802.11 Data Rates & SNR Requirements.xlsx

	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
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2	HT MCS Index	Modulation	Coding	20MHz				40MHz
3				Data Rate (Mbps)		Min. SNR (dBm)	Receive Sensitivity (RSSI)	Data Rate (Mbps)		Min. SNR (dBm)	Receive Sensitivity (RSSI)
4				GI = 800ns	GI = 400ns	Min. SNR (dBm)	Receive Sensitivity (RSSI)	GI = 800ns	GI = 400ns	Min. SNR (dBm)	Receive Sensitivity (RSSI)
5	1 Spatial Stream
6	0	BPSK	1/2	6.5	7.2	2	-82	13.5	15	5	-79
7	1	QPSK	1/2	13	14.4	5	-79	27	30	8	-76
8	2	QPSK	3/4	19.5	21.7	9	-77	40.5	45	12	-74
9	3	16-QAM	1/2	26	28.9	11	-74	54	60	14	-71
10	4	16-QAM	3/4	39	43.3	15	-70	81	90	18	-67
11	5	64-QAM	2/3	52	57.8	18	-66	108	120	21	-63
12	6	64-QAM	3/4	58.5	65	20	-65	121.5	135	23	-62
13	7	64-QAM	5/6	65	72.2	25	-64	135	150	28	-61
14	2 Spatial Streams
15	8	BPSK	1/2	13	14.4	2	-82	27	30	5	-79
16	9	QPSK	1/2	26	28.9	5	-79	54	60	8	-76
17	10	QPSK	3/4	39	43.3	9	-77	81	90	12	-74
18	11	16-QAM	1/2	52	57.8	11	-74	108	120	14	-71
19	12	16-QAM	3/4	78	86.7	15	-70	162	180	18	-67
20	13	64-QAM	2/3	104	115.6	18	-66	216	240	21	-63
21	14	64-QAM	3/4	117	130.3	20	-65	243	270	23	-62
22	15	64-QAM	5/6	130	144.4	25	-64	270	300	28	-61
23	3 Spatial Streams
24	16	BPSK	1/2	19.5	21.7	2	-82	40.5	45	5	-79
25	17	QPSK	1/2	39	43.3	5	-79	81	90	8	-76
26	18	QPSK	3/4	58.5	65	9	-77	121.5	135	12	-74
27	19	16-QAM	1/2	78	86.7	11	-74	162	180	14	-71
28	20	16-QAM	3/4	117	130	15	-70	243	270	18	-67
29	21	64-QAM	2/3	156	173.3	18	-66	324	360	21	-63
30	22	64-QAM	3/4	175.5	195	20	-65	364.5	405	23	-62
31	23	64-QAM	5/6	195	216.7	25	-64	405	450	28	-61
32	4 Spatial Streams
33	24	BPSK	1/2	26	28.9	2	-82	54	60	5	-79
34	25	QPSK	1/2	52	57.8	5	-79	108	120	8	-76
35	26	QPSK	3/4	78	86.7	9	-77	162	180	12	-74
36	27	16-QAM	1/2	104	115.6	11	-74	216	240	14	-71
37	28	16-QAM	3/4	156	173.3	15	-70	324	360	18	-67
38	29	64-QAM	2/3	208	231.1	18	-66	432	480	21	-63
39	30	64-QAM	3/4	234	260	20	-65	486	540	23	-62
40	31	64-QAM	5/6	260	288.9	25	-64	540	600	28	-61
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