Performance Study of Smart Antenna for Long Range Wi-Fi Based Marine Communication

Abstract

An improved antenna system with long range and good coverage is essential for Wi-Fi based marine communication system. For a sea to shore communication, the performance of a Smart Antenna (SA) at Base Station (BS) and Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) antenna in boat is used for Wi-Fi based marine communication system is presented in this paper. The results shows that, smart antenna at base station can provide more directionality and connectivity to focus the antenna beam towards the receiver CPE antenna fixed in boat. Compared to the directional antenna and phased array antenna, the proposed smart antenna at base station with multiple access technique can achieve a good coverage along with long range marine communication.