Can we increase Ubuntu's WiFi performance?

Question

My modem is kept few meters away from where I regularly use my laptop. When I do work in Ubuntu the WiFi gets disconnected frequently; I've to spend a lot of time reconnecting. But using the same machine at the same spot in Windows 10 this problem doesn't occur. So I think that Ubuntu isn't using my hardware well.

Requested lspci -knn | grep Net -A3 output:

 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0036] (rev 01) Subsystem: AzureWave QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [1a3b:213a] Kernel driver in use: ath9k Kernel modules: ath9k

Please [edit] your question and add output of lspci -knn | grep Net -A3 terminal command. — Pilot6, Mar 31 '17 at 14:38
First of all make sure you're using the recommended wireless encryption settings, at the router: WPA2-AES only, not any WPA/WPA2 mixed mode and certainly not TKIP. Then, if the problem persists, it's hardware specific and we need to know which. — , Mar 31 '17 at 14:38
@Pilot6 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0036] (rev 01) Subsystem: AzureWave QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter [1a3b:213a] Kernel driver in use: ath9k Kernel modules: ath9k — ashishvijay_, Mar 31 '17 at 14:42
Try turning off power management for your wifi card: How can I prevent iwconfig power management from being turned on? . This helped my connection stay stable. — Nick Weinberg, Mar 31 '17 at 14:45
@NickWeinberg What difference will make from turning power management off? — ashishvijay_, Mar 31 '17 at 14:48
Well, it might use a bit more power (and reduce battery life), but might also result in a more stable and reliable wifi connection. It helped my connection; you would have to try it for yourself to see if you get similar results. — Nick Weinberg, Mar 31 '17 at 14:53
Changed encryption and turned off power management, but the problem still persists. — ashishvijay_, Mar 31 '17 at 15:24
Related: http://askubuntu.com/questions/627340/802-11n-with-ath9k-only-90-mb-s — Elder Geek, Mar 31 '17 at 18:10

Can we increase Ubuntu's WiFi performance?

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