SWRU423A July 2015 – May 2016 WL1801MOD , WL1805MOD , WL1807MOD , WL1831MOD , WL1835MOD , WL1837MOD
The protection mechanism preserves backwards-compatible interoperability with legacy devices (802.11b/g) from over-the-air collisions as legacy devices cannot detect higher rate energy.
WiLink8 supports all protection methods using the standard mechanisms that are highlighted in Section 2.4.2. For more information, see the 802.11n specification located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11.