SWRU616B September 2023 – April 2024 CC3300 , CC3301 , CC3301MOD , CC3350 , CC3351
When the CC33xx is operating as an AP it is able to support up to four or sixteen stations depending on if QoS is enabled. The device features a fixed amount of memory to buffer the data being transmitted to the connected stations. The amount of memory needed for each varies depending on whether QoS is enabled as additional memory is needed for each station to support the access category (AC) queues.
If QoS is enabled it must be enabled for all supported stations; therefore, each station requires four queues for the four different ACs resulting in a total of sixteen queues. Conversely, when the CC33xx has not enabled QoS, each station utilizes the memory space needed for one queue allowing the device to support sixteen different stations. For more information on QoS, see Section 2.7.