WI-FI
RANGE TABLE |
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Approximate
RANGE versus ANTENNA GAIN for 802.11 Wi-Fi / WLAN systems |
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1. Referenced
to a full bandwidth connection speed at a specification
distance of 30 metres using standard half-wave dipole
antenna. |
2. At the
slowest connection speed of 1 - 2Mbps, the effective
range will be multiplied around 10 times. |
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Single |
Single |
Linear |
Equivalent |
Link |
Required |
Antenna |
Notional Rain |
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Antenna |
Antenna |
Range |
Link |
Power |
Antenna |
pair |
Attenuation |
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Range |
Range |
Magnification |
Power Gain |
increase |
gain |
point (p2p) |
in path |
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(metres) |
(Miles) |
(x times) |
(Watts) |
(x times) |
(dBi) |
(dBi) |
(dB) |
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30 |
0.02 |
1 |
0.1 |
0 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
- |
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60 |
0.04 |
2 |
0.4 |
4 |
8.4 |
4.2 |
- |
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90 |
0.06 |
3 |
0.9 |
9 |
11.9 |
6.0 |
- |
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120 |
0.07 |
4 |
1.6 |
16 |
14.4 |
7.2 |
- |
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150 |
0.09 |
5 |
2.5 |
25 |
16.4 |
8.2 |
- |
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180 |
0.11 |
6 |
3.6 |
36 |
18.0 |
9.0 |
- |
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210 |
0.13 |
7 |
4.9 |
49 |
19.3 |
9.7 |
- |
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240 |
0.15 |
8 |
6.4 |
64 |
20.5 |
10.2 |
- |
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270 |
0.17 |
9 |
8.1 |
81 |
21.5 |
10.7 |
- |
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300 |
0.19 |
10 |
10 |
100 |
22.4 |
11.2 |
- |
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330 |
0.21 |
11 |
12.1 |
121 |
23.2 |
11.6 |
- |
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360 |
0.22 |
12 |
14.4 |
144 |
24.0 |
12.0 |
- |
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390 |
0.24 |
13 |
16.9 |
169 |
24.7 |
12.3 |
- |
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420 |
0.26 |
14 |
19.6 |
196 |
25.3 |
12.7 |
- |
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450 |
0.28 |
15 |
22.5 |
225 |
25.9 |
13.0 |
- |
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480 |
0.30 |
16 |
25.6 |
256 |
26.5 |
13.2 |
- |
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510 |
0.32 |
17 |
28.9 |
289 |
27.0 |
13.5 |
- |
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540 |
0.34 |
18 |
32.4 |
324 |
27.5 |
13.8 |
- |
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570 |
0.35 |
19 |
36.1 |
361 |
28.0 |
14.0 |
- |
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600 |
0.37 |
20 |
40 |
400 |
28.4 |
14.2 |
- |
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630 |
0.39 |
21 |
44 |
441 |
28.8 |
14.4 |
- |
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660 |
0.41 |
22 |
48 |
484 |
29.2 |
14.6 |
- |
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690 |
0.43 |
23 |
53 |
529 |
29.6 |
14.8 |
- |
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720 |
0.45 |
24 |
58 |
576 |
30.0 |
15.0 |
- |
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750 |
0.47 |
25 |
63 |
625 |
30.4 |
15.2 |
- |
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780 |
0.48 |
26 |
68 |
676 |
30.7 |
15.3 |
- |
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810 |
0.50 |
27 |
73 |
729 |
31.0 |
15.5 |
- |
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840 |
0.52 |
28 |
78 |
784 |
31.3 |
15.7 |
- |
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870 |
0.54 |
29 |
84 |
841 |
31.6 |
15.8 |
- |
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900 |
0.56 |
30 |
90 |
900 |
31.9 |
16.0 |
- |
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930 |
0.58 |
31 |
96 |
961 |
32.2 |
16.1 |
- |
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960 |
0.60 |
32 |
102 |
1024 |
32.5 |
16.3 |
- |
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990 |
0.62 |
33 |
109 |
1089 |
32.8 |
16.4 |
- |
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1,000 |
0.62 |
33.3 |
111 |
1,111 |
32.9 |
16.4 |
- |
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1,140 |
0.71 |
38.0 |
144 |
1,444 |
34.0 |
17.0 |
- |
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1,450 |
0.90 |
48.3 |
234 |
2,336 |
36.1 |
18.0 |
- |
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2,000 |
1.24 |
67 |
444 |
4,444 |
38.9 |
19.4 |
- |
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5,000 |
3.11 |
167 |
2,778 |
27,778 |
46.8 |
23.4 |
- |
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10,000 |
6.21 |
333 |
11,111 |
111,111 |
52.9 |
26.4 |
0.5 |
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15,000 |
9.32 |
500 |
25,000 |
250,000 |
56.4 |
28.2 |
0.8 |
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20,000 |
12.43 |
667 |
44,444 |
444,444 |
58.9 |
29.4 |
1.0 |
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25,000 |
15.53 |
833 |
69,444 |
694,444 |
60.8 |
30.4 |
1.3 |
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30,000 |
18.64 |
1000 |
100,000 |
1,000,000 |
62.4 |
31.2 |
1.5 |
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35,000 |
21.75 |
1167 |
136,111 |
1,361,111 |
63.7 |
31.9 |
1.8 |
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40,000 |
24.85 |
1333 |
177,778 |
1,777,778 |
64.9 |
32.4 |
2.0 |
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45,000 |
27.96 |
1500 |
225,000 |
2,250,000 |
65.9 |
33.0 |
2.3 |
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50,000 |
31.07 |
1667 |
277,778 |
2,777,778 |
66.8 |
33.4 |
2.5 |
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55,000 |
34.18 |
1833 |
336,111 |
3,361,111 |
67.7 |
33.8 |
2.8 |
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57,160 |
35.52 |
1905 |
363,030 |
3,630,295 |
68.0 |
34.0 |
2.9 |
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60,000 |
37.28 |
2000 |
400,000 |
4,000,000 |
68.4 |
34.2 |
3.0 |
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65,000 |
40.39 |
2167 |
469,444 |
4,694,444 |
69.1 |
34.6 |
3.3 |
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70,000 |
43.50 |
2333 |
544,444 |
5,444,444 |
69.8 |
34.9 |
3.5 |
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75,000 |
46.60 |
2500 |
625,000 |
6,250,000 |
70.4 |
35.2 |
3.8 |
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80,000 |
49.71 |
2667 |
711,111 |
7,111,111 |
70.9 |
35.5 |
4.0 |
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85,000 |
52.82 |
2833 |
802,778 |
8,027,778 |
71.4 |
35.7 |
4.3 |
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Henry
O'Tani G8OTA - Sept 2015 |
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