There is no distinction between AP and non-AP STAs in this. Therefore, a compliant VHT STA only has to support a single Spatial Stream, regardless of whether it is a STA or an AP. Since every VHT STA is an HT STA by definition, it appears that the standard needs to make a disctiction between the capabilities of HT APs that are VHT APs and HT APs that are not. As such, the requirement on page 2759, line 25 looks intentional. Proposed Resolution Reject the comment as the statement on page 2759, line 25 is needed to guarantee consistency with the mandatory requirements of VHT STAs. Comment Proposed Change Resolution 1388 19.3.5 2759 25 "An HT AP that is not Delete "that is not a Reject. This statement is a VHT AP shall VHT AP" in the cited needed to guarantee support all EQM rates text at the referenced consistency with the for two spatial streams location mandatory requirements of (MCSs 8 to 15) VHT STAs. using a 20 MHz channel width." -- there is no reason a VHT AP should be inferior to an HT AP
There is no distinction between AP and non-AP STAs in this. Therefore, a compliant VHT STA only has to support a single Spatial Stream, regardless of whether it is a STA or an AP. Since every VHT STA is an HT STA by definition, it appears that the standard needs to make a disctiction between the capabilities of HT APs that are VHT APs and HT APs that are not. As such, the requirement on page 2759, line 25 looks intentional. Proposed Resolution Reject the comment as the statement on page 2759, line 25 is needed to guarantee consistency with the mandatory requirements of VHT STAs. Comment Proposed Change Resolution 1388 19.3.5 2759 25 "An HT AP that is not a VHT AP shall support all EQM rates for two spatial streams (MCSs 8 to 15) using a 20 MHz channel width." -- there is no reason a VHT AP should be inferior to an HT AP Delete "that is not a VHT AP" in the cited text at the referenced location Reject. This statement is needed to guarantee consistency with the mandatory requirements of VHT STAs.
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