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by Usman Zafar (Author)
Owing to the fact that WiFi is the cheapest form of internet connectivity available to the world today, longer ranges are being desired over WiFi. One of the reasons for low ranges of Wifi networks is low gain omni antennas being used with the Access points. It is anticipated that Wifi networks can be extended to few kilometers by replacing low gain omni antennas with those of high gain directional antennas . With this perspective, a Wifi base station antenna capable of achieving transmission ranges upto few kilometers (5-8km) with point to multipoint topology has been designed efficiently. Antenna is best suited for hilly terrain and rural areas where they are limited number of users which are located at farther distances from each other. Newly designed antenna has been extensively tested for verification of its performance parameters both in laboratory and real time environment.
