ANT use case - best range nRF product?

[sc6po]

Hi, I intend to use ANT protocol for an application of soccer players trackers. Each soccer player would wear One master and remote sensors communicating with ANT. But also, ANT protocol would be used to send data to a data agragator. 4 to 6 nodes would be placed around to RF cover the area.

Could Nordic IC suit this use? Range is said to be 10m-30m ==> with good antenna design, in open area, could 30m be a reasonable minimum? Which device would you recommand? I see nRF52832 can output +4dBm, but has -96dBm sensibility, while nRF24AP2 has 0dBM output but -85dBm sensiblity. Is sensibility different between BLE and ANT? thanks. BR

[sc6po]

Hi, thanks for this answer. I would have expected outdoor range to be longer that indoor. I guess it really depends on configuration / sight. From what I understand, even if devices are close one of the other, regular change in position/orientation migth cause some issues since reflexions might not "save the day". And network config can not be always changed... I guess this is more tricky that what I expected...

[Kenneth]

With line of sight you can get good range outdoor yes, but the problem is once you have objects between the transmitter and receiver as you indicate, which I expect can frequently occur if you have soccer players running around. I assume it might be possible to buffer the data, with the latency that might introduce to the real time data.