Using 4G MIMO outdoor omni antennas

For many outdoor 4G and 5G applications it is necessary to mount an antenna some distance from the 4G/5G router to maximize signal reception.

Two key factors in this scenario are a good quality antenna with consistent performance across the frequency bands and low loss coaxial cables with low attenuation across longer cable runs.

The outdoor 4G and 5G MIMO antenna should be weatherproof, lend itself to a variety of mounting options, such as wall-mount, pole-mount or surface-mount and be easy to install for long term deployment. In addition, robust gain figures across the 4G and 5G bands are crucial to a successful installation.

For longer cables runs, the low loss coaxial cable should offer low attenuation figures from 700 MHz to 3800 MHz, be relatively flexible to allow ease of installation and be available in a variety of lengths to suit the install (excess cable coiled up somewhere near the router means unnecessary signal loss which is undesirable).

Combining the correct antenna and low loss cables should enable an antenna to be installed up to 30 metres from the 4G or 5G router allowing the antenna to be mounting of much better signal than the router ensuring an optimal deployment.

Connex offers two interesting 4G and 5G MIMO outdoor omni antennas, the LMO6138 and the LPO-Max. Combining these antennas with RF240 and RF400 very low loss cables mean that an off-the-shelf MIMO outdoor omni solution is close at hand.