Best Antenna for Routers with LTE Advanced Plus: Recommendations & Compatibility

Hello,

which antenna should be used for the router with LTE Advanced?

The distance to the BTS is significant in the selection of the antenna, so you could specify the conditions of using the antenna more precisely.

About 2km in a straight line but on the way a forest ...

If you have a significant terrain obstacle, the best directional antenna will not help you. Before buying any, you would have to carry out some minimal experiments and check whether the reception is generally possible (pickup on a tall building, mast). You can also use the opinions and knowledge of neighbors, as well as ask the operator.

Bad jokes, I would still ask the local parish priest. He and neighbors, especially neighbors, are the best support when it comes to choosing an antenna. If you do not know, this is the last lifebuoy or question for a consultant in Plus. Well, how to carry out these 'minimal experiments' on this mast or building? A help from a mountain climber is welcome.Remember to read such tips.

Of course, it is better to cover the cost of equipment that is not useful because of the complete lack of coverage or hire a specialist of online mobile networks, which will delete your fee and, of course, also do nothing. Out of vain, and Solomon does not pour.
Contrary to the assurances of operators throughout the country, there are many areas where the reception of mobile internet is not possible.
Obtaining even temporary connections with BTS predicts that the use of a suitable antenna installation with a higher profit will result in success. You can also use the appropriate applications for this purpose.
But as for now the author of the topic is not too keen to present problems on the forum.

And what does your statement have to do with the question? Why would he give him TopNetInfo if he has no Huawei modem working with him? First of all, secondly, even if it had modems, they do not work in LTE-A and the program is useless if it wants to use LTE-A. In Plus, it has LTE1800Aero2 and LTE800 Sferia coverage, hence the idea for LTE-A has probably appeared instead of buying the Dual LTE1800 antenna. The basic question is whether it has a router / phone supporting LTE bandwidth aggregation and possibly what? He will not take advantage of it on the E5180. This is the first question that I hope to answer. The signal parameters of individual LTE bands are known, as are the speeds. You need to do the LTE-A test. For this a necessary router with LTE-A or LTE1800 + LTE800 aggregating telephone. In Plus, the LTE1800 + LTE800 aggregation does not improve much compared to the LTE1800 itself, but only the comparative test will show whether it is worth investing in a router with LTE-A and a COMBO 1800 + 800MHz antenna.

Maybe gentlemen At the moment I do not have an LTE router - A. I'm thinking about buying. I did tests in both bands with the WatchLTE program. For the LTE-800 band, the signal is at the level of 82 and LTE-1800 shows 105. So it would be good to use the MIMO DUAL 1800 antenna. The only question is if today or soon I will exchange the equipment for LTE-A it will not be a coincidence he also had to replace the antenna on COMBO1800 + 800MHz? I thought maybe it's worth buying one ..... Can you recommend one?

First, see how the LTE1800 + LTE800 aggregation works on the LTE-A phone if you have one (you can borrow). As I wrote the aggregation of these two bands in Plus is not much, then 5MHz in MIMO on LTE800Sferia is such an LTE blowout. Speeds will be comparable to LTE1800aero2 itself. Similarly in Play with LTE1800 + 800 aggregation. A significant speed increase is only at the LTE2600 + LTE1800 aggregation. Plus in Płońsk does not even have a license for LTE2600 and probably will not have LTE2600 for a long time, not to mention LTE-A with LTE2600 + 1800. It is far behind other operators. I am not nervous but posting advice about the antenna to my neighbors is a bad joke. Their knowledge on this topic, like consultants, is smaller than yours. I have a COMBO 1800 + 800 huawei-b315-e5186 antenna for Plus. In general, it somehow works, but its profit is smaller than the Cybertech dual LTE1800 15dBi and has wider katy radiation.

