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Multimedia Training Kit
Antennas and CablesAlberto Escudero Pascual, IT+46
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Goals
• Focus on explaining the losses in the link budget equation
• Introduce a set of types of antennas and cables• How to make the right choices
– Optimal Service Area– Minimizing Interference– Best use of the radio spectrum
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Table of Contents
• Review of Link Budget• Introduction to Antennas• Types of Antennas• Polarization• Antenna Isolation and Combiners (handout only)• Cables and Connectors
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Review of Link Budget
• A radio link has active and passive elements• Antennas and Cables are passive elements
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Review of Link Budget
• Passive elements– Absorb energy or focus the electromagnetic energy (beam)– Never supply more energy than they absorb
• Link BudgetMargin= P(tx) – Cable loss(tx) + Antenna Gain(tx) –
FSPL + Antenna Gain (rx) – Cable Loss (rx) – Sensitivity (rx)
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Antenna Definition
• A passive device used to transform an RF signal• Traveling on a conductor into an EM wave in free
space• A device that passively collect EM waves in free
space and turn them into RF signals on a conductor
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Antenna Gain
• Antennas are passive elements that do not amplify the radio signal
• Does not just target the signal in certain direction• The antenna gain is a positive value to the link budget
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Antenna Gain
• Compares the power sent by the antenna in a certain direction with the “Isotropic Antenna”.
• Given in isotropic decibels [dBi]• Isotropic antenna
– a hypothetical antenna that radiates or receives equally in all directions
– a theoretical reference used as a way to express directional properties of physical antennas.
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Radiation Pattern
• A graphical representation of the “shape” of the radio beam.
• Represents which direction the antenna performs better (service area)
• Beam width: The area where 90% of the energy is focused.
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Radiation Pattern
Source: http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/projects/devglossary/images/beamwi4c.gif
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Radiation Pattern
• Radiation patterns should be represented in 3D graphs
• They are normally represented by far more simple 2 x 2D samples: Horizontal and Vertical
• Graph Scale: Angles vs Normalized dB scale
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Radiation Pattern
• Normalized dB scale– 0 dB: Direction of maximum gain of the antenna.– 3 dB: Angle where the antenna performs 50%. – The 3 dB beam width is normally known as
service area/volume
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Radiation Pattern● Typical Radiation Pattern of Sector Antenna ● 3 dB VBeamwidth is of 20º and 90º for the H
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Antenna TypesClassification based on their type of usage:• Access Point or Distribution Antennas (Hub)
– Wide beamwidth– Typically used to connect multiple links that
are on different locations on the azimuth
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Antenna TypesClassification based on their type of usage:• Directional Antennas
– Narrow beamwidth– Used for client side of multi point links and
point to point connections
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Antennas: Access Point
• Attached to the Access Point that serves as ”gateway” of several wireless clients
• Service Area– 360º Omnidirectional Antenna– 30120º Sectoral Antenna
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Omnidirectional Antenna
• 360degree RF radiation pattern.
• Normally vertically polarized Efield.• Normally low gain around 3 7 dBi.
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Omnidirectional Antenna
• Best suitable for a wide service area with short links, in areas with few connections
• The radio channel is shared and hence its total capacity
• Be very careful when using Omni antennas– Consider potential problems with hidden
nodes– Consider potential problems with interference
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Omnidirectional Antenna
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Omnidirectional Antenna
If trying to maximize the service “area”, you might have problems with nodes very close to the antenna
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Sectoral Antenna
• Used in Access Points (gateways/hubs) to serve PointtoMultiPoint (PtMP) links.
• Normally vertically polarized but horizontally polarized are also available
• Typical gain of 613 dBi
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Sectoral Antenna• Good for serving a large area with a high density of
connections• Horizontal beamwidth to about 30120º
Azimuth (Hfield) radiation pattern Elevation (Efield) radiation pattern
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Sectoral Antenna
• A sectorial antenna with high gain needs careful mounting with respect to downtilting.
