1. Wider channel width i.e. 80 MHz mandatory, or 160 MHz optional (40 MHz maximum in IEEE 802.11n)

2. Higher modulation i.e., 256 QAM (64 QAM in case of IEEE 802.11n)

3. MU-MIMO (Multi User MIMO, SU-MIMO in case of 802.11n).

4. Short GI which is 400 μsec

5. STBC (Space Time Block Coding) and LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) codes

6. Maximum up to eight spatial streams (four in IEEE 802.11n)

- Support for all channel combinations including 160 MHz contiguous as well as 80+80 MHz combination

- Full PLCP header support for VHT mode including VHT-SIG-A/B as well as VHT-LTF and VHT-STF

- PHY configuration and legacy protection in mixed mode – including CTS/RTS and L-SIG-TXOP

- All MCS and FEC modes defined by the standard

- Multiple antenna support in a number of modes including

o NxM MIMO combinations (Up to 8x8) with no restrictions on N and M

o Spatial mapping and STBC support

o All CSD combinations

o SU and MU MIMO

- Receiver supports includes channel estimation and MIMO detection

- Beamforming support includes

o Steering vector calculations using antenna mesaurements

o Implicit/Explicit beam forming reports

o VHT compressed beamforming report

o MU-MIMO beamforming report

o MIMO beamforming algorithms using received reports

- Performance data for this is measured

o Using channel definitions from the 802.11ac standard (in draft form) models a-f

o Delivering performance data such a BER/PER as well as RSSI and Channel frequency response per link.