IPad(3) drops WiFi at about 60'

Are there any specs as to how far the new iPad should receive a strong WiFi signal. I've read the orther discussions about people complaining with dropped WiFi on the new iPad.
My situation is my workshop, which is about 60-80' from my Airport Extreme(n) unit. It's in a different building from the AE. My iPhone 4 and G4 iMac get great reception where as the iPad has a hard time staying connected.
Any input into a reasonable distance would be appreciated.

Thanks for responding.
I don't suspect the Sierra. It worked fine with my wife's Mini 3, my laptop, my iPod, my older iPad. During my testing I used only one device at a time. The problem with my Mini 3 persists after resetting the Mini 3. I have not tried backup/restore.
My Mini 3 works fine through my home router, at least to the extent that the WiFi connection does not drop.
I agree that there's probably no widespread problem with Mini 3 WiFi. However, given the set of things that work and don't work, particularly that my wife's Mini 3 has no problem but mine does, the only remaining variable (IMO) is the WiFi support in my Mini 3. And given that my wife's identical (other than memory size) Mini 3 has no problem, it could only be the WiFi hardware in my specific Mini 3.
It remains a mystery to me what it is about the interaction between my Mini 3 and the hotspot that causes the WiFi connection to drop.

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