When designing outdoor AP coverage, it is recommended to use omnidirectional APs or omnidirectional antennas on roads around buildings to expand the coverage as much as possible and ensure the…

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Options

• ATrue
• BFalse

• A
  24% (8)
• B
  76% (25)

Explanation

Option B is correct because using omnidirectional antennas on roads around buildings is actually not the recommended approach - directional antennas are preferred for road coverage because they focus RF energy along the road corridor where users actually travel, rather than wasting signal in all directions (including into walls or away from the coverage zone).

Option A is wrong because "expanding coverage as much as possible" with omnidirectional antennas sounds intuitive but ignores signal efficiency: omnidirectional patterns radiate 360°, meaning significant energy is wasted toward the building interior (which has its own indoor APs), upward, and into interference-prone zones, degrading both range and quality for road users.

Additionally, deploying omnidirectional APs along roads near buildings increases co-channel interference with adjacent outdoor and indoor APs, harming the very "surrounding user experience" the question describes as the goal.

Memory tip: Think "Omni for open plazas, Directional for roads and corridors." Roads are linear by nature - a directional antenna pointed down the road covers more of where users are, while omni "wastes" half its power toward the building.

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