Although the 5GHz band offers multiple 40MHz-wide channels for wireless networking, the reality is that many deployment scenarios will require some form of cell-planning, which presents a challenge given the unpredictable coverage caused by MIMO. The figure below shows how a cell-based solution is prevented from creating a predictable coverage environment. Each AP will have sporadic and changing coverage, which will inevitably impact other APs using the same channel in the wireless network.

Extricom is the only WLAN technology immune to cell-induced problems and variability of MIMO coverage. In fact, because MIMO improvements are opportunistic, the Extricom architecture actually improves MIMO performance by providing the “best” MIMO path on a packet-by-packet basis to a wireless network client, thus adding robustness and stability to a highly variable technology.