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Next Generation AntennasHow to Make It So

Carter J Burke@cjburke90

@acceltex

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Stepping Into the Future – 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6


But first…A Brief History

11B

1999

Wi-Fi 1

11G

2003

Wi-Fi 2

11A/G

2004

Wi-Fi 3

11N

2009

Wi-Fi 411AC

2013

Wi-Fi 5 11AX

2019

Wi-Fi 6

• 1 Antenna / 1 Frequency

• 1 Antenna / 2 Frequencies / Dedicated Frequency Elements

• 1 Antenna / 2 Frequencies / Dual Band Elements

• Number of leads and connectors all of over the place…


802.11ax Access Points

Cisco Catalyst SeriesAerohive AP630 &

AP650

Aruba 510, 530,

550 SeriesMist AP43 Ruckus R730


802.11ax’s Effect on Wi-Fi Antennas

• Antenna Form Factor

• Number of antenna elements

• Isolation of antenna elements

• Emergence/increased use of smart connectors

• 2.4 GHz and IoTdevices


Size/Form Factor• Expect the antennas to

get larger

• We will work hard to keep them as compact as possible

• People Still Care about Aesthetics

• Increase use of skins and other ways to “hide in plain sight”


Number of Elements• Expect to see more antenna

elements

• Common will be 6 and 8 lead


Antenna Isolation• Desire a minimum 20 dBm Isolation

between the elements

• Becomes harder as you increase the number of elements

Ways to increase the isolation

1. Increase the physical separation between the elements

2. Use different polarizations

3. Use a decoupling network

Horizontal

Vertical


Smart Connectors

AccelTex 2.4/5 GHz 4/7 dBi 4

Element Indoor/Outdoor Patch

Antenna with DART connector

AccelTex 2.4/5 GHz 6 dBi 4

Element Indoor/Outdoor Patch

Antenna with DART connector

• Some Manufacturers

are using DART

Connectors

• Allows you to connect

to many antenna

elements in a clean

form factor

• More to come


2.4 GHz Still Matters• 2.4 GHz is no longer a junk

band

• Seeing many IoT Devices using 2.4 GHz

• We need to make sure we continued to focus on Dual Band antennas


What’s NOT Changing (In General)• Most antennas will still be passive

devices

• Still 2.4/5 GHz (for now)

• Same turn-around time for production


On the Roadmap• 6 GHz

• 5.925-7.125 GHz

• Still TBD

• CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Network)

• 3.5-3.7 GHz

• Private LTE

• Licensed

• What else is next?


Thank You

[email protected]

+001.210.865.1621 [email protected]

@cjburke90 Carter Burke


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