Research Article

Acknowledgement Corruption: A New Aspect of Physical Layer Capture in IEEE 802.11 Networks

Table 2

MCS index used in the 802.11n experiments.

MCS index Number of spatial streams Modulation & coding Transmission bit rate (Mbps)

1 1 QPSK 1/2 13
2 1 QPSK 3/4 19.5
3 1 16-QAM 1/2 26
4 1 16-QAM 3/4 39
6 1 64-QAM 3/4 58.5
7 1 64-QAM 5/6 65
8 2 BPSK 1/2 13
9 2 QPSK 1/2 26
11 2 16-QAM 1/2 52
12 2 16-QAM 3/4 78
13 2 64-QAM 2/3 104
14 2 64-QAM 3/4 117