Boosting wireless router range with a custom designed directional antenna

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Boosting wireless router range with a custom
designed directional antenna

• Dan Newport
• Brian Holt
• Kevin Bishop
• Steve Sadler

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Overview

• Background/Motivation
• Applications
• Routers
• Antenna

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Background/Motivation

• Common Routers under 100 dollars have range of
  150 ft indoor and 300 ft outdoor.
• Increase range with modified antenna
• Off the shelf routers with these capabilities are
  very expensive

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Background/Motivation

• Advantages/ Benefits
• Extended range of signal
• Simple/ cheap to construct
• Connection to remote location
• Disadvantages/Design Issues
• Time and cost to build
• Complexity of antenna

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Applications

• General wireless for public locations
• Low infrastructure areas
• No support for running wires
• High interference areas
• Increased signal strength
• Point to Point

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Routers

• Router Model Issues
• Antenna
• Detachable or Hardwired
• Interfaces
• MIMO
• Output Power
• Third Party Firmware

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Antenna

• Antenna Types
• Cantenna (waveguide)
• Helical
• Parabolic Dish
• Yagi

Parabolic
Yagi
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Summary

• Background/Motivation
• Applications
• Routers
• Antenna

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Questions?