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October 2019
Commissioned by
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Huawei Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) WLAN Access Point

Performance Evaluation and Feature Validation

Executive Summary
With the official launch of the Wi-Fi 6 standard, future-proof WLAN infrastructure should be Wi-Fi 6 compatible. Comparing to Wi-Fi 5 WLAN access
points (APs), Wi-Fi 6 APs provide greater bandwidth, higher concurrent users, lower latency and other benefits.
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. commissioned Tolly to evaluate the performance, capacity, interoperability and IoT integration of its Wi-Fi 6 access
points (AP7060DN, AirEngine 5760-10, and AirEngine 5760S-10). The Huawei AP7060DN is the first Wi-Fi 6 access point tested by Tolly and is the
fastest access point evaluated by Tolly to date.
Performance tests on the AP7060DN access point showed single-client throughput of 3.5Gbps with a Wi-Fi 6 client, bridging throughput of 3.8Gbps
between two AP7060DN access points on the 5GHz radio, multimedia application support for 400 concurrent Wi-Fi 6 users, user capacity of 1,024
users, as well as a 15% performance improvement for multiple Wi-Fi 5 clients communicating with the new, Wi-Fi 6 AP. Tests also demonstrated
Huawei Wi-Fi 6 APs’ interoperability with all previous generation Wi-Fi clients, IoT application integration, VR acceleration, and auto guided vehicle
(AGV) roaming optimization.

The Bottom Line

Huawei AP7060DN Wi-Fi 6 WLAN Access Point:

1 Delivered 3.5Gbps single client wireless throughput on the 5GHz radio

2 Delivered 3.8Gbps wireless bridging throughput on the 5GHz radio between two AP7060DN access points

3 Provided multimedia application support for 400 concurrent Wi-Fi 6 users

4 Provided 15% multi-client performance improvement over Wi-Fi 5 access point with the same Wi-Fi 5 clients

5 Demonstrated compatibility with 802.11a/b/g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) and Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) clients

6 Supported 512 Wi-Fi clients per radio and 1,024 Wi-Fi clients per access point

7 Provided power and data interfaces to mount the IoT (Internet of Things) module besides the AP for IoT application integration

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four spatial streams, the Spirent test tool

Test Results - recorded consistent 3.5Gbps wireless Huawei
downstream UDP throughput between the
AP7060DN Huawei AP7060DN and the client. This
Technologies, Co.,
makes the Huawei AP7060DN the fastest Ltd
Single Client access point that Tolly has ever tested.

Wi-Fi 6 WLAN
Throughput Access Points
The Wi-Fi 6 standard boosted the single Performance Tested 

radio performance to multi-gigabit per
second. To evaluate the performance of the
Evaluation July
Huawei Wi-Fi 6 access point, the 2019
AP7060DN, Tolly engineers used one
Spirent MX2 Wi-Fi test module as the single
client to be wirelessly connected to the
Huawei AP7060DN. With 4x4 MIMO and

Huawei AP7060DN Wireless LAN Performance - Single Client

5GHz Radio, 4x4 MIMO, Four Spatial Streams, 160MHz Bandwidth, UDP, Downstream
(as reported by Spirent TestCenter 4.93)

10GbE Link
5GHz Radio
Ethernet Client Wi-Fi 6 Client
Emulated by Spirent TestCenter Emulated by Spirent TestCenter

Wireless Throughput

0 3.6
3.5Gbps

Note: The wired Ethernet client and the AP were not directly connected. One Layer 2 PoE switch was in between.

Source: Tolly, July 2019 Figure 1

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unidirectional traffic between the two

AP Bridging laptops.

Throughput The Huawei AP7060DN’s 5GHz radio

demonstrated consistent 3.8Gbps wireless
To evaluate the maximum performance of throughput in the test.
the Huawei AP7060DN, engineers bridged
two AP7060DN access points to test their
5GHz wireless performance.

Two Huawei AP7060 access points used the

5GHz radio as a bridge to pass traffic
between them. As shown in Figure 2, two
laptops were connected to the two AP7060
access points using 10GbE cables.
Engineers used the iPerf tool to pass

Huawei AP7060DN Wireless LAN Performance - Bridging

5GHz Radio, 4x4 MIMO, Four Spatial Streams, 160MHz Bandwidth, UDP, Unidirectional
(as reported by iPerf)

10GbE Link 10GbE Link

5GHz Radio 5GHz Radio

iPerf Server iPerf Client

Wireless Throughput

0 3.8
3.8Gbps

Note: The wired Ethernet client and the AP were not directly connected. One Layer 2 PoE switch was in between.

