What kind of antennas will be used, today i was angry with my asus router and i found this is insade it’s antenna plastics
I would like my new, kinda expensive router to not have fake antennas.
I would like my new, kinda expensive router to not have fake antennas.
Looks like a λ/4 antenna with about 3dBi. They are simply no bigger than this. The copper part may put it even above most other router antennas.
If you expected a high gain antenna in any consumer device: you should find none.
At least in the EU radiated power is regulated so there is no use in higher gain for transmitting.
And customers think bigger is better. This adds the big cases.
I just don’t want 15cm of plastic around 2cm antenna. I would be ok if they had 2cm plastic antennas with 2cm actual antennas. I do understand limitations of EU/CZ regulatory domains and don’t except high gain. I just hate fake things (same with fake intake or exhaust on cars - i just don’t buy cars that have these fake plastic things).
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At least in the EU radiated power is regulated so there is no use in higher gain for transmitting.
However, there is an advantage in higher gain in receiving. So putting better antennas on the system and turning down power will work better with the same radiated power.
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At least in the EU radiated power is regulated so there is no use in higher gain for transmitting.
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Higher gain with omni-directional antennas is not always better. It makes the zone more flat. This may even be a bad thing if you want to reach multiple floors with a single antenna.
Apart from the different radiation patterns there is one thing: most users have no idea how to orient their antennas. Low-Gain antennas make sense for the manufacturers.
I think phased array like techniques with many low-gain antennas will take over many home routers. Beamforming was a first step. This will continue.