The IEEE ratified 802.11ac Wave 2 as a wireless local area network (WLAN) standard in November 2013.  As the industry has begun to adopt the Wave 2 products for either carrier and enterprise deployment or consumer home applications, understanding 802.11ac Wave 2 becomes increasingly critical for equipment manufacturers and service providers. Therefore, testing and validating the Wave 2 features has become an urgent topic that challenges relevant testing engineers for performing testing in ether a lab or a field environment.