| 5 | The IEEE 802.11 Standard specifies a minimum receiver sensitivity that all 802.11 devices must achieve. This sensitivity is specified as a receive power (in dBm) in which a device must achieve no worse than a 10% PER for PPDU receptions of 1000 octets. The receiver minimum input sensitivity requirements are specified in Section 18.3.10.2 of 802.11-2012 and are reproduced here: |
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| 7 | ||= Rate =||= Modulation / Coding =||= Minimum Sensitivity (dBm) =|| |
| 8 | || 6 Mbps || BPSK 1/2 || -82 || |
| 9 | || 9 Mbps || BPSK 3/4 || -81 || |
| 10 | || 12 Mbps || QPSK 1/2 || -79 || |
| 11 | || 18 Mbps || QPSK 3/4 || -77 || |
| 12 | || 24 Mbps || 16-QAM 1/2 || -74 || |
| 13 | || 36 Mbps || 16-QAM 3/4 || -70 || |
| 14 | || 48 Mbps || 64-QAM 1/2 || -66 || |
| 15 | || 54 Mbps || 64-QAM 2/3 || -65 || |
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