Example: AntennSpecialisten VP870/24 vertical panel antenna, 70°, 16.5 dBi
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Sectoral Antenna
• Some sectoral antennas allow to “modify” the radiation pattern by modifying the angle of a V shape reflector
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Sectoral Antenna
• Why do we need to sectorize?– Allows for multiple access points in one tower. More
total bandwidth.– Able to isolate areas with higher levels of RF noise– Be able to separate short from long distance links
(stability)
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Directive Antenna• Client Yagi
– Yagi– Parabolic Antenna– Low/High Patch Panels
• Backhaul and PtP Links (narrow beams)– Yagi– Parabolic Antenna– Wave Guide Antenna (Circular: cantenna)
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Radome Enclosed Yagi Antenna
• Radome: radar dome, allows RF signal trough
• Mechanical Protection• Yagi in a nutshell
– Driven Element: Dipole– Directors: Directivity– Reflectors: Optional
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Parabolic Antenna• The bigger the size of reflector
the bigger the gain• Narrow beams
– Fragile to physical and mechanical disturbance
• Horizontally or Vertically Polarized
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Parabolic Antenna• Gain vs Beamwidth: 19 dBi vs 24 dBi• Cartesian Radiation Pattern
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Other types of Antennas
• Patch/Microstrip• Biquad• Wave Guides
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Build Your Own Antenna
• Good quality and low cost antennas can be made mostly using common household goods– Yagi antennas made from threaded rod, copper pipe and
bumper washers– Tin Can Antennas
• Building instructions are available online and in the ICTP Radio Laboratory Handbook on Cables and Antennas (ISBN 9295003241)
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Antenna Polarization
• WiFi Antennas are built to make radio signals propagate vertical and horizontal planes
• Polarization expresses the orientation of the waves electric field– If the Efield is horizontal, than the antenna is
Horizontally Polarized– If the Efield is vertical, than the antenna is Vertically
Polarized
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Antenna Polarization
• Polarization is used to:– Increase isolation of unwanted signals source
and hence reduce interference– Define different coverage areas by reusing
frequencies
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Antenna Polarization
• Antennas of the same radio link MUST use the same polarization
• Cross Polarization– The extra attenuation when one antenna is H
and the other is V can be as big as 25 dB!
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Antenna Polarization
• Using Several Parabolic Antennas in the same mast
• Cross PolarizationSource www.radioscanner.ru
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Cables and RF Signals
• Low loss coaxial cables connects radio transceiver to antenna
• With RF frequencies, the cable no longer behaves like a regular traditional wire.
• Cables with RF are transmission line.– Think in another antenna, radiation
• Impedance is a measurement of resistance to a current in a transmission medium
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Cables and RF Signals
• Impedance remains constant with independence of the cable length
• Maximum transfer of energy between the transceiver and the antenna only takes place when all the circuit elements match the same impedance
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Cables and RF Signals
• In data communication equipment (including WiFi) the impedance is always 50 (Ohm)Ω
• If not, the radio signal (energy) will reflect back into the transmitter rather than into the antenna
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Energy Loss in Cables
• The coaxial cable introduces a signal loss between the antenna and the transceiver.
• The signal is attenuated towards the antenna and the signal collected by the antenna is attenuated on its way back to the receiver.
• Typical cable loss for WiFifriendly cables: 0.07 – 0.22 dB/m
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Energy Loss in the cables
• Typical cables:– LRM400/600– Heliax – Speedflex 375
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Energy Loss in the cables
• When you choose a cable you need to consider several factors: – How long cable do you need?– Do you need to bend the cable in sharp angles? – Do you need to transport/bring the cable from
overseas?
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Connectors
• Endless number of types• Good connector: 0.1 dB• Bad connector: several
dBs.• Invest in good connectors
Fig. Source: Connexwireless
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Connectors• Rule of the thumb
– Antennas and any other active elements, such as radios, normally have female connectors.
– Cables do normally have male connectors.– The most common connector used for long cables are the
Ntype male or Navy connector
Fig. Source: Solwise
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Pigtail/Converter
• Pigtail matches two types of connectors • Loss of 0.20.6 dB• Small length cable patching
– A radio with an antenna – A radio with a long run cable
• Converter: One unit with two types of connectors: 0.1 – 0.2 dB
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Pigtail/Converter
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Conclusions Antennas
• Antennas:– Be spectral efficient and follow the power regulations– Match the radios and antennas to give just enough
signal, plus a fade margin to make the link work– Sectorize the access points, tilt antennas to match
your coverage area– Have a long perspective, good mechanical
properties
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Conclusions Cables
• Cables– Take care of your cables and connectors as they are
always a point of failure.– Microwave cables and specially connectors are
precisionmade parts.– Be sure to know how much you can bend your
chosen cable and never step over a connector!
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Final Conclusions
Good choices in equipment depends on your ability to understand radiation patterns, link budgets and the type of service that you aim for.