Les antennes de routeur Wi-Fi «pivotent-elles» en fonction des périphériques Wi-Fi qui leur sont connectés?

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Si vous débutez dans l’utilisation du Wi-Fi chez vous, vous serez peut-être curieux de savoir comment cela fonctionne lorsque vos appareils sont connectés à votre routeur. C’est dans cet esprit que le poste de Q & R du super-utilisateur d’aujourd’hui répond aux questions d’un lecteur curieux.
Si vous débutez dans l’utilisation du Wi-Fi chez vous, vous serez peut-être curieux de savoir comment cela fonctionne lorsque vos appareils sont connectés à votre routeur. C’est dans cet esprit que le poste de Q & R du super-utilisateur d’aujourd’hui répond aux questions d’un lecteur curieux.

La séance de questions et réponses d’aujourd’hui nous est offerte par SuperUser, une sous-division de Stack Exchange, un groupe de sites Web de questions-réponses dirigé par la communauté.

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La question

Le lecteur SuperUser 1.21 gigawatts souhaite savoir si les antennes de routeur Wi-Fi «tournent» en fonction des périphériques Wi-Fi qui leur sont connectés:

Do Wi-Fi router antennas rotate their direction based on the location of the device they are talking to (i.e. based on MIMO, triangulation, and other factors)?

For example, if I keep my device still and in one location, will the transfer rate go up?

Les antennes de routeur Wi-Fi «tournent-elles» par rapport aux appareils Wi-Fi qui leur sont connectés?

La réponse

JakeGould, contributeur de SuperUser, a la solution pour nous:

Shorter Answer

Physically, router antennas do not rotate. But logically, beamforming technology allows some MIMO routers to shape the transmission/reception power from the router to your device that is connected via 802.11n or 802.11ac.

If you are concerned about whether the act of physically moving connected devices around affects data transmission/reception, it might theoretically affect speeds in some way, but on a practical level it might not be worth being concerned about. More details below.

Longer Answer

Do Wi-Fi router antennas ‘rotate’ their direction based on the location of the device they are talking to (i.e. based on MIMO, triangulation, and other factors)?

Do Wi-Fi router antennas rotate? Well, I am not aware of any that physically rotate like the ears of a cat, dog, or even Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet.

That said, if the Wi-Fi router uses a multiple antenna array, it can use beamforming technology to effectively “shape” the way data is received and transmitted from the router’s antenna array. As Wikipedia explains (bold emphasis is mine):
That said, if the Wi-Fi router uses a multiple antenna array, it can use beamforming technology to effectively “shape” the way data is received and transmitted from the router’s antenna array. As Wikipedia explains (bold emphasis is mine):

Beamforming or spatial filtering is a signal processing technique used in sensor arrays for directional signal transmission or reception. This is achieved by combining elements in a phased array in such a way that signals at particular angles experience constructive interference while others experience destructive interference. Beamforming can be used at both the transmitting and receiving ends in order to achieve spatial selectivity. The improvement compared with omnidirectional reception/transmission is known as the receive/transmit gain (or loss).

This general concept is used in MIMO-based networking techniques as explained in O’Reilly’s “802.11ac: A Survival Guide” (again, bold emphasis is mine):

An alternative method of transmission is to focus energy toward a receiver, a process called beamforming. Provided the AP has sufficient information to send the radio energy preferentially in one direction, it is possible to reach farther. The overall effect is illustrated in Figure 4-1 (pictured here). Beamforming focuses energy toward a client, such as to the laptop computer at the right side of the figure. The wedges illustrate the areas where the beamforming focus increases power, and therefore the signal-to-noise ratio and data rates. The mirrored preferential transmission to the left is a common effect of focusing energy in a system with limited antenna elements. However, focusing the energy toward the left and right sides of the figure means that the AP’s range in other directions is smaller.

That said, beamforming is not a magical cure for Wi-Fi signal loss/strength and works best at medium ranges (once again, bold emphasis is mine):
That said, beamforming is not a magical cure for Wi-Fi signal loss/strength and works best at medium ranges (once again, bold emphasis is mine):

Beamforming increases the performance of wireless networks at medium ranges. At short ranges, the signal power is high enough that the SNR will support the maximum data rate. At long ranges, beamforming does not offer a substantial gain over an omnidirectional antenna, and data rates will be identical to non-beamformed transmissions. Beamforming works by improving what is called the rate over range-at a given distance from the AP, a client device will have better performance.

So when you ask the following question:

For example, if I keep my device still and in one location, will the transfer rate go up?

Maybe it will, maybe it will not. You can experiment, if you wish, with moving around a room versus standing still. First, check to see if your router actually has beamforming capabilities and if they are enabled. But honestly, you might be trying to squeeze blood from a stone here for minimal gains.

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