CEP Title: Designing new 18dBi Wifi Antenna
Course: Antennas & Wave Propagation
Covers:
Program: PLO, PLO2,PLO3
Course : CLO1,CLO2,CLO3
Boom’s : C2, C4, C5
Knowledge Profile: WK2, WK4,WK5, WK8,
Range of Complex Engineering Activities: EA2, EA3
Complex Engineering Attributes : WP1,WP2, WP3, WP5
Table 1:CEP Outline
Introduction Suppose you are working for Antenna Manufacturer and are assigned to design new Wifi
antenna. Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that employs RF or radio waves in the
range of 2.4Ghz or 5.7Ghz. Different Antennas, such as Yagi, Horn, micro strips, aperture
and parabolic Grids can be used at Wifi access Points or at end user devices and they all
have different merits. Your task is to research these technologies in details, Analyze Them,
design them and pay specific attention to how they are used as well their strength and
weakness
Problem I. Provide an opinion regarding which antenna type will be most useful in Wifi
Statement applications? PLO1, WK8@WP1, WP2, EA2. Submit in week 7.
II. Design standard dual band Wi-Fi Omni-directional antenna based on type of antenna
you selected above? PLO3, WK5@WP1. Submit in week 9.
III. It is required to extend Wifi antenna range to 5KM and to increase directivity to
18dBi. Analyze different techniques Directivity and Gain enhancement first and also
Analyze Bandwidth degradation in the process of enhancing directivity? PLO2,
WK2, WP2@EA2, WP3. Submit in week 10.
IV. Design new structure based on your analysis and your best choice to enhance
directivity to 18dBi. Find its ф and Ѳ angles? PLO3,WK5@WP1, WP5, EA3,EA5.
Submit in week 12.
V. Close your design with following specifications on your design sheet? PLO1, WK4
i. Dimensions & packaging
ii. Power handling
iii. Gain/Efficiency and Directivity
a. Efficiency: Total Radiated Power and Total Isotropic Sensitivity
b. Average Antenna Gain: Communication Link and Range impact
c. Peak Antenna Gain: Regulatory Compliance impacts
d. Directivity (Theta/Degree VS. dBi) & Gain(Theta/Degree VS. dB) Graphs
Objectives Design 18dBi highly directive antenna with least effect on Bandwidth
Methodology Literature Survey
Analysis and Design based on mathematical standards and verifying results by
Simulations
Conclusions/ Comparative Study of Wifi Antennas
Deliverables Omni Directional Wifi Antenna
18dBi Directional Wifi Antenna
Antenna Performance graphs and Specification sheet
Knowledge Profile
Table2: Knowledge profile
SNO Knowledge Check
1 WK1: A systematic, theory-based understanding of the natural sciences
applicable to the discipline
2 WK2: Conceptually-based mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics and
formal aspects of computer and information science to support analysis and
✔
modelling applicable to the discipline
3 WK3: A systematic, theory-based formulation of engineering fundamentals
required in the engineering discipline
4 WK4: Engineering specialist knowledge that provides theoretical frameworks
and bodies of knowledge for the accepted practice areas in the engineering
✔
discipline; much is at the forefront of the discipline.
5 WK5: Knowledge that supports engineering design in a practice area ✔
6 WK6: Knowledge of engineering practice (technology) in the practice areas in
the engineering discipline
7 WK7: Comprehension of the role of engineering in society and identified
issues in engineering practice in the discipline: ethics and the professional
responsibility of an engineer to public safety; the impacts of engineering
activity: economic, social, cultural, environmental and sustainability
8 WK8: Engagement with selected knowledge in the research literature of the
discipline
✔
Supervisor’s Signature__________________.
Range of Complex Engineering Activities:
Complex activities mean (engineering) activities or projects that have some or all of the
following characteristics:
Table3: Complex Engineering Activates
SNO Attributes Check
1 Range of resources (EA1)
2 Level of interactions(EA2) ✔
3 Innovation(EA3) ✔
4 Consequences to society and the environment(EA4)
5 Familiarity(EA5)
Supervisor’s Signature__________________.
Justification of the Project as Complex Engineering Problem Solving:
Depth of Knowledge is required to identify Wifi antennas, compare their merits by
analysis, and to design new antennas for existing standard codes.
Constraints:
Mathematical Equations, Simulations and Graph
Table 4: Complex Engineering Problem Attributes
SNO Complex Attributes Check
1 Depth of Knowledge (WP1) ✔
2 Range of Conflicting Requirements (WP2) ✔
3 Depth of Analysis Required(WP3) ✔
4 Familiarity of Issues (WP4)
5 Extent of Applicable Codes(WP5) ✔
6 Extent of Stakeholder involvement and level of conflicting requirements (WP6)
7 Interdependence (WP7)
8 Consequences (EP1)
9 Judgment (EP2)
Supervisor’s Signature__________________.
