments”

Making RRM Work

There’s been a lot of good discussion within the Wi-Fi community recently about the viability of radio resource management (RRM), or the automatic selection of channels and Tx power settings by proprietary vendor algorithms. At Mobility Field Day 1 there was this excellent roundtable. Personally, I usually fall into the static design camp, for many of theContinue reading “Making RRM Work”