Implementation and Evaluation of WLAN 802.11ac for Residential Networks in NS-3

Table 1

MCS values for 802.11ac.

MCS index	Modulation type	Coding rate	20 MHz (short GI)	Channel width multiplication factor
0	BPSK		7.2
1	QPSK		14.4	×1.0 for 20 MHz
2	QPSK		21.7
3	16-QAM		28.9	×2.1 for 40 MHz
4	16-QAM		43.3
5	64-QAM		57.8	×4.5 for 80 MHz
6	64-QAM		65
7	64-QAM		72.2	×9.0 for 160 MHz
8	256-QAM		86.7
9	256-QAM