Research Article
Performance and Power Consumption Analysis of IEEE802.11ah for Smart Grid
Table 3
Improvements of 11ah in dBs compared to 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi.
| Parameter | Improvement of 780 MHz 11ah Over 2.4 GHz | Critical Impact Factor | 11ah | WiFi |
| Transmit Power compared to 17 dBm | -7 dB | 10 dBm | 17 dBm |
| TX and RX antenna gain | 0 dB | - | - |
| Free Space Path Loss | 9.8 dB | 780 MHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Noise Bandwidth (1 MHz) | 13 dB | 1 MHz | 20 MHz |
| Flat Fading | -4.5 dB | 780 MHz | 2.4 GHz |
| 2x repetition coding | 2.5 dB | MCS 10 | - |
| Total | 13.8 dB | - | - |
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