Antenna

Concepts

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Cisco © 2000, Cisco
Wireless Training Systems,
© 2000, Inc.
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 Cisco Antennas

• FCC requires that ALL antennas sold by

a spread spectrum vendor be certified with the radio
it is to be sold with.
• All Cisco supplied cables, RF devices
and antennas have reverse TNC
(RP-TNC) connectors
• Cisco Supplied antennas meet
all FCC rules
• Wide variety antennas for most applications

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 Antenna Concepts

• Directionality-
– Omni (360degree coverage) directional
– Directional (limited range of coverage)

• Gain
– Measured in dBi and dBd. (0dBd = 2.14dBi)
– More gain means more coverage - in certain directions!

• Polarization
– Antennas are used in the vertical polarization

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 Antenna Gain

• In life you never get ‘something for nothing’, the

same is true in antenna gain.
• If the gain of an antenna goes up, the coverage area
or angle goes down.
• Coverage areas or radiation patterns are measured
in degrees.
• These angles are referred to as beamwidth, and
have a horizontal and vertical measurement.

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 Antenna theory

• A theoretical antenna
(Isotropic) has a Side View
perfect 360 degree (Vertical Pattern)

vertical and horizontal

beamwidth. Top View
(Horizontal Pattern)
• This is a reference
for ALL antennas

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 Antenna Theory- Dipole

• To obtain omnidirectional gain

from an isotropic antenna, the
energy lobes are ‘pushed in’
Side View
from the top and bottom, and
(Vertical Pattern)
forced out in a doughnut type
pattern. Vertical Beamwidth

• The higher the gain smaller the New Pattern (with Gain)

vertical beamwidth, and the

more horizontal lobe area
Top View
• This is the typical dipole (Horizontal Pattern)
pattern. Gain of a dipole is
2.14dBi (0dBd)

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 High Gain Omnidirectionals

• High gain omnidirectional antennas will

create more coverage area in far distances,
but the energy level directly below the
antenna will become lower, and coverage
here may be poor

Beamwidth

Area of poor coverage directly

under the antenna

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 Directional Antennas

• For directional antennas

Side View
the lobes are pushed in (Vertical Pattern)
a certain direction,
causing the energy to
move be condensed in a
particular area. Top View
(Horizontal Pattern)
• Very little energy is in
the back side of a
directional antenna.

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 2.4Ghz Omni-Directional
Antennas

2.2dBi Dipole ‘Standard Rubber Duck’

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT4941

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 2.4Ghz Omni-Directional
Antennas

2.2dBi Ceiling Mount

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT3194

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 2.4Ghz Omni-Directional
Antennas

5.14dBi Ceiling Mount

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT1728

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 2.4Ghz Omni-Directional
Antennas

5.14dBi Mast Mount Vertical

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT2506

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 2.4Ghz Omni-Directional
Antennas

5.14dBi Pillar Mount Diversity

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT3213

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 2.4Ghz Omni-Directional
Antennas

5.14dBi Ground Plane

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT2561

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 2.4Ghz Omni-Directional
Antennas

12dBi Omni Directional (Long Range only)

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT4121

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 2.4Ghz Directional
Antennas

3dBi Patch Antenna – 65 degree

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT3195

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 2.4Ghz Directional
Antennas

6dBi Patch Antenna – 65 degree

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT1729

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 2.4Ghz Directional
Antennas

8.5dBi Patch Antenna – 55 degree

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT3549

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 2.4Ghz Directional
Antennas

6dBi Patch Antenna – 65 degree

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT1729

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 2.4Ghz Directional
Antennas

13.5dBi Yagi Antenna – 25 degree

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT1949

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 2.4Ghz Directional
Antennas

21dBi Parabolic Dish Antenna – 12 degree

Cisco Part # AIR-ANT3338

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