On the Benefits of Channel Bonding in Dense, Decentralized Wi-Fi 4 Networks

Table 3

Percentage of STAs that increase (+)/keep (=)/decrease (−) their throughput (and average increase/decrease) using channel bonding with two nonorthogonal 40 MHz channels in the 2.4 GHz USA setting.

	% STA			Increase/decrease (Mbps)
	+	=	−	Increase	Decrease
1	26.50	8.50	65.00	20.29	−13.27
2	23.75	7.75	68.50	20.42	−12.49
3	21.83	9.50	68.67	19.00	−12.36
4	18.38	9.25	72.38	19.79	−11.84
5	17.90	11.10	71.00	20.02	−11.56
6	15.83	13.08	71.08	17.59	−11.90
7	16.29	14.36	69.36	17.70	−11.08
8	14.75	13.88	71.38	17.51	−10.45
9	13.56	15.83	70.61	17.31	−10.89
10	12.95	17.40	69.65	17.66	−10.89
11	12.64	18.45	68.91	15.95	−11.05
12	12.67	18.88	68.46	17.15	−10.48