PEGATRON WL 227N ABAND User Manual

WL-227N_ABAND

Mini PCI WiFi (802.11 a/n) Card

Hardware and Driver Reference

CONTENTS

CONTENTS .................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION ......................................................................... 3

SCOPE ............................................................................................. 3

ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS ..................................................... 3

GENERAL FEATURES ..................................................................... 3

DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................4

SAFETY INFORMATION ............................................................6

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INTRODUCTION

SCOPE

The purpose of this specication is to document the requirements

for 802.11 a/n, it is an iNIC card that not only can act as a tradition­al AP/Router but also provide WLAN dual band access capabilities.

ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS

Acronym Description

BBP Base Band Processor
BER Bit Error Rate
BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying

CCK Complementary code keying

EVM Error Vector Magnitude
MAC Media Access Controller

OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

GENERAL FEATURES

Network Standard Comply with IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 & IEEE 802.11a standards

Chipset Highly Integrated MIMO 2T3R MAC/BBP chip (RT2880)
with PCI Interface and Single-chip Transceiver (RT2850)
with 2.4 GHz(low-band) and 5~6GHz(high-band) ISM bands

Host interface Type III A, 124 Pin

Data Rate 300Mbps Receive PHY Rate, 300Mbps Transmit PHY Rate
and just support 2 streams

Modulation Modulation Technology support Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiplexing (OFDM)

Operating Frequency 4.9~5.9GHz

Operating Channel CH36~CH48,CH52~CH64,CH149~CH161

Transmitter/Receiver Two Tx transmits from transceiver through an external PA to the
Mechanism antenna. Three Rx act as MIMO coming from the antennas.

Antenna Connectors Hirose U.FL-R-SMT-1(10) compatible

Driver Support OS Linux

Application This module will be used in a 12 inch or greater laptop.

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