AR9271 Reference Design Highlights
£ Support for both USB dongle and USB module form factors
£ Compliant with USB 2.0 standard
£ Line rate WLAN to LAN performance
£ Interoperability with 802.11b, 802.11g
and 802.11n compliant products
£ Driver support for Win7, Vista, Windows XP and Linux
operating systems
£ Worldwide regulatory compliance
AR9271
Highly integrated single-chip USB with 802.11n support
AR9271 Specifications
Frequency Band
2.4 GHz
Network Standard
802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
Modulation Technology
OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM,
64 QAM; DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK
FEC Coding
1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6
Hardware Encryption
AES, TKIP, WEP
Quality of Service
802.11e
Communications Interface
USB 2.0
Peripheral Interface
GPIOs, LEDs
Memory Interface
EEPROM, Flash
Supported Data Rates
11b: 1 - 11 Mbps
11g: 6 - 54 Mbps
11n: 6.5 to 150 Mbps
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