AsiaRF AW7916-NPD

Overview
AW7916-NPD is a WiFi6 3000 highly advanced Mini PCIe Module with G-band 2T2R + A-band 3T3R 2ss Dual Bands Dual Concurrents (DBDC) based on Mediatek MT7916AN.

The capabilities enabling up to 3Gbps performance, supports 3×3 with 2 Spatial Streams for either 5 or 6GHz at maximum 160MHz bandwidth and 2×2 with 2 spatial streams for 2.4GHz at maximum 40MHz bandwidth. The additional 3rd antenna can be used for zero-wait DFS and/or MRC (up to 1024-QAM) for extra downlink (Rx) performance. Integrating the FEM radio into the Mediatek Filogic 630 platform yields integration advantages of smaller size and lower BOM costs for device makers.

Advanced access point features include up to 24 users (OFDMA), support of MU-MIMO clients, 512 MAC entries, 16 MBSSID and support for all Wi-Fi Alliance Wi-Fi 6 Release 2 features.

In addition, the chipset includes hardware-based Wi-Fi offload engine to alleviate the router AP from Wi-Fi connection-related processing, improving whole platform energy efficiency and performance. Filogic 630 can also be combined with Filogic 830 SoC platform for Tri-band Wi-Fi 6/6E solutions for Routers and Repeaters.

AW7916-NPD Block Diagram

Features:

IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compliant Support 20/40MHz bandwidth in G-band, and 20/40/80/160MHz bandwidth in A-band G-band 2T2R + A-band 3T3R 2ss, dual-band dual concurrent (DBDC) with PHY rate up to 3000Mbps Support MU-MIMO TX/RX Support MU-OFDMA TX/RX Support STBC, LDPC, TX Beamformer and RX Beamformer Support greenfield, mixed mode, legacy modes Security support for WFA WPA/WPA2/WPA3 personal, WPS2.0 QoS support of WFA WMM, WMM PS   32-bit RISC MCU for Wi-Fi protocols and Wi-Fi offload Embedded SRAM/ROM UART interface with hardware flow control Programmable and multiplexed GPIO pins PCIe device fully compliant to PCIe v2.1 specification Integrate 4Kbit efuse to store device specific information and calibration data

Specification: Standards	Wireless: G-band 2T2R + A-band 3T3R 2ss, dual-band dual concurrent (DBDC) with PHY rate up to 3000Mbps Data Rate	IEEE 802.11ax 3000Mbps@TX/RX Output Power	11b: 23dbm+/- 1.5dbm @ 11Mbps 11g: 21dbm+/- 1.5dbm @ 54Mbps 11g/n: 21dBm +/- 1.5dbm @MCS7,HE20,16.5dBm@MCS7,HE4011a: 20dBm +/- 1.5dbm @ 54Mbps 11a/n: 20dBm+/- 1.5dbm @MCS7,HE20,16.5dBm@MCS7,HE4011ac HE20: 20+/-1.5dBm@MCS8 11ac HE40: 17+/-1.5dBm@MCS9 11ac HE80: 14.5+/-1.5dBm@MCS911ax HE20: 20+/-1.5dBm@MCS911ax HE40: 17+/-1.5dBm@MCS9

11ax HE80: 13.5+/-1.5dBm@MCS11

11ax HE160: 13.5+/-1.5dBm@MCS11 Receiver Sensitivity	11b: -99dBm@11Mbps 11g: -95dBm@54Mbps 11g/n: -90dBm@HT20,MCS7, -86dBm@HT40,MCS7 11a: -90Bm@54Mbps 11a/n: -85dBm@HT20,MCS7, -81dBm@HT40,MCS711ac: -90dBm+/-2dBm @VHT20 MCS8 11ac: -85dBm+/-2dBm @VHT40 MCS9 11ac: -68dBm+/-2dBm @VHT80 MCS911ax: -61dBm+/-2dBm @HE20 MCS11 11ax: -58dBm+/-2dBm @HE40 MCS11 11ax: -55dBm+/-2dBm @HE80 MCS11 Antenna	External Antenna connector (IPEX) x2 Frequency Range	US, Canada 2.412GHz~2.462 GHz (CH1~CH11) EU, Japan: 2.412GHz~2.472GHz (CH1~CH13)5.15GHz ~5.875GHz Software	Security: 64/128-bit WEP Encryption, WPA, WPA2 Driver: Linux Operating Voltage	DC 3.3V ± 5% Temperature	Operating: 0°C ~ +70°C Storage : -20°C ~ +90°C Humidity	Operating Humidity: 10%~90% non-condensing

Storage Humidity: 10%~90% non-condensing Dimension	50.95(H) x 30(W)mm

Power consumption maximum is 8W, average is 5W. Main board Power Supply design please provide 3.3V 3.5A, minimum 3.3V 3A.

11ax related reading:

Introduction to 802.11ax High-Efficiency Wireless – NI

IEEE 802.11ax – Wikipedia