Source: Tolly, July 2019 Figure 2

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than the high end Huawei Wi-Fi 5

User Capacity
Huawei AP7060DN provides one 2.4GHz
radio and one 5GHz radio. Tolly engineers
verified that the AP7060DN supported
1,024 Wi-Fi clients/users on a single AP with
512 Wi-Fi clients/users on each radio.
Huawei AP7060DN is the largest user
capacity access point that Tolly has ever
tested.
Compatibility with
Multi-User AP7052DN. See Figure 3 for detailed results.
Performance The Huawei Wi-Fi 6 AP7060DN is not only
future-proof but also able to provide
Wi-Fi 6 Clients instant improvement over the Wi-Fi 5
access points.
Engineers used the Spirent test tool to
emulate 400 Wi-Fi 6 clients. The Huawei
AP7060DN provided multiple Mbps
wireless throughput on each client. The
AP7060DN’s performance is able to support
multimedia applications on all 400 Wi-Fi 6
clients.

Previous Generation Wi-Fi 5 Clients

Wi-Fi
Tolly engineers used one Windows laptop
and configured the NIC (network interface
controller) to be 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g,
802.11n (Wi-Fi 4) 2.4GHz/5GHz and
802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5). The laptop was able to
connect to Huawei AP7060DN’s Wi-Fi
network in all modes.
Wi-Fi 6 clients are not widely available at
this time. However, the Huawei AP7060DN
still demonstrated advantage with current
Wi-Fi 5 clients comparing to Wi-Fi 5 APs.
Tolly engineers used 40 Apple MacBook Pro
laptops (Wi-Fi 5, 3x3 MIMO, 3 spatial
streams) as the clients. The Huawei
AP7060DN delivered 14.4% to 15.6%
higher aggregated wireless throughput

Huawei AP7060DN vs. AP7052DN Multi-user Performance

5GHz Radio, 40 Wi-Fi 5 Clients, Downstream
(as reported by Ixia IxChariot)
+14.4% +15.6%
600
Throughput (Mbps)

450

300

150

0
TCP UDP




Note: 40 Apple MacBook Pro laptops (Wi-Fi 5, 3x3 MIMO and 3 spatial streams) were used as the clients.

Source: Tolly, July 2019 Figure 3

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card can then provide IoT solutions (e.g.

IoT (Internet of E Ink price tag). See Figure 4 for example.

Things) Integration
The Huawei AP7060DN provides an
interface on its side. The Huawei IoT
module can be mounted beside the AP and
use the interface to provide power and
data connection to any third-party IoT card
inserted into the module. The third party

Huawei AP7060DN Wi-Fi 6 Access Point with the IoT Module

E Ink Price Tag - managed by

AP7060DN the IoT card in the IoT module

IoT Module

Note: The IoT module is mounted beside the Huawei AP7060DN. Third party IoT card (e.g. RFID reader, Zigbee gateway, etc.) can be inserted into the IoT
module to have network data communication and power support from the AP7060DN. An E Ink price tag IoT solution is displayed in the picture.

Source: Tolly, July 2019 Figure 4

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Serial Port Connection
via Bluetooth
When the wireless access point
malfunctions and loses communication
with the wireless access controller,
administrators need to access the wireless
AP’s serial port and troubleshoot. Wireless
APs are typically mounted on a ceiling, so WLAN APs (for bluetooth capable models,
accessing with a traditional serial cable can including the AP7060DN) support two
be complicated. Tolly engineers verified modes: bluetooth can be always on, or
that Huawei wireless access points support automatically turned on after CAPWAP
serial port access with a mobile device’ tunnel fails. See Figure 5.

bluetooth. In the “CloudCampus APP”
mobile app, engineers selected a nearby
Huawei WLAN AP, accessed the serial port,
and executed CLI commands. Huawei

Serial Port Connection via Bluetooth

Following screenshots are from the CloudCampus APP

mobile app on an Android phone

Select the AP to connect

(Lab environment
Bluetooth Serial Port Tool
there were many nearby
bluetooth-enabled APs)

Source: Tolly, July 2019 Figure 5

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VR Acceleration AGV Roaming Test Environment

The Huawei AP7060DN WLAN access point
is optimized for virtual reality (VR)
applications. Tolly engineers used one Pico
VR headset which was connected to one PC
via Wi-Fi, to play one VR game. Captured AP 1
packets demonstrated that the round trip
latency between the PC and the VR headset
was below 7ms for all packets, even in an AP 2
environment with co-channel interference
and more than 50% channel usage rate.
The VR gaming experience was smooth
without lagging.

