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

Table 4

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

	% STA			Increase/decrease (Mbps)
	+	=	−	Increase	Decrease
1	8.00	8.50	83.50	23.38	−19.57
2	7.25	7.75	85.00	24.07	−17.13
3	6.17	9.50	84.33	22.51	−17.27
4	5.13	9.25	85.63	21.63	−17.11
5	4.70	11.10	84.20	22.60	−16.89
6	4.33	13.00	82.67	17.40	−16.23
7	4.00	14.21	81.79	20.47	−16.06
8	3.31	13.81	82.88	19.12	−15.15
9	3.17	15.78	81.06	19.46	−15.26
10	2.70	17.30	80.00	20.46	−15.07
11	2.73	18.36	78.91	14.88	−14.98
12	2.83	18.88	78.29	16.74	−14.81