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	-	-