AGV Roaming
Optimization
Automated Guided Vehicles need to use
Wi-Fi access to obtain jobs and interact
with the control system. Since AGVs are
always moving, fast and reliable roaming is
critical for the entire system. In the test, one
Quicktron AGV travelled between two
Huawei AP7060DN access points back and
forth. In the 5 minutes’ testing time, the
AGV roamed 29 times. The AGV’s log
reported that the average roaming time
was 18.23 ms for each roaming process.
Meanwhile, the ping test from the
management server to the AGV did not
have frame loss during the entire test.
 Source: Tolly, July 2019 Figure 6

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Test Results - IoT (Internet of

AirEngine 5760-10
Tolly engineers tested Huawei AirEngine
5760-10 WLAN AP. Detailed results are are
following. Test results also apply to the
AirEngine 5760S-10 model.
Single Client
Throughput
Tolly engineers used one Spirent MX2 Wi-Fi
test module as the single client to be
wirelessly connected to the Huawei
AirEngine 5760-10. The Spirent test tool
recorded consistent wireless downstream
UDP throughput between the Huawei
AP7060DN and the client: 5GHz radio
throughput 984Mbps; 2.4GHz radio
throughput 482Mbps.
User Capacity
Huawei AirEngine 5760-10 WLAN AP
provides one 2.4GHz radio and one 5GHz
radio. Tolly engineers verified that the
AirEngine 5760-10 supported 512 Wi-Fi
clients/users on a single AP with 256 Wi-Fi
clients/users on each radio.
Things) Integration
The Huawei AirEngine 5760-10 provides a
USB port on its side. The Huawei IoT
module can be mounted beside the AP and
use the interface to provide power and
data connection to any third-party IoT card
inserted into the module. The third party
card can then provide IoT solutions (e.g.
E Ink price tag).
VR Acceleration
The Huawei AirEngine 5760-10 WLAN
access point is optimized for virtual reality
(VR) applications. Tolly engineers used one
Pico VR headset which was connected to
one PC via Wi-Fi, to play one VR game.
Captured packets demonstrated that the
round trip latency between the PC and the
VR headset was below 7ms for all packets,
even in an environment with co-channel
interference and more than 50% channel
usage rate. The VR gaming experience was
smooth without lagging.

Compatibility with
Previous Generation
Wi-Fi
Tolly engineers used one Windows laptop
and configured the NIC (network interface
controller) to be 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g,
802.11n (Wi-Fi 4) 2.4GHz/5GHz and
802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5). The laptop was able to
connect to Huawei AirEngine 5760-10’s Wi-
Fi network in all modes.

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Huawei Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) WLAN Access Point

Tolly Verified Features and Performance

AP7060DN

3.5Gbps Single User Throughput (5GHz Radio)

3.8Gbps Wireless Bridging Throughput (5GHz Radio)

User Capacity: 512 users per radio;

1,024 users per access point

Compatible to Previous Generation Wi-Fi Standards

802.11b802.11a802.11g802.11n (Wi-Fi 4) 2.4GHz/5GHz and 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5)

Support 400 Wi-Fi 6 Clients with Multimedia Applications

15% Performance Improvement over the Wi-Fi 5 AP in the Multiple Wi-Fi 5 Clients’ Test

IoT Integration

AP Serial Port Connection via Bluetooth

VR Acceleration

Less than 7 ms round trip latency between the PC and the VR headset in an environment with co-channel interference and
more than 50% channel usage

Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) Roaming Optimization

18.23 ms Average Roaming Time for Each Roaming Process

AirEngine 5760-10 and AirEngine 5760S-10

Single User Throughput: 984Mbps (5GHz Radio)

482Mbps (2.4GHz Radio)

User Capacity: 256 users per radio;

512 users per access point

Compatible to Previous Generation Wi-Fi Standards

802.11b802.11a802.11g802.11n (Wi-Fi 4) 2.4GHz/5GHz and 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5)

IoT Integration

VR Acceleration

Less than 7 ms round trip latency between the PC and the VR headset in an environment with co-channel interference and
more than 50% channel usage

