802.11n兼容a/b/g问题（Legacy mode，Mixed mode，Greenfield mode）

中文的没看到有什么人去解释，大致翻下查到的英语的。

For interoperability, 802.11n supports three modes, explains Hung:
对于兼容性，802.11n支持三种模式：

* Legacy mode.
延伸模式

Addresses 11n APs and an 11a/g/b client environment. In this case, the client decodes the first three fields of a six-fieldheader, which is specific to 11a and 11g. If the 5-GHz option isn’t supported in the 11n AP, there will be no backwardcompatibility with 802.11a.

用来解决802.11n的AP与a/g/b的兼容模式。在这种模式下，客户端首先解码得到六个字段中的前三个字段的报头，对于802.11a和g市特定的部分。如果AP是不支持5G的频带，那么这时候AP就不能向下兼容802.11a.

* Mixed mode.
混合模式

Addresses 11n APs and a mixed 11n/a/g/b environment. As in legacy mode, 11a and 11g/b clients will read the first three fields ofthe AP’s 11n header, while 802.11n will also parse the additional three “high throughput” fields of the full 11n header. Again,if the 5-GHz option isn’t supported in the 11n AP, there will be no backward compatibility with 802.11a.

用来解决802.11n的AP与一个n/a/g/b混合的模式。如同延伸模式一样，11a与11g/b的客户端将会读首先mac帧的三个字段，而802.11n还会解析增加的三个“高吞吐量”字段在整个802.11n的帧报头中。如同延伸模式一样，如果AP不支持5G频段，那么不能够兼容802.11a.

* Greenfield mode.
格林菲爾德模式?这个不知道怎么翻，greenfield模式解释如下

PS:The Greenfield mode is an optional high-throughput mode in the 802.11n standard, which is not backward compatible with legacy

(802.11a/b/g) protocols and is expected to provide maximum performance benefits of 802.11n.
这个模式是在可选择的高吞吐量模式，没有延伸模式的那种兼容性，只被希望去提供802.11n那种高吞吐量的形式。

Addresses a pure network of 802.11n APs and clients, taking full advantage of the high-throughput capabilities of the 11n MIMOarchitecture.
用来解决一个纯粹的802.11nAP与客户端的模式，这种架构下能够获得802.11n能够提供的最大的吞吐量（信道容量）.