Advanced Antenna Consideration for Next-Generation Wi-Fi Technology

Antennas Consideration for Wi-Fi 6 & 6E

The performance parameters such as operating bandwidth, impedance matching, peak/realized gain, radiation patterns, efficiency, TRP, TIS, specific absorption rate, etc. are important to evaluate the overall performance of the antenna. Antenna designs for different scenarios such as outdoor, indoor, and mobile applications have specific requirements. Outdoor antennas are base station antennas, which provide directional point-to-point/ point-to-multipoint link, omnidirectional coverage, and sectoral coverage with high gain. Indoor antennas provide omnidirectional coverage with moderate gain. Antennas for mobile devices also provide omnidirectional coverage, but, with an average gain. Both indoor and outdoor cases, require a multi-antenna system to operate with the MU-MIMO feature of WiFi 6/6E for sending multiple high-speed data streams simultaneously.