Source: Tolly, July 2019 Table 1

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Test Methodology
AP7060DN
One Huawei AC6005 was used for
management. AP7060DN worked in the
direct forwarding mode. Software version
VRP V5.170 V200R010 was used. The
AP7060DN access point was powered by
one PoE switch using the 802.3bt standard.
Single Client Throughput
One Spirent SPT N4U chassis with two
modules were used as the test tool. The
10GbE Ethernet module acted as the wired
side server and the MX2 802.11AX 2.4GHz/
5GHz module acted as the wireless client.
The wireless client was connected to the
Huawei AP7060DN’s 5GHz radio with 4x4
MIMO, 4 spatial streams and 160MHz
bandwidth. Then engineers used the
Spirent TestCenter to create unidirectional
traffic from the wired server through the
10GbE switch and the AP7060DN to the
wireless client. UDP traffic with 1500-byte
frame size was used. Spirent TestCenter
recorded consistent 3.5Gbps throughput.
Since all wired connections were 10GbE
connections without any other traffic, the
downstream wireless throughput between
the AP7060DN and the wireless client
(Spirent MX2 module) was 3.5Gbps.
Test was run in a shielded room to avoid
interference from other sources. The
wireless client was less than 1 meter away
from the AP7060DN.
AP Bridging Throughput
The iPerf server laptop ran five iPerf
instances with the following commands:
iperf3 -s -p 5001
 clients (240 5GHz ones and 160 2.4GHz
iperf3 -s -p 5002
 ones) were emulated. All clients were
iperf3 -s -p 5003
 connected to the Huawei AP7060DN with
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iperf3 -s -p 5004

iperf3 -s -p 5005
Multi-Client Performance (Wi-Fi 5)
Forty Apple MacBook Pro laptops were
The iPerf client laptop ran five iPerf
instances with the following commands:
used as the Wi-Fi 5 clients and stayed at the
same places during the test. Test was run in
iperf3 -c 192.168.0.22 -i 2 -t 10000 -u -b 1G a shielded room.
-l 1470 -p 5001

iperf3 -c 192.168.0.22 -i 2 -t 10000 -u -b 1G For the TCP test, each client had two pairs
-l 1470 -p 5002
 of down streams with 80 total pairs. For the
iperf3 -c 192.168.0.22 -i 2 -t 10000 -u -b 1G UDP test, each client had three pairs of
-l 1470 -p 5003
 down streams with 120 total pairs.
iperf3 -c 192.168.0.22 -i 2 -t 10000 -u -b 1G
-l 1470 -p 5004
 VR Acceleration
iperf3 -c 192.168.0.22 -i 2 -t 10000 -u -b 1G One Pico VR headset was connected to the
-l 1470 -p 5005 Wi-Fi service hosted by the Huawei WLAN
access point. The WLAN AP was in the local
Test was run in a shielded room to avoid
forwarding mode. To create co-channel
interference from other sources. The two
interference, engineers used another PC
AP7060DN access points were bridged
and another WLAN access point which
using the 5GHz radio. They were less than 1
operated on the same channel as the AP
meter away from each other.
under test and ran background traffic.
User Capacity
Tolly engineers used the LANforge WiFIRE
AirEngine 5760-10
test tool developed by Candela One AC6605 WLAN access controller was
Technologies to emulate 1,024 Wi-Fi clients. used for management, one Huawei
Half of the clients were connected to the AirEngine 5760-10 WLAN access point was
2.4GHz radio of the Huawei AP7060DN under test in the local forwarding mode
while the other half were connected to the with the VRP V5.170 V200R019 software
5GHz radio. All 1,024 Wi-Fi clients stayed version.
connected to the AP7060DN.
The 5GHz single client/user throughput test
Multi-Client Performance (Wi-Fi 6) used 2x2 MIMO and 80MHz bandwidth;
the 2.4GHz single client/user throughput
Tw o S p i r e n t M X 2 8 0 2 . 1 1 A X 4 -
test used 2x2 MIMO and 40MHz
Ports\MX2-11AX-2 modules were used on
bandwidth.
Spirent SPT N4U Chassis with eight total
ports (four 5GHz ports and four 2.4GHz Other tests used similar methodology as
ports). Each 5GHz port emulated 60 4x4 AP7060DN’s tests.

MIMO clients with four antennas and
80MHz bandwidth. Each 2.4GHz port
emulated 40 4x4 MIMO clients with four
antennas and 40MHz bandwidth. Total 400
Wi-Fi.
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