Optimum antenna placement

[Dnld]

Just built my BPI-R3 and I put all the 5GHz antennas on one side and the 2.4GHz on the other. It works fine and “makes sense” as all the descriptions of beam forming I have read assume the antennas are in line. But I guess actual deployed algorithms may be more complex, and for multi-path it might be better to distribute the antennas a bit … so lots of questions Does anyone have a good understanding of theory and practice ?

[Haldi]

You might want to Read this Thread:

How to mount the antenna to the box

Hi, I have an official R3 box and the antennas… I received the following small things with the antennas: [parts] Which thing goes to the inner side of the box, which is outside? In which order and which direction (for the part nr 1.) I know that this is a very beginner question, and probably does not really matter, since it works without them anyway… but I’d like to know the correct method to mount the antennas. Another question: Is there a recommended way to mount the 8 antennas? So for exa…

[Dnld]

Thanks, I missed that one. Interesting but still doesn’t tackle beam forming capability and how that may be affected by antenna placement. Right now I’m sticking with my original config’ as it works well and it would be hard to measure and compare different arrangements.