Halls, DE

Hilton, GS

Kong, D

Mellios, E

Nix, AR

English

null Di Kong

Evangelos Mellios

David Halls

Andrew Nix

Geoffrey Hilton

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Throughput sensitivity to antenna pattern and orientation in 802.11n networks

In this paper the throughput and packet error rate for an in-home 802.11n network is theoretically derived for two different types of 3x3 antenna configurations. Our first configuration assumes the use of three low directivity omni-dectional elements. The second arrangement makes use of three orthogonally orientated directional elements. The spatial and temporal characteristics of the in-home channels are modelled using 3D ray tracing and combined with appropriately orientated complex polarmetric patterns for each antenna element. Physical layer throughput is computed for all modulation and coding schemes using a received bit information rate abstraction technique. The theory shows that directional antennas outperform the omni-directional devices in most cases. Directional elements show increased sensitivity to orientation, however for 83% of locations and orientations they still result in throughput enhancement. Directional antennas provide a 33% improvement in average data rate for random client orientations, improving to 52% with optimum alignment to the multipath.In this paper the throughput and packet error rate for an in-home 802.11n network is theoretically derived for two different types of 3x3 antenna configurations. Our first configuration assumes the use of three low directivity omni-dectional elements. The second arrangement makes use of three orthogonally orientated directional elements. The spatial and temporal characteristics of the in-home channels are modelled using 3D ray tracing and combined with appropriately orientated complex polarmetric patterns for each antenna element. Physical layer throughput is computed for all modulation and coding schemes using a received bit information rate abstraction technique. The theory shows that directional antennas outperform the omni-directional devices in most cases. Directional elements show increased sensitivity to orientation, however for 83% of locations and orientations they still result in throughput enhancement. Directional antennas provide a 33% improvement in average data rate for random client orientations, improving to 52% with optimum alignment to the multipath

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Throughput sensitivity to antenna pattern and orientation in 802.11n networks

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