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5G Unveils Cellular Wi-Fi Antenna Design |
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Written by Leon D. Zetekoff, NCE
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Monday, 06 June 2005 |
From Broadband Wireless Online:
5G Wireless Solutions Inc. has begun testing a new base station design for larger scale broadband wireless deployments.
A 360-degree monopole installation using 5G's "Cellular Approach to Wi-Fi" technology |
The company's "Cellular Approach to Wi-Fi" uses an antenna array that
resembles a cellular base station, dividing a large geographic area
into 120-degree sectors. The range of each sector is optimized to
maximize coverage.
Individual sector antennas can be mounted along cellular mountings
without interference, according to an announcement issued by 5G. The
system can also be used as 360-degree monopole installations (see
photo).
5G's new 360-degree three-panel antenna arrays will be able to
simultaneously backhaul in the 5.3 GHz and 5.8 GHz bands, providing
local distribution in the 2.4 GHz band using 802.11b and 802.11g modes.
5G is testing the technology at its Marina del Rey, Calif.-based
facility and plans to ship the product in the third quarter of this
year.
"We believe our cellular approach to Wi-Fi is the first of its kind,
and will be made available to a broad array of campus-like venues and
municipalities," stated Carl Weisman, 5G Wireless' senior engineer.
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