Excellent article on how Wifi works at the low-level

[RMerlin]

Anandtech has published an excellent article concerning how Wifi (at the L1/L2 level) works:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10081/wifi-testing-with-ixia-wavedevice

(the Pixel and iPad performance reviews in that article are just a bonus - the meat lies in the detailed Wifi technology explanations.)

 

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The fun thing is that Pixel basically is broken, like many android devices - charts below;

iOS (iPad Pro) vs. Android - and this is relevant for multiple AP scenarios...

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