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I have already called my friends, but no one has such a tel .... It's hard. Sure, the effects will be as you write. You can see that you have a lot of knowledge in the subject .... A few months ago I entered into a contract, so I will not be able to change quickly for another operator. I will stay on LTE-1800. I will buy an antenna from Cybertech MIMO Dual LTE1800 15dBi. I think that until the long weekend in June I will find time to assemble and then I will let you know how it will translate into power and speed.

For now, use LTE1800 in Plus on this E5180 As-22 and aired (cable max. 10m). Investing in a router with LTE-A so far unprofitable, you will think about what will happen next.

danmuz wrote:

Maybe gentlemen, at the moment I do not have an LTE router - A. I'm thinking about buying. I did tests in both bands with the WatchLTE program. For the LTE-800 band, the signal is at the level of 82 and LTE-1800 shows 105. So it would be good to use the MIMO DUAL 1800 antenna. The only question is if today or soon I will exchange the equipment for LTE-A it will not be a coincidence he also had to replace the antenna on COMBO1800 + 800MHz? I thought maybe it's worth buying one ..... Can you recommend one?

And so should be the first post of this topic .

matek451 wrote:

I am not nervous but posting advice about the antenna to my neighbors is a bad joke. Their knowledge on this topic, like consultants, is smaller than yours.

In the first two posts, nothing was explained, and only the lack of signal reception could be presumed due to the terrain obstacle. It is logical that the easiest way is to ask, check for potential users, whether it is possible or what kind of hardware sets they use.

A colleague is mistaken, that the operator will not provide factual information, especially after a wave of won court cases on the withdrawal from the contract due to the failure of the operator.
Few people know, but the first judgments were made in 2007-2008.

Another issue is the protection of operators who at most may incur a penalty of up to 10 times the value of the service during the lifetime (even not the entire contract), but the costs of court proceedings are significant, which is why both Play and Plus (mostly sued) A specific query regarding technical conditions is required to provide a binding specific answer (preferably in writing as we see that BOK is turning something).

E.g. such:
http://allegro.pl/antena-mimo-lte-14hv-800-900-1800-2100-2600mhz-nz-i6075021939.html

Do you use it? Did you do her tests? Show off the profits on each of the LTE bands.

Yes, I have such an antenna. Profit is 10-14dBi. I have old cables and are extended for that

There is not much to boast about
Net works tragically



without antenna
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/6361933549

with antenna
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/6361948496

And what is the location? And basically, you showed the screenshots from LTEWatch to LTE800 and LTE1800 with and without. The question is whether the test without the antenna made inside the house or outside in the place of antenna placement?

rafal131313 wrote:

Yes, I have such an antenna. Profit is 10-14dBi.

As I know life, the router / modem is at home on the outside of the antenna and during the test with no antenna the router was where usually and not where the antenna is usually located, if that was the gain of this antenna is none or even less than no or negative.

And the more so on the subject is if on the transmitter from which you have the net is only 1800 and 800, forget about the antenna a few span, buy the antenna at the frequency on which you currently prefer the net, unfortunately with antennas for LTE is hard and personally though a few pieces I had in my hands this with a clear conscience I would not recommend it, if I had something to recommend, do not buy the antenna at all and the money you would have allocated for the antenna I would have allocated for a hermetic housing and would blow the router out to the wall, chimney or some other place will be optimally matched to the transmitter. I also know from experience that the selection of equipment can be of great importance. I currently use E5186, which I praise myself and I can recommend it with a clear conscience, although I would like to test the B618 personally (if someone from around Łódź has it, I would like to test it, I can offer two different antennas for testing in exchange for testing) and my router E5186)

On Wednesday, 14/06, an antenna from Cybertech arrived. On the antenna built into the router the signals were at -106 dBm. After mounting and connecting the antenna, he jumped at -91 dBm. Maybe this is not a great result but considering that the BTS view covers the forest of tall trees, I think the investment has paid off. The speeds are different but it depends on the BTS load to a large extent ... However, the improvement in signal strength is significant. I am happy with the results and many thanks especially to matek451 for help.