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Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) uses
256-QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) and OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing) to achieve higher data rates. 256-QAM allows it to pack more data per signal compared to previous generations, while OFDM is a method of efficiently packing data into different sub-carriers.
  • 256-QAM: This is a higher-order modulation scheme compared to the 64-QAM used in Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), which allows for more data to be transmitted at once.
  • OFDM: This is the underlying framework used to transmit data in a way that is


since like 2008 or so.
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