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Table 1 Eight PHY modes of the IEEE 802.11a PHY

From: A new leader-based multicast scheme with a Raptor code in IEEE 802.11 multi-rate WLANs

Mode

Data rate

Modulation

Code rate

Receiver sensitivity

1

6 Mbps

BPSK

1/2

-90 dBm

2

9 Mbps

BPSK

3/4

-89 dBm

3

12 Mbps

QPSK

1/2

-87 dBm

4

18 Mbps

QPSK

3/4

-85 dBm

5

24 Mbps

16-QAM

1/2

-82 dBm

6

36 Mbps

16-QAM

3/4

-78 dBm

7

48 Mbps

64-QAM

2/3

-72 dBm

8

54 Mbps

64-QAM

3/4

-70 dBm