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802.11ad usb adapter
What do i need for my surface pro 3 (or anything with usb 3.0) to take advantage of the 60gz of the r9000?
Not aware of any for now - look ie. List of 802.11ad Hardware. Interestingly, none of the three makers of 802.11ad routers does offer such a beast.
Not aware of any for now - look ie. List of 802.11ad Hardware. Interestingly, none of the three makers of 802.11ad routers does offer such a beast.
Wouldn't the data transfer rate limit of the usb3 port limit a based usb3 ad adaptor to the 4.8gb data transfer rate as well even if every was work just right and no bottle necks anywhere in the data bus even if you had the perfect line of sight and in the perfect range from the router or I'am wrong?
Yes, of course. However, with all these shared media technologies (the air) and with the massive concurrent multi-channel as we see on the 2.4 GHz (even overlapping channels) and on 5 GHz (160 MHz, soon even more), the aim is to have a reliable, fair usage access. For now, you would get these marketing data rates on very short distances only, ie on a desk with these 802.11ad based docking stations - withing some 10...50 cm only. Thus, the USB 3.0 limitation won't hit very soon.
schumaku wrote:
the aim is to have a reliable, fair usage access.
Yes. And there just isn't enough spectrum. The 60 ghz range is extremely limited, but can help for some. But you'd need an AP in every room to really make effective use of it (or an orbi-style mesh).
Allowing wifi to use white-space spectrum (licensed spectrum that isn't used in your location) is another approach, and hopefully will also be approved by regulators. The challenge there is that the license holder needs strong guarantees that the wifi usage won't disrupt their service (after all, they've spent a lot of money to get that license).
